The Dose-Response Relationship Between Cumulative Lifting Load and Lumbar Disk Degeneration Based on Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings
Author(s) -
Isabella YuJu Hung,
Tiffany TingFang Shih,
BangBin Chen,
YawHuei Hwang,
Liping Ma,
Wen-Chuan Huang,
Saou-Hsing Liou,
Ing-Kang Ho,
Yue Leon Guo
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
physical therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.998
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1538-6724
pISSN - 0031-9023
DOI - 10.2522/ptj.20130095
Subject(s) - lumbar , confidence interval , medicine , magnetic resonance imaging , lumbar vertebrae , compression (physics) , odds ratio , intervertebral disk , spondylolisthesis , nuclear medicine , surgery , radiology , materials science , composite material
Lumbar disk degeneration (LDD) has been related to heavy physical loading. However, the quantification of the exposure has been controversial, and the dose-response relationship with the LDD has not been established.
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