Properties of paraspinal muscles in Japanese high school baseball players with terminal-stage lumbar spondylolysis

Lumbar spondylolysis is a defect in the pars interarticularis common in young athletes; the stress distribution at the pars interarticularis is the highest in extension and rotation movements. The paraspinal muscles play an important role in stabilization of the lumbar spine; however, no study has assessed the properties of paraspinal muscles in athletes with lumbar spondylolysis.

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