The occurrence of anular tears and their relation to lifetime back pain history: A cadaveric study using barium sulfate discography

Spine

Volumn 29, Issue 23, 2004, Pages 2668-2676

  Videman, Tapio ^a   Nurminen, Markku ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Anular tears; Autopsy study; Back pain; Disc degeneration; Discography; Occupation; Physical loading

Indexed keywords

BARIUM SULFATE;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACKACHE; CADAVER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISKOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISEASE; JOB PERFORMANCE; LOADING TEST; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; BARIUM SULFATE; CADAVER; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL INJURIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 14844355360     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000146461.27105.2b     Document Type: Article

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