Radiographic changes in the lumbar spine in former professional football players: a comparative and matched controlled study

Autor: Yüksel Özkan, R. M. Özdemir, Alpaslan Öztürk, Vedat Saraç, Semra Akgöz, Serkan Aykut, Nazan Yalçin
Přispěvatelé: Uludağ Üniversitesi/Tıp Fakültesi/İstatistik Anabilim Dalı., Akgöz, Semra
Rok vydání: 2007
Předmět:
Male
Vertebrae
Radiography
Poison control
Football
Football players
Low-back-pain
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
Radiodiagnosis
Gymnasts
Priority journal
Retirement
Lumbar Vertebrae
Concavity
Follow-up
Osteophyte
Instability
Middle Aged
humanities
Spondylolisthesis
Lumbar spine
medicine.anatomical_structure
Degenerative changes
Clinical neurology
Athletic Injuries
Lordosis
Original Article
Abnormalities
Lumbar disk hernia
Soccer players
Human
musculoskeletal diseases
Adult
medicine.medical_specialty
Occupational disease
Major clinical study
Lumbar vertebrae
Neurosciences & neurology
Article
Spondylolysis
Pseudarthrosis
Low Back Pain
Lumbar
medicine
Humans
Aged
business.industry
Anterior disc height
medicine.disease
High-school
Orthopedics
Case-Control Studies
Physical therapy
Surgery
sense organs
Comparative study
business
Controlled study
human activities
Zdroj: European Spine Journal. 17:136-141
ISSN: 1432-0932
0940-6719
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-007-0535-3
Popis: Heavy physical work and activity lead to degenerative changes, especially in the lumbar spine. We aimed to find out the occurence of radiographic changes (vertebral osteophytes, heights of lumbar dicsc, concavity index) and abnormalities of the lumbar spine in former professional football (association football or soccer) players according to their specialization (goalkeeper, defender, midfielder, forward) in their past professional sport life. We included 70 male former professional football players and 59 men as the control group. The football players group consisted of 15 defenders (21%), 29 midfielders (41%), 18 forwards (26%) and 8 goalkeepers (12%). Their mean professional football life was 11.04 years and the mean time period after their retirement was 13.87 years. Radiographs of both groups were taken to measure the disc height, concavity index and to determine osteophytes and abnormalities of the lumbar spine. FFbH-R score was assessed for daily activities. The mean FFbH-R score of football players was lower than that of the control group (P = 0.005). The total number of osteophytes in the player group was higher than in the control group (P = 0.001). The mean disc height of L1-L2 in football players was higher than in the control group (P = 0.045). The mean disc height of T12-L1 in goalkeepers was higher than in forward players (P = 0.019). The mean concavity index of L1 in forward players was lower than in defenders (P = 0.018). The mean disc heights of T12-L1 and L2-L3 were both higher in players whose professional sport life was > 10 years than in players with
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