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Influence of age on the development of pathology
P S Sizer1, O Matthijs, V Phelps
1Texas Tech Health Science Center, Physical Therapy Program, 3601 4th Street, Lubbock, TX 79430, USA. alhpss@ttuhsc.edu
Current Review of Pain
|September 22, 2000
Abstract:
Patients of different ages present with different lumbar spine afflictions. These afflications are linked to age-related changes in the intervertebral disc, zygapophyseal joints, and capsuloligamentous structures. Disc degeneration precedes all other changes, resulting in nonspecific low back pain that can potentially advance into specific low back pain conditions.