Obesity is associated with reduced disc height in the lumbar spine but not at the lumbosacral junction

Spine

Volumn 39, Issue 16, 2014, Pages

  Urquhart, Donna M ^a   Kurniadi, Ivan ^a   Triangto, Kevin ^a   Wang, Yuanyuan ^a   Wluka, Anita E ^a   O'Sullivan, Richard ^a,b   Jones, Graeme ^c   Cicuttini, Flavia M ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b EPWORTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

disc height; low back pain; lumbar spine; lumbosacral; magnetic resonance imaging; obesity; structure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK; LUMBAR DISK HEIGHT; LUMBAR SPINE; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACRUM; SEX RATIO; VERTEBRA BODY; AGED; BACK; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; SACRUM;

EID: 84904393543     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000000411     Document Type: Article

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