Reabilitação baseada em movimento para melhora de dor e atividade em indivíduos com espondilólise ou espondilolistese: revisão sistemática / Movement-based rehabilitation to reduce pain and improve activity in people with spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis: a systematic review

Introdução: Alterações em estrutura e função decorrentes de espondilólise/espondilolistese podem incluir dor lombar e/ou irradiada para membros inferiores com limitações de atividade. Objetivo: avaliar a eficácia de programas de reabilitação baseados em movimento para redução da dor e melhora de atividade em indivíduos com diagnóstico de espondilólise/espondilolistese. Método: Revisão sistemática de ensaios clínicos aleatorizados, cuja intervenção foi programa de reabilitação baseado em exercício. As medidas de desfecho foram dor e atividade. Resultados: Cinco estudos foram incluídos. Dois estudos investigaram a eficácia da intervenção experimental comparada a placebo/não-intervenção, encontrando resultados inconclusivos. Três estudos investigaram a eficácia da intervenção experimental em comparação ao tratamento cirúrgico, reportando superioridade do tratamento cirúrgico. Conclusão: Os resultados são inconclusivos em relação à eficácia da reabilitação baseada em movimento, e sugerem que é menos eficaz do que tratamentos cirúrgicos na redução da intensidade de dor e melhora de atividade de indivíduos com diagnóstico de espondilólise/espondilolistese.

Introduction: Body structure and function impairments due to spondylolysis/spondylolisthesis may include low back pain and/or radiating pain, leading to activity limitations. Objective: To investigate the efficacy of movement-based rehabilitation programs to reduce pain and improve activity in people with spondylolysis/spondylolisthesis. Method: Systematic review of randomised clinical trials. Experimental intervention was movement-based rehabilitation program and outcome measures were pain and activity. Result: Five trials were included. Two trials examined the efficacy of the experimental intervention compared with placebo/no-intervention, and found inconclusive results. Three trials examined the efficacy of the experimental intervention compared with a surgical treatment, and reported superiority in favour of the surgical treatments. Conclusion: The results are inconclusive regarding the efficacy of movement-based rehabilitation, and suggested that it is less effective than surgical treatments.

Analysis of the Injury-disease Relationship between Spondylolysis and Trauma in 26 Forensic Identifications / 法医学杂志

OBJECTIVES@#To expound the injury-disease relationship between spondylolysis and trauma for the points of forensic identification.@*METHODS@#Total 26 cases of spondylolysis were collected and the characteristics of this disease such as age, accompanied symptoms, treatment and injury manner were discussed.@*RESULTS@#The causal relationship existed between trauma and injury consequence in 2 appraised individuals and both of them aged less than 50 years old. The injury manners of both were high-energy injury with combined injury and these 2 patients were treated by operation.@*CONCLUSIONS@#The analysis of injury-disease relationship between spondylolysis and trauma should be paid attention in the middle-young age under 50 years old. More importantly, the injury-disease relationship should be analyzed in the patients who chose operative treatment.

Tratamiento quirurgico de la espondilolisis mediante la reparacion de la pars interarticularis / Repair of the pars interarticularis for spondylolysis

La espondilolisis ístmica con o sin listesis se presenta en la infancia, con una prevalencia del 5 por ciento alrededor de los 6 años de edad; aumentando discretamente en adolescentes (relacionada con sus actividades deportivas). Es considerada una fractura por sobrecarga de la pars influenciada por una predisposición genética, en el 67 por ciento de los casos la lisis está en L5. En los casos en que el tratamiento conservador falla, hay dos modalidades detratamiento quirúrgico: la reparación de la pars (Buck, Scott, Morscher, etc.) y la artrodesis del segmento. Fueron intervenidos quirúrgicamente 9 pacientes con reparación de la lisis, 5 con la técnica tipo Buck con tomillo pedicular, gancho laminar y barra conectora, 3 con la técnica de Scott y 1 sin fijación interna con injerto óseo. De los 9 pacientes, 7 tenían dolor lumbar incapacitante y 2 con lumbalgia mas irradiacion ciatica. La edad promedio de estos pacientes fue de 14,6 años, 4 de sexo femenino y 5 de sexo masculino. Tuvieron un seguimiento promedio de 2,4 años. Seis pacientes presentaban espondilolisis bilateral en L5 sin desplazamiento, 2 con desplazamiento grado I segun la clasificacion de Meyerding y 1 con lesion bilateral en L4. Los resultados fueron: muy bueno en 7 pacientes con remision completa de los sintomas (77,7 por ciento) y bueno en 2, con dolores lumbares ocasionales segun la actividad que realicen. Creemos que la reparacion de la lisis es una alternativa terapeutica favorable en pacientes jovenes sin cambios degenerativos con espondilolisis sintomatica y/o espondilolistesisgrado 1 en los que fallo...

Posterior lumbar interbody fusion with peek cage in spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis

Posterior lumbar interbody fusion [PLIF] is now considered to be the golden standard for lumbar instability caused by spondylolysis or spondylolisthesis. PLIF has many limitations because of the technical difficulties, complications and the gained postoperative increase of the disc height tends to return to preoperative level. The use of poly-ether-ether ketone cage for posterior lumbar interbody fusion is technically less difficult with minimal complications. Twelve patients; ten were female and two male; with spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis of different causes were treated by PEEK interbody cage and interpedicular fixation with or without posterolateral fusion. Age of the patients ranged from 38 to 62 years [mean 50 years]. The patients were followed for a mean 1 year duration and were evaluated both clinically and radiologically. All twelve patients were improved clinically except two patients had partial improvement with occasional and temporary back pain due to causes other than cage complications

A biomechanic study of the surgical repair technique of pars defect in spondylolysis.

To find out which wiring technique of direct repair of the pars defect is the strongest in resisting anteroposterior translation displacement, fifteen fresh human cadaveric L4-L5 spines were biomechanically tested by a universal testing machine. Two millimeters wide pars defect was created on both sides of L4 vertebrae. Each of the five specimens was wired using Nicol's technique (A), modified Nicol's technique (B) and modified pedicular screw technique respectively (C). At each test, motion was observed to occur initially at the pars defect. The mean minimum tensile strength (increment of the pars defect) for technique A, B and C was 87.64, 82.04 and 110.08 Kg Force respectively. By statistical analysis, technique C was the strongest in resisting anteroposterior displacement of the spinal column. There was no statistically significant difference between technique A and B.

Espondilólise cervical associada a drop attack e mielopatia: relato de caso / Myelopathy and drop attack due to cervical spondylolysis: case report

Analisamos um caso raro de espondilólise cervical. O paciente apresentava episódios de "drop attack" e mielopatia cervical em progressao. Quadro clínico de tetraparesia permitia a marcha com apoio. Os exames radiológicos demonstraram espondilólise em C6 com estenose acentuada do canal neste nível. O paciente foi submetido a tratamento cirúrgico em dois tempos. Fusao intersomática anterior e laminectomia para ampliaçao do canal. Evoluiu com estabilizaçao dos sintomas.

Tratamiento de la espondilólisis con espondilolistesis menor de 25 por ciento mediante reparación del defecto / Spondylolysis treatment with less than 25 percent spondylolisthesis by defect repair

El tratamiento de la espondilósis lumbar, con espondilolistesis menor de 25 por ciento, es una artrodesis muy usada que produce la consecuente limitación en la movilidad, menor soporte y poca tolerancia para el esfuerzo. Con el uso de sistemas de fijación transpedicular se reducen estas complicaciones además del riesgo de pseudoartrosis, estabilizando la columna, aliviando la sintomatología, la biomecánica de la columna y propiciando un mayor porcentaje de consolidación. En este estudio preliminar, se trataron tres pacientes que no respondieron a los tratamiento conservadores descomprimiendo, mediante este método, las raíces nerviosas sin que hasta el momento se observen complicaciones postoperatorias, por lo que se recomienda el uso de estos fijadores

Protocolo kinésico en artrodesis lumbar / Kinesic therapy protocol in lumbar arthrodesis

Se expone un protocolo de tratamiento kinésico en relación a las artrodesis tóraco-lumbares y lumbosacras, describiendo los distintos objetivos y acciones kinésicas en cada etapa de la evolución de este tipo de cirugía

Posterior reduction and stabilization of painful spondylolisthesis.

The authors reported 16 cases of first to third grade painful spondylolisthesis. The treatment was posterior reduction and stabilization in one stage operation by modified Vidal et al and Luque techniques. The operation consisted of stabilization of an above involved vertebra and another one below with a rectangular rod and sublaminar wirings. The pedicular screws were inserted through the Harrington hooks which levered upon the rectangular rod for reduction of the displaced vertebra. The posterolateral intertransverse arthrodesis of two spinal segments was also added. A 2-5-year follow-up study showed all patients were relieved from pain initially, and could ambulate early following the operation. The vertebral displacement did not increase postoperatively and solid posterolateral fusion was obtained.