Degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine: a prospective comparison of fast T1-weighted fluid-attenuated inversion recovery and T1-weighted turbo spin echo MR imaging

2005 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. 277-282 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Oktay Erdem ◽  
C. Zuhal Erdem ◽  
Bektas Acikgoz ◽  
Sadi Gundogdu
2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kosuke Morita ◽  
Takeshi Nakaura ◽  
Natsuki Maruyama ◽  
Yuji Iyama ◽  
Seitaro Oda ◽  
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2004 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 160-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter D. Gatehouse ◽  
Taigang He ◽  
Sean P. F. Hughes ◽  
Graeme M. Bydder

Author(s):  
Tomasz Kuligowski ◽  
Błażej Cieślik ◽  
Natalia Kuciel ◽  
Agnieszka Dębiec-Bąk ◽  
Anna Skrzek

The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy of stabilizing training for the deep core muscles of the lumbar spine in subjects with degenerative disc disease. This study was conducted on 38 participants. The participants were divided into two groups: the extrusion group (EXT, n = 17) and the protrusion group (PRO, n = 21). All the subjects underwent a four-week-long core stability exercise-based treatment (five sessions/week). Clinical outcome measures were assessed pre-intervention (pre), post-intervention (post) and four weeks after the intervention (follow-up). The primary outcome measures were the spinal range of motion (ROM; Spinal Mouse® device) and the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI). In the PRO group, the ROM decreased from 88.52° pre-intervention to 83.33° post-intervention and to 82.82° at follow-up (p = 0.01), while the ODI decreased from 16.14 points pre-intervention to 6.57 points post-intervention, with 9.42 points at follow-up (p < 0.01). In the EXT group, the ROM decreased from 81.00° pre-intervention to 77.05° post-intervention, then increased to 77.94° at follow-up (p = 0.03), while the ODI decreased from 22.58 points pre-intervention to 15.41 points post-intervention and to 14.70 points at follow-up (p < 0.001). Although the stabilizing exercise sessions improved the clinical outcomes in each group, we cannot make conclusions as to whether the type of intervertebral disc damage significantly affects the results of stabilizing exercise-based treatment.


1998 ◽  
Vol 28 (11) ◽  
pp. 846-850 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. P. Hauer ◽  
Markus Uhl ◽  
Karl-Heinz Allmann ◽  
J&#x000F6;rg Laubenberger ◽  
Lothar B. Zimmerhackl ◽  
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