Ten-year Longitudinal Follow-up MRI Study of Age-related Changes in Thoracic Intervertebral Discs in Asymptomatic Subjects

• Published in: Spine (Philadelphia, Pa. 1976) Vol. 44; no. 22; p. E1317
• Main Authors: Okada, Eijiro, Daimon, Kenshi, Fujiwara, Hirokazu, Nishiwaki, Yuji, Nojiri, Kenya, Watanabe, Masahiko, Katoh, Hiroyuki, Ishihama, Hiroko, Fujita, Nobuyuki, Tsuji, Takashi, Nakamura, Masaya, Matsumoto, Morio, Watanabe, Kota
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 15.11.2019
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Aging - physiology; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Intervertebral Disc - diagnostic imaging; Intervertebral Disc - pathology; Intervertebral Disc Degeneration - diagnostic imaging; Intervertebral Disc Degeneration - pathology; Longitudinal Studies; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Middle Aged; Thoracic Vertebrae - diagnostic imaging; Thoracic Vertebrae - pathology; Young Adult

Prospective longitudinal study. The aim of this study was to evaluate long-term degenerative changes in intervertebral discs in the thoracic spine in healthy asymptomatic subjects. Longitudinal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies of intervertebral disc degeneration have been reported for the ce...