Risk factors for lumbar intervertebral disc height narrowing: a population-based longitudinal study in the elderly

BACKGROUND: The progression of disc degeneration is generally believed to be associated with low back pain and/or degenerative lumbar diseases, especially in the elderly. The purpose of this study was to quantitatively evaluate changes in lumbar disc height using radiographic measurements and to inv...

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Published in:BMC Musculoskelet Disord
Main Authors: Akeda, Koji, Yamada, Tomomi, Inoue, Nozomu, Nishimura, Akinobu, Sudo, Akihiro
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4640385/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26552449
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12891-015-0798-5
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