Detailed Subphenotyping of Lumbar Modic Changes and Their Association with Low Back Pain in a Large Population-Based Study: The Wakayama Spine Study.

Masatoshi TeraguchiHiroshi HashizumeHiroyuki OkaJason P Y CheungDino SamartzisHidenobu TamaiShigeyuki MurakiToru AkuneSakae TanakaMunehito YoshidaNoriko YoshimuraHiroshi Yamada

Published in: Pain and therapy (2021)

Type I/II Modic changes in the lumbar region are significantly associated with LBP. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first large population-based study on the association between various Modic changes and LBP.

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minimally invasive