Age-related changes of thoracic and cervical intervertebral discs in asymptomatic subjects

Spine

Volumn 35, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 1359-1364

  Matsumoto, Morio ^a   Okada, Eijiro ^a   Ichihara, Daisuke ^a   Watanabe, Kota ^a   Chiba, Kazuhiro ^a   Toyama, Yoshiaki ^a   Fujiwara, Hirokazu ^a   Momoshima, Suketaka ^a   Nishiwaki, Yuji ^a   Hashimoto, Takeshi ^a   Takahata, Takeshi ^b  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Isehara Kyodo Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Agerelated change; Asymptomatic subject; Magnetic resonance imaging; Posterior disc protrusion; Thoracic spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ANTERIOR COMPRESSION OF THE DURAL SAC; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CERVICAL SPINE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTERIOR DISC PROTRUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPORT; THORACIC SPINE; CERVICAL VERTEBRA; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; THORACIC VERTEBRA;

ADULT; AGING; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; JAPAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77954035057     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181c17067     Document Type: Article

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