ADOLESCENTS WITH SPONDYLOLYSIS HAVE LOWER SRS-22 SCORES THAN CONTROLS AND PEERS WITH SCOLIOSIS

Spondylolysis is a common etiology of back pain in adolescents, especially in athletes whose sport involves repetitive spine hyperextension and rotation; however, there is a paucity of research characterizing the associated the health-related-quality-of-life (HRQL) in this population. The Scoliosis Research Society (SRS) developed an HQRL outcome instrument, the SRS-22, originally to evaluate adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) treatments, but its use has broadened to other spine conditions, such as spondylolisthesis. The SRS-22 evaluates four clinical domains, five questions for each domain: pain, self-image, function, and mental health; a fifth domain has two questions that assesses satisfaction with treatment. The purpose of this study is to characterize the SRS-22 scores for patients who are diagnosed with spondylolysis, without listhesis, and subsequently compare them to the scores of normal adolescent controls and AIS patients found in the literature