Low Back Pain in Relation to Lumbar Disc Degeneration

Luoma, Katariina; Riihimäki, Hilkka; Luukkonen, Ritva; Raininko, Raili; Viikari‐Juntura, Eira; Lamminen, Antti

doi:10.1097/00007632-200002150-00016

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Low Back Pain in Relation to Lumbar Disc Degeneration

Published in Spine • Feb 1, 2000

Authors:

Katariina Luoma

Hilkka Riihimäki

Ritva Luukkonen

Abstract

STUDY DESIGN: Cross-sectional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) study. OBJECTIVES: To study the relation of low back pain (LBP) to disc degeneration in the lumbar spine. BACKGROUND DATA: Controversy still prevails about the relationship between disc degeneration and LBP. Classification of disc degene...

Subject

Medicine

Degeneration (medical)

Low back pain

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