Tianjin Med J ›› 2015, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (11): 1244-1249.doi: 10.11958/j.issn.0253-9896.2015.11.007

• Monograph·Rachiopathy Diseases • Previous Articles     Next Articles

The diagnosis and therapy of discogenic low back pain

XIA Qun1△LIANG Wei2#br#   

  1. 1 Department of Orthopedics of Affiliated Hospital of Logistics University of Chinese people′ s Armed Police Forces, Tianjin 300162China2 Graduate School of Tianjin Medical University
  • Received:2015-04-21 Revised:2015-06-20 Published:2015-11-15 Online:2015-11-15
  • Contact: XIA Qun E-mail: xiaqun6@163.com E-mail:xiaqun6@163.com

Abstract: Many reasons cause low back pain, such as muscles and ligaments injury, vertebral joints retrogression, spinal canal stenosis, lumbar disc herniation, lumbar spondylolisthesis, spondyloarthritis, infection, tumor and metabolic bone disease. It is in recent years that discogenic low back pain be recognised, especially after the MRI widely applied in clinics. This article makes a summary on discogenic low back pain of recent years from etiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis and therapy.

Key words: lumbar vertebrae, intervertebral disk, low back pain, discography, diagnosis, therapy