The Twin Spine Study: Contributions to a changing view of disc degeneration†

Spine Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 47-59

  Battié, Michele C ^a,b   Videman, Tapio ^a,b   Kaprio, Jaakko ^b   Gibbons, Laura E ^c   Gill, Kevin ^d   Manninen, Hannu ^e   Saarela, Janna ^f   Peltonen, Leena ^b,f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^f NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^g MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Degeneration; Disc; Genetics; Heredity; Spine

Indexed keywords

BACKACHE; BODY WEIGHT; BONE ATROPHY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; WHOLE BODY VIBRATION;

DISEASES IN TWINS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SPINAL DISEASES; VIBRATION;

EID: 57849168925     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2008.11.011     Document Type: Review

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