Disc height and signal intensity of the nucleus pulposus on magnetic resonance imaging as indicators of lumbar disc degeneration

Spine

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 680-686

  Luoma, Katariina ^a   Vehmas, Tapio ^a   Riihimäki, Hilkka ^a   Raininko, Raili ^b  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Age; Intervertebral disc; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Occupation; Spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LUMBAR DISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CAUSALITY; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0035868784     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200103150-00026     Document Type: Article

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