NCT02351206

Lumbar Disc Space Height in Young Disc Herniation and Degeneration Patients

Lumbar Intervertebral Disc Space Height in Disc Herniation and Degeneration Patients in Their Early 20s

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 389 (actual)
• Sponsor: Jaseng Hospital of Korean Medicine · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Years – 25 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

As low back pain (LBP) imposes a heavy socioeconomic burden, early detection of pathologic intervertebral disc change in young adults holds high clinical relevance as a common structural cause of LBP. The investigators therefore assessed the feasibility of using X-ray disc space height measurements as a predictive evaluation method of lumbar disc herniation (LDH) and degeneration in LBP patients in their early 20s.

Conditions

• Intervertebral Disc Displacement
• Intervertebral Disc Degeneration
• Low Back Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
RADIATION	x-ray, MRI

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-01-01
• Primary completion: 2014-10-01
• Completion: 2014-11-01
• First posted: 2015-01-30
• Last updated: 2018-11-07