title: Lumbar transverse process fractures in professional football players.
abstract: In the general population, fractures of the transverse processes of lumbar vertebrae occur in cases of high-energy blunt trauma, often in motor vehicle accidents. Football players may incur the same fractures, but the circumstances and outcomes are different in this specific subgroup. A review of 29 cases among National Football League players reveals that associated visceral injuries are rare, and the time lost from sports is only an average of 3.5 weeks.
authors.affiliation: Minneapolis Sports Medicine Center, MN 55454, USA.
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Tewes
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Fischer
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Quick
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zamberletti
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Powell
mesh_terms: D005538:Football / Q000293:injuries*; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000293:injuries*; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000209:etiology; D014481:United States