LOW BACK PAIN AND LUMBAR VERTEBRAL DEFORMITY IN ATHLETES / 中国运动医学杂志

ABSTRACT

An investigation was made on 555 ranking Chinese Athletes engaged in 26 different sports and events. The type and incidence of vertebral deformity were counted. The incidence of low back pain as a result of the deformity was also counted. The relationship between low back pain and deformity was analyzed and the result was compared with 657 athletes who came to our clinic for treatment. The results were as follows1. The incidence of secondary injury and illness in athletes with vertebral deformity was high. The incidence of spondylolysis in athletes with vertebral deformity was still higher. Athletes with serious deformity were liable to injury of bone, while those with light deformity were likely to develop injury of soft tissue.2. The pain of those with the deformity was mainly caused by secondary injury and illness but in a few of them the pain was the result of the vertebral deformity itself.3. To prevent the pain of vertebral deformity, it is important to prevent the development of secondary inry and illness.