Lumbar degenerative kyphosis. Clinical, radiological and epidemiological studies. Export

@article{citeulike:4166470, abstract = {We suggest that lumbar degenerative kyphosis be included as one of the abnormal sagittal curvatures in which a kyphosis or a marked loss of lordosis is seen in the lumbar spine, caused by degenerative changes in middle-aged and elderly. One hundred and five consecutive patients were investigated, most of whom complained of low-back pain, often with a long history. They all walked in a forward bending posture, either all the time or only when exhausted. In roentgenograms, most cases showed a marked loss of the sacral inclination, as well as multiple disc narrowing and/or vertebral wedging in the lumbar region. These subjects showed a definite weakness of the lumbar extensors compared to the flexors, and therefore a reversed ratio of extensors/flexors muscle power compared with normal controls and other types of spinal curvatures. Weakness of the lumbar extensors was clearly shown by isokinetic measurement and a marked atrophy of these muscles with fatty infiltration was demonstrated by CT scanning.}, author = {Takemitsu, Y. and Harada, Y. and Iwahara, T. and Miyamoto, M. and Miyatake, Y.}, citeulike-article-id = {4166470}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2974629}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=2974629}, issn = {0362-2436}, journal = {Spine}, keywords = {degeneration, kyphosis, lumbar}, month = {November}, number = {11}, pages = {1317--1326}, posted-at = {2009-03-11 22:38:46}, priority = {2}, title = {Lumbar degenerative kyphosis. Clinical, radiological and epidemiological studies.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2974629}, volume = {13}, year = {1988} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4166470 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4166470 N2 - We suggest that lumbar degenerative kyphosis be included as one of the abnormal sagittal curvatures in which a kyphosis or a marked loss of lordosis is seen in the lumbar spine, caused by degenerative changes in middle-aged and elderly. One hundred and five consecutive patients were investigated, most of whom complained of low-back pain, often with a long history. They all walked in a forward bending posture, either all the time or only when exhausted. In roentgenograms, most cases showed a marked loss of the sacral inclination, as well as multiple disc narrowing and/or vertebral wedging in the lumbar region. These subjects showed a definite weakness of the lumbar extensors compared to the flexors, and therefore a reversed ratio of extensors/flexors muscle power compared with normal controls and other types of spinal curvatures. Weakness of the lumbar extensors was clearly shown by isokinetic measurement and a marked atrophy of these muscles with fatty infiltration was demonstrated by CT scanning. IS - 11 JF - Spine SN - 0362-2436 EP - 1326 TI - Lumbar degenerative kyphosis. Clinical, radiological and epidemiological studies. VL - 13 SP - 1317 KW - degeneration KW - kyphosis KW - lumbar AU - Takemitsu, Y AU - Harada, Y AU - Iwahara, T AU - Miyamoto, M AU - Miyatake, Y PY - 1988/11// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2974629 ER -