Determinants of the progression in lumbar degeneration: A 5-year follow-up study of adult male monozygotic twins

Spine

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 671-678

  Videman, Tapio ^a   Battié, Michele C ^a   Ripatti, Samuli ^b   Gill, Kevin ^c   Manninen, Hannu ^d   Kaprio, Jaakko ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Steerco Ltd   (Finland)

^c Southwest Orthopedic Institute   (United States)

^d KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Disc degeneration; Exercise; Genetics; Heredity; MRI; Occupation; Physical loading; Prevention; Smoking; Twin study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AVULSION FRACTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPOSURE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTERVIEW; LEISURE; LIPID STORAGE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUMBAR DISK; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NERVE ENDING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OSTEOPHYTE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; RISK FACTOR; SACRUM; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPONDYLOSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRAINING; TREATMENT PLANNING; VARIANCE; VERTEBRA; WEIGHT LIFTING;

ADULT; AGED; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DISEASES IN TWINS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL DISEASES; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 33645097262     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000202558.86309.ea     Document Type: Article

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