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KMID : 0357520070300040407
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Journal of Radiological Science and Technology
2007 Volume.30 No. 4 p.407 ~ p.417
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The Change of Lumbar Intervertebral Disc Size on Aging and Low Back Pain
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Kim Jong-Soon
Kim Chang-Soo
Kim Chang-Soo
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study is to determine whether change of the lumbar intervertebral disc diameters and size is a risk factor for development of lumbar disc lesion and this changes are associated with aging. The L4-5 and L5-S1 intervertebral disc diameters and size were measured in 50 normal subjects and 50 low back pain patients in the age range by MRI. The data were analysed with independent t-test to differentiation between normal subjects and low back patients. We also analysed with one-way ANOVA, Pearson correlation and simple linear regression to differentiate between different age ranges. This study has shown that older subjects of both normal and low back pain patients have significantly larger transverse diameters and sizes of the L4-5 and L5-S1 intervertebral disc, compared with those of younger subjects. In addition, low back pain patients’s disc sizes were larger than normal subjects but there was statistically no significant difference. The measurement of the intervertebral disc size can be considered as a clinically useful method for diagnosis of the low back pain and aging of the intervertebral disc. However, further study should be conducted to establish normal value of intervertebral disc size on large number of subjects.
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KEYWORD
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Intervertebral disc, Aging, Low back pain, MRI
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