@article{ref1,
title="Observations on the treatment of lumbar disk disease in college football players",
journal="American journal of sports medicine",
year="1987",
author="Day, A. L. and Friedman, W. A. and Indelicato, P. A.",
volume="15",
number="1",
pages="72-75",
abstract="Over a 4 year period, 12 college players were treated for diskogenic injury. The most common position affected was down-lineman. Symptoms consisted of low back and/or radicular pain. No players could recall the onset of symptoms relative to football activity; weightlifting was associated with symptoms in three cases. Tentative clinical diagnosis was herniated disk disease. <br><br>METHOD of diagnosis in the athletic population is presented along with results of surgical treatment. Percutaneous diskectomy appears to be successful for disk herniations occurring at the L4-5 space or higher.  Keywords: American football <p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0363-5465",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}