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Back & Spine · Bone

Spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis

A stress fracture of part of a vertebra, sometimes with forward slipping.

This condition is indexed: it is mapped to its protocol, book pages, pain locations and aggravating movements, and appears in search and the Pain Map. The full 9-part page is scheduled in the Completion Tracker.

Rehab Science describes it in the Low Back Pain protocol (PDF pp. 585–587). Treats: Non-specific low back pain (acute and chronic); Sharp, achy pain in the low back; Lumbar flexion and hyperextension sensitivity; Pain on one side of the back; Muscle strain; Facet joint sprain; Spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis; Sacroiliac (SI) joint pain.

Source: Rehab Science · Ch 19 · PDF pp. 585, 587· 2 original research citationsshow sources ▾
Also cited by the book on these pages:
  1. [Ch 19·12] Kalichman L, Hunter DJ. Diagnosis and conservative management of degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis. Eur Spine J. 2008;17(3):327-335. find original ↗
  2. [Ch 19·13] Vibert BT, Sliva CD, Herkowitz HN. Treatment of instability and spondylolisthesis: surgical versus nonsurgical treatment. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2006;443:222-227. find original ↗

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