Biochemical changes in lumbar facet joint and disc degeneration by T2 mapping

• Published in: BMC musculoskeletal disorders Vol. 25; no. 1; pp. 224 - 7
• Main Authors: Ding, Yi, Liu, Liping, Shi, Jiangyou, Zhang, Xiaodong, Chen, Rongchun, Xu, Shuaishuai
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 20.03.2024; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Agreements; Analysis; Back pain; Biochemical assays; Care and treatment; Cartilage; Causes of; Diagnosis; Hernia; Intervertebral disc; Intervertebral discs; Intervertebral disk; Intervertebral disk displacement; Low back pain; Lumbar facet joint; Magnetic resonance imaging; Mapping; Methods; Morphology; Normal distribution; Nucleus pulposus; Patients; Risk factors; T2 mapping; China; Lumbar facet joint; Magnetic resonance imaging; T2 mapping; Intervertebral disc

To investigate the biochemical changes in lumbar facet joint (LFJ) and intervertebral disc (IVD) with different degenerative grade by T2* mapping. Sixty-eight patients with low back pain (study group) and 20 volunteers (control group) underwent standard MRI protocols and axial T2* mapping. Morpholog...