Spondylolisthesis and Bracing: A Critical Literature Review Tom Bendix Spondylolisthesis means sliding (-olisthesis) of the spine. There are mainly three types: spondylolytic, degenerative, and congenital (1,2). This chapter describes the…
Natural Evolution and Conservative Treatment of Adult Spondylolisthesis Michel Benoist Raphael Vialle Isthmic spondylolisthesis results from separation of the pars after a stress fracture or from elongation of the pars…
Conservative Treatment: Children J. Dudler F. Balagué Before analyzing any treatment’s modality and outcome, it seems important to define the target population. It is believed that the majority of spondylolysis…
Sport, Spondylolysis, and Spondylolisthesis E. Munting Which attitude must be adopted toward the young athlete or the occasional sportsman or woman presenting with low back pain? No clear guidelines regarding…
Classification of Spondylolysis and Spondylolisthesis Michael Sullivan The condition of slippage of the fifth lumbar vertebra on the sacrum has been known for many years, by obstetricians particularly. The condition…
Dynamic MRI Using the Upright or Positional MRI Scanner F. W. Smith M. H. Pope D. Wardlaw Clinical symptoms in many spinal syndromes such as lumbar spinal stenosis are posture…
Imaging of Lumbar Spondylolisthesis Jean-Louis Dietemann Adriana Bogorin Robertson Correia Bernardo Georg Zöllner Radiological investigations using plain films, multidetector row helical computed tomography (CT) with multiplanar reformations, magnetic resonance imaging…
The Value of Bone Scintigraphy and CT Scan in Diagnosis and Treatment of Active Spondylolysis in Elite Athletes J. Sys J. Michielsen Low back pain accounts for 5% to 8%…
Isthmic and Degenerative Spondylolisthesis: When Does it Hurt and Why? Tommy Hansson Spondylolisthesis is frequently regarded as one of the very few specific diagnoses of low back pain and often…
