SPECT findings in 42 cricketers and 28 soccer players: sites of increased scintigraphic uptake
| Lumbar level | Side of posterior elements | Cricketers and soccer players (total) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cricketers | Soccer players | ||||||
| Right | Left | Sub-total | Right | Left | Sub-total | ||
| *Significant difference between percentage on left and right sides between cricket players and soccer players (p<0.05). | |||||||
| L1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| L2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| L3 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 30 |
| L4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 23 |
| L5 | 14 | 18 | 32 | 17 | 8 | 25 | 57 |
| Total | 33* | 49* | 82 | 28* | 17* | 45 | 127 |