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. 1999 Nov;23(4):213–215. doi: 10.1007/s002640050353

Early diagnosis of stress fracture of the lumbar spine in athletes

G L Garcés 1, I González-Montoro 1, J L Rasines 1, F Santonja 2
PMCID: PMC3619747  PMID: 10591937

Abstract 

Thirty-three athletes complaining of back pain of more than 1 months’ duration and with normal radiography of the lower spine were all studied by scintigraphy and in 24 of them with single photon emission computerized tomography. A stress fracture was considered present if localized increased uptake was seen at a vertebral level. Scintigraphy showed increased uptake in 17 of 33 patients and single photon emission computerized tomography in 16 of 24 patients.

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Accepted: 22 October 1997


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