Lumbar disc degeneration in Thai elderly: A population-based study

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 90, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2477-2481

  Chaiwanichsiri, Dootchai ^a   Jiamworakul, Araya ^b   Jitapunkul, Sutthichai ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b THAI RED CROSS AIDS RESEARCH CENTRE   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Elderly; Low back pain; Lumbar spine; Spondylolisthesis; Spondylosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE ATROPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPONDYLOSIS; THAILAND;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; THAILAND;

EID: 37149007308     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: 01252208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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