Low back pain patients and controls display functional differences in endplates and vertebrae measured with T2-mapping

ConclusionThis study demonstrated significantly higher EP and vertebral T2-values in LBP patients in comparison with controls. In addition, alMRI induced significant T2-changes in the superior EPs for patients but not for controls. Importantly, the T2-differences between the groups may indicate that EPs and vertebrae in LBP patients have altered biodynamical characteristics compared to controls and the higher T2-values measured in patients may represent early inflammation or impaired nutritional transport.Graphical abstract These slides can be retrieved from electronic supplementary material.

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Source: European Spine Journal - November 17, 2018 Category: Orthopaedics Source Type: research