Pediatric Mechanical Back Pain

Etiology: Injury to or overuse of muscles and joints of back
Imaging: Normal
DDX:
Complications:
Treatment:
Clinical:
— Diagnosis of exclusion
— Symptoms are temporary
— Common in teens

Radiology Cases of Mechanical Back Pain

Radiographs of mechanical back pain — AP, lateral and both oblique radiographs of the lumbar spine are unremarkable and show no evidence of a scotty dog deformity, thus ruling out spondylolysis.