Association of Lower Lumbar Facet Joint Osteoarthritis With Demographic Factors And Intervertebral Disc Degeneration In Patients With Low Back Pain

Haider Al-Tameemi and Farah Hikmet Majid
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Haider Al-Tameemi: Faculty of Medicine, University of Kufa, Iraq.
Farah Hikmet Majid: Faculty of Medicine, University of Kufa, Iraq.

European Journal of Medical and Health Sciences, 2020, vol. 2, issue 2

Abstract: Background: Facet joint osteoarthritis (FJO) is an important element of lumbosacral degenerative disease. However, its association with other possible risk factors is still controversial. This study was conducted to investigate the association of FJO with risk factors and with presence of lumbar intervertebral disc degeneration (IVDD). Patient and method: Lumbosacral magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examinations of 100 patients (36 male and 64 female) with low back pain (LBP) were reviewed in this cross-sectional retrospective study for the presence of FJO. The overall prevalence of FJO as well as the number of levels affected was correlated with the age, gender, body weight, height, BMI, female parity. FJO was also correlated with presence of corresponding IVDD. Results: Overall prevalence of FJO was 23%. The prevalence of FJO was significantly associated with advancing age (p=0.018). Females were more affected than males but without statistical significance (p value = 0.79). Similarly, FJO were more frequent in women with advanced multiparity but the association was statistically not significant (p value 0.1) there was statistically significant association between BMI and number of levels affected by FJO (p value 0.037). IVDD was significantly associated with higher prevalence of FJO especially at L3/4 and L4/5 levels (p values P

Keywords: facet joints; osteoarthritis; magnetic resonance imaging (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.24018/ejmed.2020.2.2.206

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