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Association between changes in lumbar Modic changes and low back symptoms over a two-year period

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, April 2015
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Title
Association between changes in lumbar Modic changes and low back symptoms over a two-year period
Published in
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, April 2015
DOI 10.1186/s12891-015-0540-3
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Jyri Järvinen, Jaro Karppinen, Jaakko Niinimäki, Marianne Haapea, Mats Grönblad, Katariina Luoma, Eeva Rinne

Abstract

The association of Modic changes (MC) with low back pain (LBP) is unclear. The purpose of our study was to investigate the associations between the extent of Type 1 (M1) and Type 2 (M2) MC and low back symptoms over a two-year period. The subjects (n = 64, mean age 43.8 y; 55 [86%] women) were consecutive chronic LBP patients who had M1 or mixed M1/M2 on lumbar spine magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Size and type of MC on sagittal lumbar MRI and clinical data regarding low back symptoms were recorded at baseline and two-year follow-up. The size (%) of each MC in relation to vertebral size was estimated from sagittal slices (midsagittal and left and right quarter), while proportions of M1 and M2 within the MC were evaluated from three separate slices covering the MC. The extent (%) of M1 and M2 was calculated as a product of the size of MC and the proportions of M1 and M2 within the MC, respectively. Changes in the extent of M1 and M2 were analysed for associations with changes in LBP intensity and the Oswestry disability index (ODI), using linear regression analysis. At baseline, the mean LBP intensity was 6.5 and the mean ODI was 33%. During follow-up, LBP intensity increased in 15 patients and decreased in 41, while ODI increased in 19 patients and decreased in 44. In univariate analyses, change in the extent of M1 associated significantly positively with changes in LBP intensity and ODI (beta 0.26, p = 0.036 and beta 0.30, p = 0.017; respectively), whereas the change in the extent of M2 did not associate with changes in LBP intensity and ODI (beta -0.24, p = 0.054 and beta -0.13, p = 0.306; respectively). After adjustment for age, gender, and size of MC at baseline, change in the extent of M1 remained significantly positively associated with change in ODI (beta 0.53, p = 0.003). Change in the extent of M1 associated positively with changes in low back symptoms.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Netherlands 1 <1%
Australia 1 <1%
Finland 1 <1%
United Kingdom 1 <1%
Canada 1 <1%
Unknown 102 95%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Other 16 15%
Student > Master 14 13%
Student > Ph. D. Student 11 10%
Researcher 10 9%
Student > Postgraduate 9 8%
Other 28 26%
Unknown 19 18%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 54 50%
Nursing and Health Professions 9 8%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 4 4%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 3%
Neuroscience 3 3%
Other 15 14%
Unknown 19 18%
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#3,491,544
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Outputs from BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
#687
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#43,238
of 271,236 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
#13
of 64 outputs
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