Clinical Relationship of Degenerative Changes between the Cervical and Lumbar Spine.

Conclusions: Our study shows that participants with degenerative changes in the upper lumbar segments are more likely to have a certain amount of cervical spondylosis. This information could be used to lower the incidence of a missed diagnosis of cervical spine disorders in patients presenting with lumbar spine symptomology. PMID: 29713417 [PubMed]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29713417?dopt=Abstract

Source: Asian Spine Journal - May 3, 2018 Category: Orthopaedics Tags: Asian Spine J Source Type: research

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