Lumbar Disc Degeneration
Collagen IX gene polymorphisms and lumbar disc degeneration: a systematic review and meta-analysis
... Low back pain (LBP) is a prevalent disease in adults, es- pecially those ranging from 40 to 80 years of age [1]. LBP can be classified into two types: acute and chronic. Chronic LBP is characterized by persistent pain ...
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Lumbar disc degeneration is linked to a carbohydrate sulfotransferase 3 variant
... Lumbar disc degeneration (LDD) is associated with both genetic and environmental factors and affects many people ...intervertebral disc cells of human subjects carrying the A allele of ...
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Abdominal adipose tissue thickness measured using magnetic resonance imaging is associated with lumbar disc degeneration in a Chinese patient population
... young men. However, they only measured AD and SAD, and did not identify a similar correlation in females. Our results are consistent with their findings in men. Furthermore, we identified the same correlation in women, ...
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Original Article Relationship between the exon 19 polymorphism of the COL9A2 gene and lumbar disc degeneration in a Chinese population
... vertebral disc degeneration by the time they reach 40 years of age, and a finding of disc degeneration is often considered normal in patients over the age of ...which disc ...
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Original Article Association between collagen IX tryptophan polymorphisms and risk of lumbar disc degeneration: a meta-analysis
... Abstract: Purpose: The aim of this study was to examine the association between collagen IX tryptophan (COL9A2/ Trp2, COL9A3/Trp3) polymorphisms and risk of lumbar disc degeneration (LDD). Methods: ...
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The potential effect of type 2 diabetes mellitus on lumbar disc degeneration: a retrospective single-center study
... by degeneration of the intervertebral discs (IVDs) both are major public health problem ...of lumbar disc degeneration ...the lumbar MRI imaging and no previous ...
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Correlations between the sagittal plane parameters of the spine and pelvis and lumbar disc degeneration
... which lumbar disc herniation ...PI, lumbar curvature, and tilting of the L3 vertebrae ...intervertebral disc, 18% occurred in the L3/4 intervertebral disc, and 3% occurred in the L2/3 ...
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Original Article Association between TRAIL gene polymorphisms and the susceptibility and severity of lumbar disc degeneration
... [1]. Lumbar disc degeneration (LDD) is a major pathological process that contributes to LBP ...influence disc degeneration, such as aging, gender, lifestyles and mechanical load- ing ...
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Original Article A porcine model of lumbar disc degeneration induced by superficial layer of annular injury
... of lumbar disc degeneration induced by superficial layer of annular injury that closely mimicked human disc ...study lumbar disc ...Two lumbar discs of each minipig of ...
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Treatment outcome of chronic low back pain and radiographic lumbar disc degeneration are associated with inflammatory and matrix degrading gene variants: a prospective genetic association study
... [1]. Degeneration of the lumbar intervertebral disc is regarded as a common cause of chronic low back pain (CLBP) ...of lumbar disc degeneration (LDD) is complex and not fully ...
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Lumbar disc degeneration is associated with modic change and high paraspinal fat content – a 3 0T magnetic resonance imaging study
... severe disc degeneration have an increased risk for chronic low back pain [2, 3], whether disc degeneration is associated with other struc- tural abnormalities is ...Spinal degeneration ...
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Body mass index is associated with lumbar disc degeneration in young Finnish males: subsample of Northern Finland birth cohort study 1986
... to study this association. Our results are consistent with a prospective study among Finnish male adults (n = 129) in which persistent overweight (BMI ≥25 kg/m2) at 25 and 40–45 years was associated with DD at L2/3 to ...
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Correlation between multifidus fatty atrophy and lumbar disc degeneration in low back pain
... Two leading causes of chronic LBP are represented by sedentary lifestyle and reduced physical activity, which are often linked to overweight, weakness and atrophy of paraspinal muscles [3]. Prolonged neurological ...
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Morphology of intervertebral disc ruptures evaluated by vacuum phenomenon using multi detector computed tomography: association with lumbar disc degeneration and canal stenosis
... that disc ruptures may be related to low back pain and/or the pathogenesis of degenerative lumbar ...the lumbar region; this is one of the characteristics of IVD degeneration ...and ...
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Landscape of RNAs in human lumbar disc degeneration
... 8. Sun Z, Guo YS, Yan SJ, Wan ZY, Gao B, Wang L, Liu ZH, Gao Y, Samartzis D, Lan LF, Wang HQ, Luo ZJ. CK8 phosphorylation induced by compressive loads underlies the downregulation of CK8 in human disc ...
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Magnetic resonance imaging analysis of work-related chronic low back pain: comparisons of different lumbar disc patterns
... of lumbar disc degeneration patterns were found in 283 patients with work-related CLBP, including ND (morphologically ND), DD (degenerative changes without any kind of displacement), BD (annular ...
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Correlation between intervertebral disc degeneration, paraspinal muscle atrophy, and lumbar facet joints degeneration in patients with lumbar disc herniation
... muscle degeneration and chronic low back pain, degenerative disc disease, radiculopathy, and scoliosis has been proposed [7 – ...invasive lumbar discectomy was also observed ...and lumbar ...
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Degeneration of the intervertebral disc
... Disc degeneration has proved a difficult entity to study; its definition is vague, with diffuse parameters that are not always easy to ...develop degeneration spontaneously [61,62] and of injury ...
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Original Article Acupuncture at Yanglingquan (GB34) acupoint alleviates lumbar intervertebral disc degeneration in rats
... of lumbar intervertebral disc degeneration (LIVD) has been confirmed in clinical, but the exact mechanism of its effectiveness is not known yet and worthy of further ...LIVD ...
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Minimally Invasive versus Open Spine Surgery: What Does the Best Evidence Tell Us?
... Cervical disc herniation, lumbar disc herniation, and posterior lumbar ...cervical disc herniation, MIS provided no difference in overall function, arm pain relief, or long‑term neck ...
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