title: Lumbar pain in fast bowlers.
abstract: Lumbar pain is common among cricket's fast bowlers, leading to premature retirement. The cause of a high incidence of back problems lies in the repetitive spinal movements necessary in the art of fast bowling. This combines repetitive lateral flexion, thoraco-dorsal rotation, spinal flexion and compression. The causes are basically too much bowling by young players with relatively immature pars interarticularis, poor physical fitness and a poor bowling action.
authors.affiliation: Sir George Bedbrook's Spinal Unit, Perth.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hardcastle
mesh_terms: D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D001416:Back Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007796:Laminectomy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013123:Spinal Fusion; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed