Assessment of Lumbar Lordosis Distribution with a Novel Mathematical Approach and Its Adaptation for Lumbar Intervertebral Disc Degeneration.

Conclusions: Spinalyze Software based on a novel mathematical approach provides a free, easy-to-use, reliable, and online measurement tool using standard MRIs to approximate the curvature of lumbar lordosis. The new reliable K% (digression percentage) is one single quantitative parameter to assess the local distribution of total lumbar lordosis. The results indicate that digression percentage (K%) may possibly be associated with the development of lumbar intervertebral disc degeneration. Further evaluation is needed to assess its behavior and advantage. PMID: 32377225 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine - Category: Statistics Tags: Comput Math Methods Med Source Type: research