An epidemiologic study of MRI and low back pain in 13-year-old children

Spine

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 798-806

  Kjaer, Per ^a   Leboeuf Yde, Charlotte ^a   Sorensen, Joan Solgaard ^a   Bendix, Tom ^a  

^a Back Research Center   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Anular tears; Disc degeneration; Disc protrusion; End plate changes; Low back pain; Magnetic resonance imaging; Spondylolisthesis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE ENDING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 16844385255     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000157424.72598.ec     Document Type: Article

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