Are the determinants of vertebral endplate changes and severe disc degeneration in the lumbar spine the same? A magnetic resonance imaging study in middle-aged male workers

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 9, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Kuisma, Mari ^a   Karppinen, Jaro ^a,f,g   Haapea, Marianne ^a   Niinimäki, Jaakko ^a   Ojala, Risto ^a   Heliövaara, Markku ^b   Korpelainen, Raija ^c,h   Kaikkonen, Kaisu ^c,h   Taimela, Simo ^d   Natri, Antero ^e   Tervonen, Osmo ^a  

^a OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c OULU DEACONESS INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^f FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^g ORTON ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BONE ATROPHY; BONE LESION; BONE MARROW; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LUMBAR DISK; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING HABIT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WHOLE BODY VIBRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FINLAND; HOSPITALIZATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; VIBRATION;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FINLAND; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VIBRATION;

EID: 43449084097     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-9-51     Document Type: Article

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