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CC BY 4.0 · Rev Bras Ortop (Sao Paulo) 2024; 59(01): e10-e16
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Spondylolysis and Spondylolisthesis in Athletes

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Marcos Vaz de Lima 
1   Grupo de Traumatologia do Esporte, Departamento de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Santa Casa de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil
2   Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Santa Casa de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil
,
Maria Fernanda Silber Caffaro 
2   Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Santa Casa de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil
3   Departamento de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Santa Casa de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil
,
Claudio Santili 
2   Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Santa Casa de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil
,
Robert G. Watkins IV 
4   Marina Spine Center, Los Angeles, CA, Estados Unidos
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Abstract

This article is an update on spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis in athletes, from diagnosis to treatment, based on our service experience and a literature review.

Keywords

athletes - chronic pain - low back pain - spondylolysis - spondylolisthesis - sports

Work developed at the Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Faculty of Medical Sciences of Santa Casa de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.




Publication History

Received: 23 April 2023

Accepted: 29 May 2023

Article published online:
21 March 2024

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