Modic changes and associated features in Southern European chronic low back pain patients

Spine Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 402-411

  Arana, Estanislao ^a,b,c   Kovacs, Francisco M ^c   Royuela, Ana ^c,d,e   Estremera, Ana ^c,f   Asenjo, Beatriz ^c,g   Sarasíbar, Helena ^c,f   Amengual, Guillermo ^c,f   Galarraga, Isabel ^c,h   Alonso, Ana ⁱ   Casillas, Carlos ^j   Muriel, Alfonso ^c,d,e   Montoya, Julia ⁱ   Ordóñez, Cristina ⁱ   Martínez, Carmen ^c,f   Zamora, Javier ^c,d,e   Campillo, Carlos ^c,k   Abraira, Víctor ^c,d,e  

^a INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE ONCOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b Fundacion Instituto de Investigacion en Servicios de Salud   (Spain)

^c Fundacion Kovacs   (Spain)

^d CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL SON LLÀTZER   (Spain)

^g HOSPITAL REGIONAL UNIVERSITARIO DE MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^h HOSPITAL DE MANACOR   (Spain)

ⁱ Hospital UniversitarioFundación Jiménez Díaz   (Spain)

^j Instituto de Traumatología Unión de Mutuas   (Spain)

^k IBSALUT   (Spain)

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Author keywords

Chronic low back pain; Disc degeneration; Magnetic resonance imaging; Modic changes; Vertebral end plate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE ENDING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RADIOLOGY; SMOKING; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREVALENCE; SCIATICA; SPAIN; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 79955831015     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2011.03.019     Document Type: Article

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