Young investigator award 2001 winner: Risk factors for lumbar disc degeneration: A 5-year prospective MRI study in asymptomatic individuals

Spine

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 125-134

  Elfering, Achim ^a   Semmer, Norbert ^a   Birkhofer, Daniel ^a   Zanetti, Marco ^b   Hodler, Juerg ^b   Boos, Norbert ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic individuals; Low back pain; MRI disc degeneration; Natural history; Night work; Prediction; Work related risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE DISEASE; SPORT; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0037082157     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200201150-00002     Document Type: Article

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