Presence and extent of severe facet joint osteoarthritis are associated with back pain in older adults

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1199-1206

  Suri, P ^a,b,c   Hunter, D J ^d   Rainville, J ^c   Guermazi, A ^e   Katz, J N ^f  

^a VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Intervertebral disc; Lumbar; Spondylosis; Zygapophyseal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT CAVITY; LUMBAR FACET JOINT OSTEOARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPONDYLOSIS;

ARTHRITIS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; LUMBAR; SPONDYLOSIS; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL;

AGED; BACK PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; OSTEOARTHRITIS, SPINE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPONDYLOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 84882620733     PISSN: 10634584     EISSN: 15229653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2013.05.013     Document Type: Article

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