Cross-sectional magnetic resonance imaging study of lumbar disc degeneration in 200 healthy individuals: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 501-507

  Kanayama, Masahiro ^a   Togawa, Daisuke ^a   Takahashi, Chihiro ^a   Terai, Tomoya ^a   Hashimoto, Tomoyuki ^a  

^a HAKODATE CENTRAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Disc degeneration; Herniated disc; Magnetic resonance imaging; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISC DEGENERATION; LUMBAR DISK; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SITTING; SPINE DISEASE; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; STANDING;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 70349640558     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.5.SPINE08675     Document Type: Article

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