Spine Injuries in Tennis Players

McAnany, Steven J.; Patterson, Diana C.; Hecht, Andrew C.

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-27559-8_7

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“…Pars defects are more common in elite tennis players than the nonathletic population, 30 with spondylolysis occurring in 1.1% to 40% 26,27,[31][32][33][34][35][36][37] of this population due to the excessive forces placed on the lumbar spine during the service game. 38 The topspin serve puts players at a greater risk of lumbar injury than the flat or slice serves, [38][39][40] since it involves a racquet head more posterior and more medial to the shoulder compared with the flat and slice serves. 39 Diving.…”

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The Incidence of Pars Interarticularis Defects in Athletes

Tawfik

Phan

Mobbs

et al. 2019

Global Spine Journal

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Study Design: Literature review. Objective: To conduct a literature review of studies reporting the incidence of pars interarticularis defects in athletes of specific sports, in order to allow more targeted prevention and treatment strategies to be implemented for the groups at highest risk. Methods: Electronic searches were performed using PubMed, Ovid Medline, EMBASE, Google Scholar, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, and Cochrane Database of Controlled Trials from their dates of inception to September 2017, with the following keywords: “spondylolysis,” “sports,” “low back pain,” and “pars defects.” Results: A total of 509 total articles were retrieved, of which 114 were used in the final review. The incidence of pars interarticularis defects was found to be highest in diving (35.38%), cricket (31.97%), baseball/softball (26.91%), rugby (22.22%), weightlifting (19.49%), sailing (17.18%), table tennis (15.63%), and wrestling (14.74%). Only 5 studies reported the management instituted for their participants, and these were all case reports. Of 74 players with spondylolysis in these studies, 70 (94.59%) underwent conservative treatment and 4 (5.41%) underwent surgical treatment. 61 (82.43%) returned to their previous level of play, 6 (8.11%) retired, and the disposition of the final 7 was not reported. Conclusion: The current medical literature provides good evidence that the incidence of pars interarticularis defects is higher in the athletic population, with the highest incidence in diving. There remains no gold standard protocol for the management of pars interarticularis defects. Further research is required to compare conservative therapy to surgical therapy and to compare the various surgical techniques to each other.

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confidence: 99%

The Incidence of Pars Interarticularis Defects in Athletes

Tawfik

Phan

Mobbs

et al. 2019

Global Spine Journal

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“…About 75% of the subjects will progress to some degree of anterior slippage, i.e., spondylolisthesis. 8 Considering each modality separately, the impact sports most practiced in developed countries have the following incidences of spondylolysis: up to 44% in hockey players, 9 of which 15.9% also have listhesis, 10 40% in tennis players, 11 up to 40% in diving athletes, 9 20.69% in volleyball players, 12 and up to about 50% in cricket, rugby, and American football players. 13 14 15 16 …”

Section: Epidemiologymentioning

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“… 7 A sua incidência na população geral é de 6% e cerca de 75% dos casos evoluirão para algum grau de escorregamento anterior, ou seja, para uma espondilolistese. 8 Considerando cada modalidade separadamente, observamos que os esportes de impacto mais praticados em países desenvolvidos apresentam as seguintes incidências: até 44% em jogadores de Hockey , 9 sendo que 15,9% com listese associada, 10 40% em jogadores de tênis, 11 até 40% em mergulhadores de salto ornamental, 9 20,69% em jogadores de vôlei 12 e até cerca de 50% em jogadores de Cricket, Rugby e futebol americano. 13 14 15 16 …”

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