Biomaterial Database

Lumbar facet stress fracture in a ballet dancer. 1993

A F Fehlandt, and L J Micheli

Division of Sports Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Massachusetts.

A frequent cause of back pain in athletes and dancers is stress injury to the posterior vertebral elements. Stress fractures affect the pars interarticularis and, rarely, other vertebral regions. The authors present their experience with the diagnosis and treatment of a fourth lumbar inferior articular facet stress fracture in a ballerina in this brief report and discuss the literature concerning posterior element stress fractures.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008159	Lumbar Vertebrae	VERTEBRAE in the region of the lower BACK below the THORACIC VERTEBRAE and above the SACRAL VERTEBRAE.	Vertebrae, Lumbar
D003615	Dancing	Rhythmic and patterned body movements which are usually performed to music.	Ballet,Dance,Hip-Hop Dance,Jazz Dance,Line Dancing,Modern Dance,Salsa Dancing,Square Dance,Tap Dance,Dance, Hip-Hop,Dance, Jazz,Dance, Modern,Dance, Square,Dance, Tap,Dancing, Line,Dancing, Salsa,Hip Hop Dance
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults
D015775	Fractures, Stress	Fractures due to the strain caused by repetitive exercise. They are thought to arise from a combination of MUSCLE FATIGUE and bone failure, and occur in situations where BONE REMODELING predominates over repair. The most common sites of stress fractures are the METATARSUS; FIBULA; TIBIA; and FEMORAL NECK.	Fatigue Fractures,Fractures, Fatigue,Fractures, March,Stress Fractures,Bone Stress Reaction,Insufficiency Fractures,Micro Fractures,Microfractures,Stress Reaction, Bone,Bone Stress Reactions,Fatigue Fracture,Fracture, Fatigue,Fracture, Insufficiency,Fracture, March,Fracture, Micro,Fracture, Stress,Fractures, Micro,Insufficiency Fracture,March Fracture,March Fractures,Micro Fracture,Microfracture,Stress Fracture
D016103	Spinal Fractures	Broken bones in the vertebral column.	Hangman Fracture,Hangman's Fracture,Fracture, Hangman,Fracture, Hangman's,Fracture, Spinal,Fractures, Spinal,Hangmans Fracture,Spinal Fracture