Magnetic resonance imaging and low back pain in adults: A diagnostic imaging study of 40-year-old men and women

Spine

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1173-1180

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anterolisthesis; Anular tears; Disc degeneration; Epidemiology; High intensity zones; Low back pain; Magnetic resonance imaging; Modic changes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; JOINT DEGENERATION; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPINE DISEASE; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 18844440474     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000162396.97739.76     Document Type: Conference Paper

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