Five-year development of lumbar disc degeneration-a prospective study.

Elina Iordanova SchistadSiri BjorlandCecilie RøeJohannes GjerstadNils VettiKjersti MyhreAnsgar Espeland

Published in: Skeletal radiology (2018)

Age and disc degeneration at baseline, rather than genetic factors, influenced the 5-year development of disc degeneration in patients with lumbar radicular pain or low back pain. Development of herniated discs was related to pain at rest.

Keyphrases

chronic pain
minimally invasive
pain management
neuropathic pain
gene expression
genome wide
spinal cord