A population-based study of juvenile disc degeneration and its association with overweight and obesity, low back pain, and diminished functional status

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 662-670

  Samartzis, Dino ^a   Karppinen, Jaro ^a,b   Mok, Florence ^a   Fong, Daniel Y T ^a,c   Luk, Keith D K ^a   Cheung, Kenneth M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BONE MARROW; CHINESE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; ISCHIALGIA; JUVENILE; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHMORL NODE; SHORT FORM 36; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE INJURY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; UNDERWEIGHT;

EID: 79953865229     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.I.01568     Document Type: Article

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