Abstract

The lumbar spines of 1055 children and young peoples under the age of 20 years, of which males were 601 and females 454, were examined by the anteroposterior, lateral and oblique X-ray.Out of the total, spondylolysis was found in 55 persons (5.2%), being 37 males (6.2%) and 18 females (3.0%). The youngest was a 7-year-old female.According to the age group, no spondylolysis was found in the group under the age of 4 years, and 10 (3.1%) in the group from 5 to 9 years, 25 (5.3%) in the group from 10 to 14 and 20 (10.8%) in the group from 15 to 20 years.

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