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Low Back Pain in Teen AthletesAka: Adolescent Back Pain

Etiologies (differ from adult causes of Low Back Pain)
1. Most common causes
  1. Spondylolysis (47%)
  2. Stress Fracture
  3. Hyperlordosis predisposing to mechanical back pain
2. Less common causes (contrast with adults)
  1. Lumbar Disc Disease (11%)
  2. Lumbosacral sprain (6%)
References
1. King (1999) Orthop Clin North Am 30(3):467
2. Micheli (1995) Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 149:15

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