A novel classification system of lumbar disc degeneration

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 346-351

  Riesenburger, Ron I ^a,b   Safain, Mina G ^a,b   Ogbuji, Richard ^a,b   Hayes, Jackson ^a,b   Hwang, Steven W ^a,b  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Back pain; Classification; Degenerative disc; Disc degeneration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISC BRIGHTNESS; DISC HEIGHT; DISC STRUCTURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH INTENSITY ZONE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LUMBAR DISC DEGENERATION; LUMBAR DISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODIC CHANGE; MODIFIED PFIRRMANN GRADING SYSTEM; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PFIRRMANN GRADING SYSTEM; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RELIABILITY; STANDARDIZATION; CLASSIFICATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84920618176     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: 15322653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2014.05.052     Document Type: Article

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