Mark J Hancock, Chris M Maher, Peter Petocz, Chung-Wei Christine Lin, Daniel Steffens, Alejandro Luque-Suarez, John S Magnussen
BACKGROUND CONTEXT: The clinical importance of lumbar pathology identified on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) remains unclear. It is plausible that pathology seen on MRI is a risk factor for a recurrence of low back pain (LBP); however, to our knowledge, this has not been investigated by previous studies. PURPOSE: The aim was to investigate whether lumbar pathology, identifiable on MRI, increases the risk of a recurrence of LBP. STUDY DESIGN: This was a prospective inception cohort study with 1-year follow-up...
November 1, 2015: Spine Journal: Official Journal of the North American Spine Society