Title
Linking histopathological changes in intervertebral disc with lumbar muscles strength
Authors
Amlesh Kumar Yadav & Sridevi Nangali Srinivasa
Affiliation
Department of Anatomy, Sri Devaraj Urs Academy of Higher Education and Research, Kolar, Karnataka, India, 536101; *Corresponding author
Amlesh Kumar Yadav - E-mail: anatomyamlesh2021@gmail.com
NS Sridevi - E-mail: sridevins26@gmail.com
Article Type
Research Article
Date
Received July 1, 2023; Revised July 31, 2023; Accepted July 31, 2023, Published July 31, 2023
Abstract
Low back pain (LBP) is a painful condition affecting 80% of word population at some point in their life. Lumbar intervertebral disc degeneration and reduced muscle force is one the major cause of LBP. Sixty-two patients with LBP undergoing discectomy were recruited after receiving consent. Lumbar muscles strength and VAS (visual analogue scale) for lumbar pain were checked, MRI scan were analysed. Histological degenerative changes were analysed. The study revealed histological degeneration at intervertebral disc has direct effect on increase in pain at lumbar region, decrease in strength of lumbar flexor and extensors muscles and degenerative changes seen on MRI scan.
Keywords
Degeneration, intervertebral disc, low back pain, histopathology
Citation
Yadav & Srinivasa, Bioinformation 19(7): 810-815 (2023)
Edited by
P Kangueane
ISSN
0973-2063
Publisher
License
This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.
