Ligamentum flavum hypertrophy in asymptomatic and chronic low back pain subjects.

Ligamentum flavum hypertrophy in asymptomatic and chronic low back pain subjects.

To examine ligamentum flavum thickness using magnetic resonance (MR) images to evaluate its association with low back pain symptoms, age, gender, lumbar level, and disc characteristics.Sixty-three individuals were part of this IRB-approved study: twenty-seven with chronic low back pain, and thirty-s...

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Main Authors: Justin J Munns, Joe Y B Lee, Alejandro A Espinoza Orías, Ryota Takatori, Gunnar B J Andersson, Howard S An, Nozomu Inoue
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4444243?pdf=render

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