Vertebral endplate changes are not associated with chronic low back pain among Southern European subjects: a case control study.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

Data on the association between vertebral endplate changes and low back pain are contradictory. This study was designed to assess whether this association exists among Southern European subjects.

Materials and methods

Patients in this study serving as cases were 35-50 years of age with low back pain lasting >90 days, for whom a lumbar MR imaging had been prescribed. Controls were subjects 35-50 years of age, having a cranial MR imaging for headache with normal findings, and no history of clinically relevant LBP. Two hundred forty cases and 64 controls were recruited consecutively in the radiology services across 6 cities in Spain. Imaging findings and subject characteristics were gathered through previously validated instruments. Radiologists who inter

SUBMITTER: Kovacs FM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7966545 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature