Livshits, Gregory, Popham, Maria, Malkin, Ida, Sambrook, Philip N, Macgregor, Alex J, Spector, Timothy, Williams, Frances M K and Macgregor, Alexander ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2163-2325
(2011)
Lumbar disc degeneration and genetic factors are the main risk factors for low back pain in women:the UK Twin Spine Study.
Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 70 (10).
pp. 1740-5.
ISSN 0003-4967
Abstract
Low back pain (LBP) is a common musculoskeletal disorder, but it is still unclear which individuals develop it. The authors examined the contribution of genetic factors, lumbar disc degeneration (LDD) and other risk factors in a female sample of the general population. Material and
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | adolescent,adult,aged,aged, 80 and over,cross-sectional studies,diseases in twins,female,genetic predisposition to disease,great britain,humans,intervertebral disc degeneration,low back pain,lumbar vertebrae,magnetic resonance imaging,middle aged,overweight,risk factors,young adult |
Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School |
Depositing User: | Pure Connector |
Date Deposited: | 27 Jan 2014 13:56 |
Last Modified: | 18 Apr 2023 09:30 |
URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/47224 |
DOI: | 10.1136/ard.2010.137836 |
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