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Bhadouria N, Holguin N. Osteoporosis treatments for intervertebral disc degeneration and back pain: a perspective. JBMR Plus 2024; 8:ziae048. [PMID: 38706880 PMCID: PMC11066806 DOI: 10.1093/jbmrpl/ziae048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2023] [Revised: 03/18/2024] [Accepted: 03/23/2024] [Indexed: 05/07/2024] Open
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Low back pain derived from intervertebral disc (IVD) degeneration is a debilitating spinal condition that, despite its prevalence, does not have any intermediary guidelines for pharmacological treatment between palliative care and invasive surgery. The development of treatments for the IVD is complicated by the variety of resident cell types needed to maintain the regionally distinct structural properties of the IVD that permit the safe, complex motions of the spine. Osteoporosis of the spine increases the risk of vertebral bone fracture that can increase the incidence of back pain. Fortunately, there are a variety of pharmacological treatments for osteoporosis that target osteoblasts, osteoclasts and/or osteocytes to build bone and prevent vertebral fracture. Of particular note, clinical and preclinical studies suggest that commonly prescribed osteoporosis drugs like bisphosphonates, intermittent parathyroid hormone, anti-sclerostin antibody, selective estrogen receptor modulators and anti-receptor activator of nuclear factor-kappa B ligand inhibitor denosumab may also relieve back pain. Here, we cite clinical and preclinical studies and include unpublished data to support the argument that a subset of these therapeutics for osteoporosis may alleviate low back pain by also targeting the IVD.
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- Neharika Bhadouria
- Department of Orthopedics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, United States
- School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, United States
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- Department of Orthopedics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, United States
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Xi Z, Xie Y, Sun S, Wang N, Chen S, Kang X, Li J. Stepwise reduction of bony density in patients induces a higher risk of annular tears by deteriorating the local biomechanical environment. Spine J 2024; 24:831-841. [PMID: 38232914 DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2023.12.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2023] [Revised: 11/15/2023] [Accepted: 12/27/2023] [Indexed: 01/19/2024]
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BACKGROUND CONTEXT The relationship between osteoporosis and intervertebral disc degeneration (IDD) remains unclear. Considering that annular tear is the primary phenotype of IDD in the lumbar spine, the deteriorating local biomechanical environment may be the main trigger for annular tears. PURPOSE To investigate whether poor bone mineral density (BMD) in the vertebral bodies may increase the risk of annular tears via the degradation of the local biomechanical environment. STUDY DESIGN This study was a retrospective investigation with relevant numerical mechanical simulations. PATIENT SAMPLE A total of 64 patients with low back pain (LBP) and the most severe IDD in the L4-L5 motion segment were enrolled. OUTCOME MEASURES Annulus integration status was assessed using diffusion tensor fibre tractography (DTT). Hounsfield unit (HU) values of adjacent vertebral bodies were employed to determine BMD. Numerical simulations were conducted to compute stress values in the annulus of models with different BMDs and body positions. METHODS The clinical data of the 64 patients with low back pain were collected retrospectively. The BMD of the vertebral bodies was measured using the HU values, and the annulus integration status was determined according to DTT. The data of the patients with and without annular tears were compared, and regression analysis was used to identify the independent risk factors for annular tears. Furthermore, finite element models of the L4-L5 motion segment were constructed and validated, followed by estimating the maximum stress on the post and postlateral interfaces between the superior and inferior bony endplates (BEPs) and the annulus. RESULTS Patients with lower HU values in their vertebral bodies had significantly higher incidence rates of annular tears, with decreased HU values being an independent risk factor for annular tears. Moreover, increased stress on the BEP-annulus interfaces was associated with a stepwise reduction of bony density (ie, elastic modulus) in the numerical models. CONCLUSIONS The stepwise reduction of bony density in patients results in a higher risk of annular tears by deteriorating the local biomechanical environment. Thus, osteoporosis should be considered to be a potential risk factor for IDD biomechanically.
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- Zhipeng Xi
- Department of Orthopedics, Affiliated Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, 100th. Shizi Street , Nanjing, 210028, Jiangsu Province, P.R. China; Department of Orthopedics, Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of Ili Kazak Autonomous Prefecture, 2th. Jiankang Street, Yining, 835000, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, P.R. China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Affiliated Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, 100th. Shizi Street , Nanjing, 210028, Jiangsu Province, P.R. China
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- Department of Imaging, Affiliated Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, 100th. Shizi Street , Nanjing, 210028, Jiangsu Province, P.R. China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Affiliated Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, 100th. Shizi Street , Nanjing, 210028, Jiangsu Province, P.R. China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Affiliated Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, 100th. Shizi Street , Nanjing, 210028, Jiangsu Province, P.R. China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of Ili Kazak Autonomous Prefecture, 2th. Jiankang Street, Yining, 835000, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, P.R. China
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- Department of Orthopedics, The Affiliated Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of Southwest Medical University, No.182, Chunhui Rd, Longmatan District, Luzhou, 646000, Sichuan Province, P.R. China.
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Jiang F, Li X, Liu L, Xie Z, Wu X, Wang Y. Automated machine learning-based model for the prediction of pedicle screw loosening after degenerative lumbar fusion surgery. Biosci Trends 2024; 18:83-93. [PMID: 38417874 DOI: 10.5582/bst.2023.01327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/01/2024]
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The adequacy of screw anchorage is a critical factor in achieving successful spinal fusion. This study aimed to use machine learning algorithms to identify critical variables and predict pedicle screw loosening after degenerative lumbar fusion surgery. A total of 552 patients who underwent primary transpedicular lumbar fixation for lumbar degenerative disease were included. The LASSO method identified key features associated with pedicle screw loosening. Patient clinical characteristics, intraoperative variables, and radiographic parameters were collected and used to construct eight machine learning models, including a training set (80% of participants) and a test set (20% of participants). The XGBoost model exhibited the best performance, with an AUC of 0.884 (95% CI: 0.825-0.944) in the test set, along with the lowest Brier score. Ten crucial variables, including age, disease diagnosis: degenerative scoliosis, number of fused levels, fixation to S1, HU value, preoperative PT, preoperative PI-LL, postoperative LL, postoperative PT, and postoperative PI-LL were selected. In the prospective cohort, the XGBoost model demonstrated substantial performance with an accuracy of 83.32%. This study identified crucial variables associated with pedicle screw loosening after degenerative lumbar fusion surgery and successfully developed a machine learning model to predict pedicle screw loosening. The findings of this study may provide valuable information for clinical decision-making.
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- Feng Jiang
- Southeast University Medical College, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Southeast University Medical College, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Spine Surgery, Southeast University ZhongDa Hospital, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Spine Surgery, Southeast University ZhongDa Hospital, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Southeast University Medical College, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
- Department of Spine Surgery, Southeast University ZhongDa Hospital, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Southeast University Medical College, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
- Department of Spine Surgery, Southeast University ZhongDa Hospital, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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Li W, Zhao H, Zhou S, Xiong Z, Zhong W, Guan J, Liu T, Yang Y, Yu X. Does vertebral osteoporosis delay or accelerate lumbar disc degeneration? A systematic review. Osteoporos Int 2023; 34:1983-2002. [PMID: 37578509 PMCID: PMC10651704 DOI: 10.1007/s00198-023-06880-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2023] [Accepted: 07/28/2023] [Indexed: 08/15/2023]
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The effect of vertebral osteoporosis on disc degeneration is still debated. The purpose of this study was to provide a systematic review of studies in this area to further reveal the relationship between the two. Relevant studies were searched in electronic databases, and studies were screened according to inclusion and exclusion criteria, and finally, basic information of the included studies was extracted and summarized. This study was conducted according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) statement. A total of 34 publications spanning 24 years were included in our study. There were 19 clinical studies, including 12 prospective studies and 7 retrospective studies. Of these, 7 considered vertebral osteoporosis to be positively correlated with disc degeneration, 8 considered them to be negatively correlated, and 4 considered them to be uncorrelated. Two cadaveric studies were included, one considered the two to be negatively correlated and one considered them not to be correlated. Seven animal studies were included, of which five considered a positive correlation between vertebral osteoporosis and disc degeneration and two considered a negative correlation between the two. There were also 6 studies that used anti-osteoporosis drugs for intervention, all of them were animal studies. Five of them concluded that vertebral osteoporosis was positively associated with disc degeneration, and the remaining one concluded that there was no correlation between the two. Our systematic review shows that the majority of studies currently consider an association between vertebral osteoporosis and disc degeneration, but there is still a huge disagreement whether this association is positive or negative. Differences in observation time and follow-up time may be one of the reasons for the disagreement. A large number of clinical and basic studies are still needed in the future to further explore the relationship between the two.
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- Wenhao Li
- Dongzhimen Hospital Affiliated to Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 100700, China
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- Dongzhimen Hospital Affiliated to Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 100700, China.
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- Dongzhimen Hospital Affiliated to Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 100700, China
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- West China Medical School, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, 610041, Chengdu, China
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- Dongzhimen Hospital Affiliated to Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 100700, China
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- Dongzhimen Hospital Affiliated to Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 100700, China
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- Dongzhimen Hospital Affiliated to Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 100700, China
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- Dongzhimen Hospital Affiliated to Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 100700, China
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- Dongzhimen Hospital Affiliated to Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 100700, China.
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Zhang W, Wang G, Xie R, Zhan J, Zhu L, Wan C, Xie H, Cai C, Du Y. Traditional Chinese exercises on pain and disability in middle-aged and elderly patients with lumbar disc herniation: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Front Med (Lausanne) 2023; 10:1265040. [PMID: 38020108 PMCID: PMC10663407 DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2023.1265040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2023] [Accepted: 10/19/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023] Open
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Background Traditional Chinese exercises (TCEs) have played a significant role in treating various diseases. However, there is limited research assessing the efficacy of TCEs in treating Lumbar disc herniation (LDH). This study aimed to systematically evaluate the effects of four commonly used TCEs (Baduanjin, Yijinjing, Taichi, and Wuqinxi) on pain and disability in elderly patients with LDH. Objectives To assess the quality of relevant randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to provide evidence support for the treatment of LDH. Methods RCTs were identified through eight databases. Meta-analysis and trial sequence analysis (TSA) were conducted using RevMan 5.4, Stata 17.0, and TSA 0.9. Results A total of 22 RCTs, involving 1931 patients, were included in the analysis. TCEs exhibited a superior effectiveness in treating LDH compared to the control group. However, the TSA analysis suggested the possibility of false positives, indicating the need for more high-quality RCT evidence. Nevertheless, TCEs showed reliable results in significantly improving the VAS score and JOA score of LDH patients. Conclusion Current evidence indicates that the four TCEs have advantages in treating LDH in middle-aged and elderly individuals. However, considering the limitations of this study, we need to exercise caution in drawing conclusions, and further research is required to validate these findings. Systematic Review Registration http://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO, identifier [CRD42023431633].
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- Weiye Zhang
- Third Department of Sports Medicine, Wangjing Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Third Department of Sports Medicine, Wangjing Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Third Department of Sports Medicine, Wangjing Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Third Department of Sports Medicine, Wangjing Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Bone Setting Technology of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China
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- Third Department of Sports Medicine, Wangjing Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Bone Setting Technology of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China
- Second Department of Spine, Wangjing Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Tianjin Hospital, Tianjin, China
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- Third Department of Sports Medicine, Wangjing Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Third Department of Sports Medicine, Wangjing Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Third Department of Sports Medicine, Wangjing Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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Çelen ZE, Onay T. The Relationship Between Bone Mineral Density and Lumbar Disc Herniation in Postmenopausal Women. Cureus 2023; 15:e44156. [PMID: 37753050 PMCID: PMC10519149 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.44156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/26/2023] [Indexed: 09/28/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION In previous studies, the relationship between BMD (bone mineral density) and LDH (lumbar disc herniation) has been investigated in young people, except for postmenopausal women. The aim of this study was to evaluate this association in postmenopausal women. METHODS A cross-sectional analysis of 545 consecutive postmenopausal women was performed at a single center. The study included patients aged 45 to 85 with low back pain. Age, weight, height, L1-L4 BMD, L1-L4 T-score, L1-L4 Z-score, femoral neck BMD, femoral neck T-score, and femoral neck Z-score of patients were collected. MRI scans were assessed for the diagnosis of LDH. To explore the impact of the number of herniated segments, patients with LDH were further divided into single-level and multi-level LDH groups. RESULTS Five hundred and thirteen postmenopausal women were included in the final analysis. The mean age of the patients was 61.3±8.6 years in the LDH group and 58.4±7.8 years in the non-LDH group (p=0.001). The LDH group had higher lumbar (p<0.001) and femoral neck (p<0.05) BMD, T, and Z-scores than the non-LDH group. In binary logistic regression analysis, age, lumbar, and femoral neck BMD were significantly associated with LDH (p<0.001, p=0.03, and p=0.040, respectively). Patients with multi-level herniation had significantly higher rates of obesity (BMI ≥30) compared to patients with single-level herniation (58.0% vs. 47.0%; p=0.031). However, in terms of obesity rates, the LDH group and the non-LDH group were statistically similar (53.9% vs. 54.2%; p=0.961). There was no association between the single and multi-level herniation groups in terms of L1-4 and femoral neck BMD (p=0.760 and 0.435, respectively). CONCLUSION Higher lumbar bone mineral density and higher femoral neck bone mineral densities were found to be associated with lumber disc herniation in postmenopausal women with low back pain. These results suggest that bone mineral density assessment may be useful in clinical practice to determine which patients are at higher risk of lumbar disc herniation.
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- Zekeriya Ersin Çelen
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Yalova Training and Research Hospital, Yalova, TUR
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Göztepe Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, TUR
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Intervertebral disc degeneration is a contributor to chronic back pain. While a part of the natural aging process, early or rapid intervertebral disc degeneration is highly heritable. In this review, we summarize recent progress towards unraveling the genetics associated with this degenerative process. RECENT FINDINGS Use of large cohorts of patient data to conduct genome-wide association studies (GWAS) for intervertebral disc disease, and to lesser extent for aspects of this process, such as disc height, has resulted in a large increase in our understanding of the genetic etiology. Genetic correlation suggests that intervertebral disc disease is pleiotropic with risk factors for other diseases such as osteoporosis. The use of Mendelian Randomization is slowly establishing what are the causal relationships between intervertebral disc disease and factors previously correlated with this disease. The results from these human genetic studies highlight the complex nature of this disease and have the potential to lead to improved clinical management of intervertebral disc disease. Much additional work should now be focused on characterizing the causative relationship various co-morbid conditions have with intervertebral disc degeneration and on finding interventions to slow or halt this disease.
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- David C Ou-Yang
- Colorado Program for Musculoskeletal Research, Department of Orthopedics, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, 12800 E 19th Ave, MS8343, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA
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- Colorado Program for Musculoskeletal Research, Department of Orthopedics, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, 12800 E 19th Ave, MS8343, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA
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- Colorado Program for Musculoskeletal Research, Department of Orthopedics, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, 12800 E 19th Ave, MS8343, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA.
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Bhadouria N, Berman AG, Wallace JM, Holguin N. Raloxifene Stimulates Estrogen Signaling to Protect Against Age- and Sex-Related Intervertebral Disc Degeneration in Mice. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2022; 10:924918. [PMID: 36032728 PMCID: PMC9404526 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2022.924918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2022] [Accepted: 06/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Estrogen agonist raloxifene is an FDA-approved treatment of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women, which may also be a promising prophylactic for painful intervertebral disc (IVD) degeneration. Here, we hypothesized that 1) aging and biological sex contribute to IVD degeneration by reducing estrogen signaling and that 2) raloxifene stimulates estrogen signaling to protect against age- and sex-related IVD degeneration in mice. 2.5-month-old (male and female) and 22.5-month-old (female) C57Bl/6J mice were subcutaneously injected with raloxifene hydrochloride 5x/week for 6 weeks (n = 7-9/grp). Next, female mice were ovariectomized (OVX) or sham operated at 4 months of age and tissues harvested at 6 months (n = 5-6/grp). Advanced aging and OVX increased IVD degeneration score, weakened IVD strength, reduced estrogen receptor-α (ER-α) protein expression, and increased neurotransmitter substance P (SP) expression. Similar to aging and compared with male IVDs, female IVDs were more degenerated, mechanically less viscoelastic, and expressed less ER-α protein, but unlike the effect induced by aging or OVX, IVD mechanical force was greater in females than in males. Therapeutically, systemic injection of raloxifene promoted ER-α protein to quell these dysregulations by enlarging IVD height, alleviating IVD degeneration score, increasing the strength and viscoelastic properties of the IVD, and reducing IVD cell expression of SP in young-adult and old female mice. Transcriptionally, injection of raloxifene upregulated the gene expression of ER-α and extracellular matrix-related anabolism in young-adult and old IVD. In vertebra, advanced aging and OVX reduced trabecular BV/TV, whereas injection of raloxifene increased trabecular BV/TV in young-adult and old female mice, but not in young-adult male mice. In vertebra, advanced aging, OVX, and biological sex (females > males) increased the number of SP-expressing osteocytes, whereas injection of raloxifene reduced the number of SP-expressing osteocytes in young-adult female and male mice and old female mice. Overall, injection of estrogen agonist raloxifene in mice normalized dysregulation of IVD structure, IVD mechanics, and pain-related SP expression in IVD cells and osteocytes induced by aging and biological sex. These data suggest that, in addition to bone loss, raloxifene may relieve painful IVD degeneration in postmenopausal women induced by advanced age, biological sex, and estrogen depletion.
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- Neharika Bhadouria
- School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States,Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, United States
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- Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, United States,Indiana Center of Musculoskeletal Health, Indianapolis, IN, United States
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- Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, United States,Indiana Center of Musculoskeletal Health, Indianapolis, IN, United States,Department of Orthopaedics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, United States,*Correspondence: Nilsson Holguin,
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Kroon T, Bhadouria N, Niziolek P, Edwards D, Choi R, Clinkenbeard EL, Robling A, Holguin N. Suppression of Sost/Sclerostin and Dickkopf-1 Augment Intervertebral Disc Structure in Mice. J Bone Miner Res 2022; 37:1156-1169. [PMID: 35278242 PMCID: PMC9320845 DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.4546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2021] [Revised: 03/02/2022] [Accepted: 03/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Intervertebral disc (IVD) degeneration is a leading cause of low back pain, characterized by accelerated extracellular matrix breakdown and IVD height loss, but there is no approved pharmacological therapeutic. Deletion of Wnt ligand competitor Lrp5 induces IVD degeneration, suggesting that Wnt signaling is essential for IVD homeostasis. Therefore, the IVD may respond to neutralization of Wnt ligand competitors sost(gene)/sclerostin(protein) and/or dickkopf-1 (dkk1). Anti-sclerostin antibody (scl-Ab) is an FDA-approved bone therapeutic that activates Wnt signaling. We aimed to (i) determine if pharmacological neutralization of sclerostin, dkk1, or their combination would stimulate Wnt signaling and augment IVD structure and (ii) determine the prolonged adaptation of the IVD to global, persistent deletion of sost. Nine-week-old C57Bl/6J female mice (n = 6-7/group) were subcutaneously injected 2×/week for 5.5 weeks with scl-Ab (25 mg/kg), dkk1-Ab (25 mg/kg), 3:1 scl-Ab/dkk1-Ab (18.75:6.25 mg/kg), or vehicle (veh). Separately, IVD of sost KO and wild-type (WT) mice (n = 8/group) were harvested at 16 weeks of age. First, compared with vehicle, injection of scl-Ab, dkk1-Ab, and 3:1 scl-Ab/dkk1-Ab similarly increased lumbar IVD height and β-catenin gene expression. Despite these similarities, only injection of scl-Ab alone strengthened IVD mechanical properties and decreased heat shock protein gene expressions. Genetically and compared with WT, sost KO enlarged IVD height, increased proteoglycan staining, and imbibed IVD hydration. Notably, persistent deletion of sost was compensated by upregulation of dkk1, which consequently reduced the cell nuclear fraction for Wnt signaling co-transcription factor β-catenin in the IVD. Lastly, RNA-sequencing pathway analysis confirmed the compensatory suppression of Wnt signaling and revealed a reduction of cellular stress-related pathways. Together, suppression of sost/sclerostin or dkk1 each augmented IVD structure by stimulating Wnt signaling, but scl-Ab outperformed dkk1-Ab in strengthening the IVD. Ultimately, postmenopausal women prescribed scl-Ab injections to prevent vertebral fracture may also benefit from a restoration of IVD height and health. © 2022 The Authors. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR).
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- Tori Kroon
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
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- Radiology & Imaging Sciences, IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Indiana Center of Musculoskeletal Health, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Department for Anatomy and Cell Biology, IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Indiana Center of Musculoskeletal Health, Indianapolis, IN, USA.,Department for Anatomy and Cell Biology, IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Indiana Center of Musculoskeletal Health, Indianapolis, IN, USA.,Department for Anatomy and Cell Biology, IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN, USA.,Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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The Usefulness of Trabecular CT Attenuation Measurement at L4 Level to Predict Screw Loosening After Degenerative Lumbar Fusion Surgery: Consider Number of Fused Levels and Postoperative Sagittal Balance. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2022; 47:745-753. [PMID: 35102120 DOI: 10.1097/brs.0000000000004330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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STUDY DESIGN Retrospective study. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the absolute value of L4 trabecular region-of-interest (t-ROI) computed tomography (CT) attenuation, which can predict pedicle screw loosening, and determine the changes in value according to number of fused levels and sagittal balance in patients undergoing lumbar fusion surgery. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Although osteoporosis was not diagnosed in spinal dual x-ray absorptiometry preoperatively, we encountered several cases of screw loosening within 1 year of lumbar fusion surgery. METHODS We enrolled 478 patients and analyzed factors related to screw loosening. We evaluated the association between L4 t-ROI CT attenuation and screw loosening and determined the best cutoff value of t L4 t-ROI CT attenuation for predicting screw loosening. RESULTS The number of fused levels, postoperative C7-S1 sagittal vertical axis (SVA), and L4 t-ROI CT attenuation were independently correlated with screw loosening. According to number of fused level and postoperative C7-T1 SVA (≥36.9 mm or <36.9 mm), in patients with one-level fusion and C7-S1 SVA less than 36.9 mm, the optimal cutoff point of the L4 t-ROI CT attenuation predicting screw loosening was 106.5 Hounsfield unit (HU). L4 t-ROI attenuation did not change until two-level fusions. In patients with three-level fusions and C7-S1 SVA less than 36.9 mm, the optimal cutoff point of the L4 t-ROI CT attenuation predicting screw loosening was 159.0 HU. The optimal cutoff point of L4 t-ROI CT attenuation in patients with three-level fusions and C7-S1 SVA more than or equal to 36.9 mm was 191.0 HU. CONCLUSION L4 t-ROI CT attenuation value considering number of fused levels and sagittal balance is an accurate measurement method to predict screw loosening. Spine surgeons should be aware of the L4 t-ROI attenuation before surgery to improve the fusion rate and reduce instrument-related complications of lumbar spine surgery in osteoporotic patients. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE 3.
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Zhou L, Li C, Zhang H. Correlation between bone mineral density of different sites and lumbar disc degeneration in postmenopausal women. Medicine (Baltimore) 2022; 101:e28947. [PMID: 35421060 PMCID: PMC9276261 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000028947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2021] [Accepted: 02/09/2022] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Osteoporosis and lumbar disc degeneration (LDD) have been common causes that make increasing patients suffer from different degrees of low back pain. At present, whether osteoporosis degenerates or protects disc is still controversial, and the correlation between hip bone mineral density (BMD) and LDD still remains unclear. Our study aims to analyze the correlation between BMD of different sites and LDD in postmenopausal women, and explore the potential pathophysiological mechanism of them.One hundred ninety-five postmenopausal female patients were enrolled and divided into osteoporosis, osteopenia, and normal bone mass groups. Their BMD and lumbar spine magnetic resonance imaging were retrospectively analyzed. Two spine surgeons were selected to assess LDD according to Pfirrmann grading system.Based on lumbar BMD, LDD of normal bone mass group was more severe than the other 2 groups in L1/2 and L2/3 segments (P < .05). Based on hip BMD, LDD of each disc from L1/2 to L5/S1 had no significant difference among the 3 groups (P > .05). Lumbar BMD (L1-L4) was positively correlated with corresponding degree of LDD (L1/2-L4/5) (P < .05), whereas there was no correlation between hip BMD and degree of LDD (P = .328).There is a positive correlation between lumbar BMD and LDD in postmenopausal women, which is more obvious in the upper lumbar spinal segments (L1, L2). However, there is no correlation between hip BMD and LDD, suggesting that in postmenopausal women with lumbar degenerative disease, hip BMD is more suitable for the diagnosis of osteoporosis.
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Zhuang C, Wang Z, Chen W, Wang H, Tian B, Lin H. Jintiange Capsules Ameliorate Osteoarthritis by Modulating Subchondral Bone Remodeling and Protecting Cartilage Against Degradation. Front Pharmacol 2021; 12:762543. [PMID: 34858187 PMCID: PMC8631927 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2021.762543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2021] [Accepted: 10/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most prevalent joint disease worldwide, making it a major cause of pain and disability. Identified as a chronic and progressive disease, effective treatment at the early stages of OA has become critical to its management. Jintiange (Jtg) capsules are a traditional Chinese medicine produced from multiple organic components of various animal bones and routinely used to treat osteoporosis in China. However, the effect of Jtg on subchondral bone and cartilage degeneration in OA remains unknown. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the biomolecular role and underlying mechanisms of Jtg in OA progression. Herein, we found that Jtg inhibited receptor activator of nuclear factor-κB ligand (RANKL)-induced osteoclast formation and it functions through the NF-κB signaling pathway. Jtg also inhibited chondrocyte apoptosis via reducing the reactive oxygen species concentration in these cells. Moreover, in vivo evaluation revealed that Jtg significantly attenuates subchondral bone remodeling and cartilage destruction in anterior cruciate ligament transection (ACLT) mouse models. Taken together, our data demonstrate that Jtg inhibits osteoclast differentiation in subchondral bone and chondrocyte apoptosis in cartilage, supporting its potential therapeutic value for treating OA.
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- Chenyang Zhuang
- Department of Orthopedics, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.,Department of Orthopedics, Shanghai Geriatric Medical Centre, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Hong SW, Park KT, Chung YS, Choi YJ, Kang JH. Bone mineral density, cervical spine degeneration, head and neck posture, and neck pain in the post-menopausal females: A pilot study. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0257735. [PMID: 34543361 PMCID: PMC8452041 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0257735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2021] [Accepted: 09/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The purpose of the present study was to reveal the relationship between degenerative changes in the cervical spine, head and neck postures, neck pain, and bone mineral density (BMD) of the total hip, femoral neck, and lumbar spine in post-menopausal females. In total, 116 females (mean age 60.4 ± 7.1 years; age range 50–80 years) were included. Participants were classified into three groups based on the T-score criteria of the total hip, femoral neck, and lumbar spine set by World Health Organization, respectively. The degree of neck pain was assessed using self-administered questionnaire, the Neck Disability Index. Cervical spine degeneration and head and neck postures were identified using the lateral cephalograms. Grading system for cervical degeneration included three categories of the radiographic alterations including disc height loss, osteophyte formation, and diffuse sclerosis. The areal BMD of the total hip, femoral neck, and lumbar spine were determined using dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry. Females with lower BMD exhibited lesser degree of neck pain and forward head posture (FHP) compared to those with normal BMD. Higher BMD seemed to be associated with more notable loss of the disc height at the level of C4-5. More prominent degenerative changes in the cervical spine were associated with higher areal BMD of the hip, femoral neck, and lumbar spine, altered head posture, and development of neck pain.
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- Seok Woo Hong
- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea (ROK)
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea (ROK)
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- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Gyeonggi-do, Korea (ROK)
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- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Gyeonggi-do, Korea (ROK)
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- Clinic of Oral Medicine and Orofacial Pain, Institute of Oral Health Science, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Gyeonggi-do, Korea (ROK)
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Ashinsky B, Smith HE, Mauck RL, Gullbrand SE. Intervertebral disc degeneration and regeneration: a motion segment perspective. Eur Cell Mater 2021; 41:370-380. [PMID: 33763848 PMCID: PMC8607668 DOI: 10.22203/ecm.v041a24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Back and neck pain have become primary reasons for disability and healthcare spending globally. While the causes of back pain are multifactorial, intervertebral disc degeneration is frequently cited as a primary source of pain. The annulus fibrosus (AF) and nucleus pulposus (NP) subcomponents of the disc are common targets for regenerative therapeutics. However, disc degeneration is also associated with degenerative changes to adjacent spinal tissues, and successful regenerative therapies will likely need to consider and address the pathology of adjacent spinal structures beyond solely the disc subcomponents. This review summarises the current state of knowledge in the field regarding associations between back pain, disc degeneration, and degeneration of the cartilaginous and bony endplates, the AF-vertebral body interface, the facet joints and spinal muscles, in addition to a discussion of regenerative strategies for treating pain and degeneration from a whole motion segment perspective.
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- Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Centre, Research, Building 21, Rm A214, 3900 Woodland Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19104,
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Costi JJ, Ledet EH, O'Connell GD. Spine biomechanical testing methodologies: The controversy of consensus vs scientific evidence. JOR Spine 2021; 4:e1138. [PMID: 33778410 PMCID: PMC7984003 DOI: 10.1002/jsp2.1138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2020] [Revised: 12/04/2020] [Accepted: 12/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Biomechanical testing methodologies for the spine have developed over the past 50 years. During that time, there have been several paradigm shifts with respect to techniques. These techniques evolved by incorporating state-of-the-art engineering principles, in vivo measurements, anatomical structure-function relationships, and the scientific method. Multiple parametric studies have focused on the effects that the experimental technique has on outcomes. As a result, testing methodologies have evolved, but there are no standard testing protocols, which makes the comparison of findings between experiments difficult and conclusions about in vivo performance challenging. In 2019, the international spine research community was surveyed to determine the consensus on spine biomechanical testing and if the consensus opinion was consistent with the scientific evidence. More than 80 responses to the survey were received. The findings of this survey confirmed that while some methods have been commonly adopted, not all are consistent with the scientific evidence. This review summarizes the scientific literature, the current consensus, and the authors' recommendations on best practices based on the compendium of available evidence.
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- John J. Costi
- Biomechanics and Implants Research Group, Medical Device Research Institute, College of Science and EngineeringFlinders UniversityAdelaideAustralia
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- Department of Biomedical EngineeringRensselaer Polytechnic InstituteTroyNew YorkUSA
- Research and Development ServiceStratton VA Medical CenterAlbanyNew YorkUSA
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- Department of Mechanical EngineeringUniversity of California‐BerkeleyBerkeleyCaliforniaUSA
- Department of Orthopaedic SurgeryUniversity of California‐San FranciscoSan FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
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Auger JD, Frings N, Wu Y, Marty AG, Morgan EF. Trabecular Architecture and Mechanical Heterogeneity Effects on Vertebral Body Strength. Curr Osteoporos Rep 2020; 18:716-726. [PMID: 33215364 PMCID: PMC7891914 DOI: 10.1007/s11914-020-00640-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW We aimed to synthesize the recent work on the intra-vertebral heterogeneity in density, trabecular architecture and mechanical properties, its implications for fracture risk, its association with degeneration of the intervertebral discs, and its implications for implant design. RECENT FINDINGS As compared to the peripheral regions of the centrum, the central region of the vertebral body exhibits lower density and more sparse microstructure. As compared to the anterior region, the posterior region shows higher density. These variations are more pronounced in vertebrae from older persons and in those adjacent to degenerated discs. Mixed results have been reported in regard to variation along the superior-inferior axis and to relationships between the heterogeneity in density and vertebral strength and fracture risk. These discrepancies highlight that, first, despite the large amount of study of the intra-vertebral heterogeneity in microstructure, direct study of that in mechanical properties has lagged, and second, more measurements of vertebral loading are needed to understand how the heterogeneity affects distributions of stress and strain in the vertebra. These future areas of study are relevant not only to the question of spine fractures but also to the design and selection of implants for spine fusion and disc replacement. The intra-vertebral heterogeneity in microstructure and mechanical properties may be a product of mechanical adaptation as well as a key determinant of the ability of the vertebral body to withstand a given type of loading.
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- Joshua D Auger
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Boston University, 110 Cummington Mall, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Boston University, 110 Cummington Mall, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Boston University, 110 Cummington Mall, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Boston University, 110 Cummington Mall, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.
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Associations between dietary patterns and osteoporosis-related outcomes in older adults: a longitudinal study. Eur J Clin Nutr 2020; 75:792-800. [PMID: 33190142 DOI: 10.1038/s41430-020-00806-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2020] [Revised: 08/29/2020] [Accepted: 10/31/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES To describe the associations of baseline dietary pattern scores with falls risk, bone mineral density (BMD), and incident fractures measured over 10 years in older adults. SUBJECTS/METHODS Dietary patterns were identified using exploratory factor analysis. Femoral neck (FN), hip, and lumbar spine (LS) BMD were measured using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, falls risk z-score using the Physiological Profile Assessment, and incident fractures by self-report. Linear mixed-effects models and log-binomial regression were used to estimate associations between baseline dietary pattern z-scores and outcomes. RESULTS Of 1098 participants at baseline, 567 were retained over 10 years. Four dietary patterns were derived: fruit and vegetable (FV), animal protein (AP), snack, and Western. FV pattern reduced falls risk at baseline by β = 0.05-0.08/SD and the annual decreases of FN and hip BMD were less for higher Western or AP pattern scores in all populations and women. The annual increase in LS of the entire population was greater with higher scores of FV, AP, and Western patterns (all β = 0.001 g/cm2/year/SD, p < 0.05). Higher scores of FV and snack were associated with a higher risk of LS BMD increasing over 10 years (p < 0.05 for all, except snack pattern in men) and incident fracture was not associated with any dietary pattern in the overall cohort and both men and women separately. CONCLUSIONS An FV dietary pattern may be beneficial for reducing falls risk. The associations of dietary patterns and BMD are modest in magnitude and did not translate into an improved fracture risk. Associations between diet and LS BMD may reflect osteoarthritis rather than osteoporosis.
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Kasher M, Williams FMK, Freidin MB, Cherny S, Livshits G. An in-depth study of the associations between osteoarthritis- and osteoporosis-related phenotypes at different skeletal locations. Osteoporos Int 2020; 31:2197-2208. [PMID: 32556517 DOI: 10.1007/s00198-020-05504-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2020] [Accepted: 06/12/2020] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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UNLABELLED The relationship between OA and osteoporosis characteristics remains controversial. This study revealed that age-adjusted hand OA is associated with lower hand/arm BMD levels. Wrist fracture occurrence is associated with increased OA hand scores and low arm BMD. Conversely, age-adjusted knee and spine OA is associated with high spine, hip, and total BMDs. INTRODUCTION Osteoarthritis (OA) and osteoporosis are two common musculoskeletal diseases which contribute a high burden of disability, yet assessments of their relationship remains controversial. The aim of this study was to clarify the association between bone mineral densities (BMD) of the hand, arm, spine, hip, and total body, and OA of the hand and knee and lumbar disc degeneration in two different ethnic groups. METHODS Radiographic assessments of the hand, knee, and spine were collected and coded for joint space narrowing, osteophytes, and the Kellgren-Lawrence score from Chuvashian (n = 1504) and British (n = 2280) individuals. BMD measurements of standard skeletal sites were estimated by dual X-ray absorptiometry. Age- and familial-adjusted regression analyses were conducted to determine associations. RESULTS Knee OA affection was positively associated with elevated hip, spine, and total body BMD levels (p < 0.001). Additionally, disc degeneration phenotypes showed significant positive associations with the hip, spine, and total BMD (p < 0.001). However, increased hand OA scores was significantly negatively correlated with arm and hand BMD measurements in males and females in both samples (p < 0.001). Additionally, higher hand OA scores were significantly associated with wrist fracture. CONCLUSIONS We discovered a clear pattern of association between hand OA and low hand and arm BMD, with increased risk of wrist fracture, as well as reproducing previous associations between knee and spine OA and elevated spine, hip, and total body BMD. It appears that hand OA manifests differently in comparison to hip and knee OA.
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- M Kasher
- Human Population Biology Research Unit, Department of Anatomy and Anthropology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Ramat-Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology, School of Life Course Sciences, King's College London, London, UK
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- Department of Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology, School of Life Course Sciences, King's College London, London, UK
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- Human Population Biology Research Unit, Department of Anatomy and Anthropology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Ramat-Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Human Population Biology Research Unit, Department of Anatomy and Anthropology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Ramat-Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel.
- Department of Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology, School of Life Course Sciences, King's College London, London, UK.
- Adelson Medical School, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel.
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Guo HZ, Tang YC, Guo DQ, Ma YH, Yuan K, Li YX, Peng JC, Li JL, Liang D, Zhang SC. Pedicle Screw Fixation in Single-Level, Double-Level, or Multilevel Posterior Lumbar Fusion for Osteoporotic Spine: A Retrospective Study with a Minimum 2-Year Follow-Up. World Neurosurg 2020; 140:e121-e128. [DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2020.04.198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2020] [Revised: 04/24/2020] [Accepted: 04/26/2020] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Williams FM, Tsepilov YA, Freidin MB, Shashkova TI, Suri P, Aulchenko YS. Sequence variation at 8q24.21 and risk of back pain. F1000Res 2020. [DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.22725.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Back pain (BP) is a common condition of major social importance and poorly understood pathogenesis. Intervertebral lumbar disc degeneration in all its guises is one of the major biological risk factors for BP. Previously, we identified the locus at 8q24.21 associated with chronic BP, which has been found elsewhere associated with sciatica after surgery for lumbar disc herniation. In the current study we used co-localisation methods to identify the gene most likely to harbor the causal variant. We show that the same functional variant at the 8q24.21 locus is responsible for both lumbar disc degeneration and BP, and we also studied the effects of this locus on related phenotypes. Our results link the locus to intervertebral disc and bone mineral density, but not to anthropometric measurements, thus corroborating the epidemiological evidence. Moreover, the same functional variant at the locus is more likely to affect the expression of the nearby FAM49B gene, rather than the GSDMC gene, which was previously proposed as a causative one for BP.
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Okano I, Salzmann SN, Jones C, Ortiz Miller C, Shirahata T, Rentenberger C, Shue J, Carrino JA, Sama AA, Cammisa FP, Girardi FP, Hughes AP. The impact of degenerative disc disease on regional volumetric bone mineral density (vBMD) measured by quantitative computed tomography. Spine J 2020; 20:181-190. [PMID: 31125693 DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2019.02.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2018] [Revised: 01/31/2019] [Accepted: 02/06/2019] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND CONTEXT It has been reported that degenerative disc disease (DDD) is associated with higher spinal bone mineral density (BMD) based on previous studies that used dual X-ray absorptiometry (DXA). However, DDD is often associated with proliferative bone changes and can lead to an overestimation of BMD measured with DXA. Trabecular volumetric BMD (vBMD) in the vertebral body measured with quantitative computed tomography (QCT) is less affected by those changes and can be a favorable alternative to DXA for patients with degenerative spinal changes. PURPOSE The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of DDD on regional trabecular vBMDs in the vertebral body measured by QCT. STUDY DESIGN/SETTING Cross-sectional observational study at a single academic institution. PATIENTS SAMPLE Consecutive patients undergoing posterior lumbar spinal fusion between 2014 and 2017 who had a routine preoperative CT scan and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) within a 90-day interval. OUTCOME MEASURES Regional trabecular vBMDs in the vertebral body by QCT. METHODS QCT measurements were conducted in L1-S1 vertebral trabecular bone. Any apparent sclerotic lesions that might affect vBMD values were excluded from the region of interest. The vBMDs of each level were defined as the average vBMD of the upper and lower vertebrae. To evaluate DDD, Pfirrmann grade, Modic grade, total end plate score, and vacuum phenomenon were documented. Univariate regression analysis and multivariate analyses with a linear mixed model adjusted with individual variability of segmental vBMDs were conducted with vBMD as the response variable. RESULTS Of 143 patients and 715 disc levels, 125 patients and 596 discs met our inclusion criteria. Mean vBMD (±standard deviation [SD]) of all levels was 119.0±39.6 mg/cm3. After adjusting for all covariates, Pfirrmann grade was not an independent contributor to vBMD, but the presence of any Modic change (type 1, β=6.8, p≤.001; type 2, β=6.7, p<.001; type 3, β=43.6, p<.001), high TEPS (score 10-12, β=14.2, p<.001), or vacuum phenomenon (β=9.0, p<.001) was shown to be independent contributors to vBMD. CONCLUSIONS Our results showed that the presence of certain end plate lesions (Modic changes and high TEPS) on MRI was significantly associated with increased regional QCT-vBMDs in the vertebral body, but no significant association was observed with disc nucleus pathology, unless it was associated with a vacuum phenomenon. When end plate lesions with Modic changes and high TEPS are present at the measuring level, care must be taken to interpret vBMD values, which might be overestimations even if the trabecular area appears normal.
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- Ichiro Okano
- Spine Care Institute, Hospital for Special Surgery, 535 East 70th St, New York, NY 10021, USA
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- Spine Care Institute, Hospital for Special Surgery, 535 East 70th St, New York, NY 10021, USA
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- Spine Care Institute, Hospital for Special Surgery, 535 East 70th St, New York, NY 10021, USA
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- Spine Care Institute, Hospital for Special Surgery, 535 East 70th St, New York, NY 10021, USA
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- Spine Care Institute, Hospital for Special Surgery, 535 East 70th St, New York, NY 10021, USA; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Showa University School of Medicine, 1-5-8 Hatanodai, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 142-8555, Japan
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- Spine Care Institute, Hospital for Special Surgery, 535 East 70th St, New York, NY 10021, USA
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- Spine Care Institute, Hospital for Special Surgery, 535 East 70th St, New York, NY 10021, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Imaging, Hospital for Special Surgery, 535 East 70th St, New York, NY 10021, USA
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- Spine Care Institute, Hospital for Special Surgery, 535 East 70th St, New York, NY 10021, USA
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- Spine Care Institute, Hospital for Special Surgery, 535 East 70th St, New York, NY 10021, USA
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- Spine Care Institute, Hospital for Special Surgery, 535 East 70th St, New York, NY 10021, USA
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- Spine Care Institute, Hospital for Special Surgery, 535 East 70th St, New York, NY 10021, USA.
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Kaiser J, Allaire B, Fein PM, Lu D, Jarraya M, Guermazi A, Demissie S, Samelson EJ, Bouxsein ML, Morgan EF. Correspondence between bone mineral density and intervertebral disc degeneration across age and sex. Arch Osteoporos 2018; 13:123. [PMID: 30421154 PMCID: PMC6291246 DOI: 10.1007/s11657-018-0538-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2018] [Accepted: 10/24/2018] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The distribution of bone tissue within the vertebra can modulate vertebral strength independently of average density and may change with age and disc degeneration. Our results show that the age-associated decrease in bone density is spatially non-uniform and associated with disc health, suggesting a mechanistic interplay between disc and vertebra. PURPOSE While the decline of bone mineral density (BMD) in the aging spine is well established, the extent to which age influences BMD distribution within the vertebra is less clear. Measures of regional BMD (rBMD) may improve predictions of vertebral strength and suggest how vertebrae might adapt with intervertebral disc degeneration. Thus, we aimed to assess how rBMD values were associated with age, sex, and disc height loss (DHL). METHODS We measured rBMD in the L3 vertebra of 377 participants from the Framingham Heart Study (41-83 years, 181 M/196 F). Integral (Int.BMD) and trabecular BMD (Tb.BMD) were measured from QCT images. rBMD ratios (anterior/posterior, superior/mid-transverse, inferior/mid-transverse, and central/outer) were calculated from the centrum. A radiologist assigned a DHL severity score to adjacent intervertebral discs (L2-L3 and L3-L4). RESULTS Int.BMD and Tb.BMD were both associated with age, though the decrease across age was greater in women (Int.BMD, - 2.6 mg/cm3 per year; Tb.BMD, - 2.6 mg/cm3 per year) than men (Int.BMD, - 0.5 mg/cm3 per year; Tb.BMD, - 1.2 mg/cm3 per year). The central/outer (- 0.027/decade) and superior/mid-transverse (- 0.018/decade) rBMD ratios were negatively associated with age, with similar trends in men and women. Higher Int.BMD or Tb.BMD was associated with increased odds of DHL after adjusting for age and sex. Low central/outer ratio and high anterior/poster and superior/mid-transverse ratios were also associated with increased odds of DHL. CONCLUSIONS Our results indicate that the distribution of bone within the L3 vertebra is different across age, but not between sexes, and is associated with disc degeneration.
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- Jarred Kaiser
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Boston University, 110 Cummington Street, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.
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- Center for Advanced Orthopedic Studies, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Boston University, 110 Cummington Street, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Radiology, Mercy Catholic Medical Center, Darby, PA, USA
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- Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew Senior Life, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Center for Advanced Orthopedic Studies, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
- Dept of Orthopedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Boston University, 110 Cummington Street, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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Maerz T, Newton M, Marek AA, Planalp M, Baker K. Dynamic adaptation of vertebral endplate and trabecular bone following annular injury in a rat model of degenerative disc disease. Spine J 2018; 18:2091-2101. [PMID: 29886163 DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2018.05.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2018] [Revised: 05/26/2018] [Accepted: 05/31/2018] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND CONTEXT Degenerative disc disease (DDD) is associated with longitudinal remodeling of paravertebral tissues. Although chronic vertebral changes in advanced stages of DDD are well-studied, very little data exists on acute vertebral bone remodeling at the onset and progression of DDD. PURPOSE To longitudinally characterize bony remodeling in a rodent model of disc injury-induced DDD. STUDY DESIGN In vivo animal study involving a rat annulus fibrosus injury model of DDD. METHODS Eight female Lewis rats were assigned to intervertebral disc (IVD) injury (Puncture) or sham surgery (Sham). All rats underwent anterior, transperitoneal approach to the lumbar spine, and Puncture rats underwent annulus fibrosus injury at the L3-L4 and L5-L6 IVDs (n = 8 per group). Live micro computed tomography imaging (10-μm voxel size) was performed 1 week before surgery and postoperatively at 2-week intervals up to a 12-week endpoint. Bone morphology and densitometry of the cranial vertebral body and bony endplate were analyzed and reported with respect to the preoperative baseline scan. Sagittal Safranin-O/Fast-Green and Toluidine Blue histology evaluated using the Rutges IVD score and a custom vertebral endplate score. RESULTS Vertebral trabecular tissue mineral density (TMD), vertebral trabecular spacing, endplate TMD, and endplate apparent bone mineral density were all significantly greater in Puncture compared with Sham at 4 weeks and each subsequent timepoint. Puncture rats exhibited marginally lower endplate total volume. Anterior endplate osteophyte formation and central physeal ossification were observed in Puncture rats. Endpoint histological analysis demonstrated moderate evidence of IVD degeneration, indicating that vertebral bone adaptation occurs in the acute phases of DDD onset and progression. CONCLUSIONS Annulus injury-induced DDD leads to acute and progressive changes to the morphology and densitometry of bone in the adjacent vertebral bodies and endplates.
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- Tristan Maerz
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery & MedSport, University of Michigan, 24 Frank Lloyd Wright Dr, Ann Arbor, MI 48106, USA; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, William Beaumont Hospital, 3811 West 13 Mile Rd, Suite 404, Royal Oak, MI 48073, USA; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Oakland University - William Beaumont School of Medicine, 586 Pioneer Dr, Rochester, MI 48309, USA
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, William Beaumont Hospital, 3811 West 13 Mile Rd, Suite 404, Royal Oak, MI 48073, USA
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, William Beaumont Hospital, 3811 West 13 Mile Rd, Suite 404, Royal Oak, MI 48073, USA
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, William Beaumont Hospital, 3811 West 13 Mile Rd, Suite 404, Royal Oak, MI 48073, USA; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Oakland University - William Beaumont School of Medicine, 586 Pioneer Dr, Rochester, MI 48309, USA
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, William Beaumont Hospital, 3811 West 13 Mile Rd, Suite 404, Royal Oak, MI 48073, USA; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Oakland University - William Beaumont School of Medicine, 586 Pioneer Dr, Rochester, MI 48309, USA.
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Zhou X, Cheung CL, Karasugi T, Karppinen J, Samartzis D, Hsu YH, Mak TSH, Song YQ, Chiba K, Kawaguchi Y, Li Y, Chan D, Cheung KMC, Ikegawa S, Cheah KSE, Sham PC. Trans-Ethnic Polygenic Analysis Supports Genetic Overlaps of Lumbar Disc Degeneration With Height, Body Mass Index, and Bone Mineral Density. Front Genet 2018; 9:267. [PMID: 30127800 PMCID: PMC6088183 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2018.00267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2018] [Accepted: 07/02/2018] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Lumbar disc degeneration (LDD) is age-related break-down in the fibrocartilaginous joints between lumbar vertebrae. It is a major cause of low back pain and is conventionally assessed by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Like most other complex traits, LDD is likely polygenic and influenced by both genetic and environmental factors. However, genome-wide association studies (GWASs) of LDD have uncovered few susceptibility loci due to the limited sample size. Previous epidemiology studies of LDD also reported multiple heritable risk factors, including height, body mass index (BMI), bone mineral density (BMD), lipid levels, etc. Genetics can help elucidate causality between traits and suggest loci with pleiotropic effects. One such approach is polygenic score (PGS) which summarizes the effect of multiple variants by the summation of alleles weighted by estimated effects from GWAS. To investigate genetic overlaps of LDD and related heritable risk factors, we calculated the PGS of height, BMI, BMD and lipid levels in a Chinese population-based cohort with spine MRI examination and a Japanese case-control cohort of lumbar disc herniation (LDH) requiring surgery. Because most large-scale GWASs were done in European populations, PGS of corresponding traits were created using weights from European GWASs. We calibrated their prediction performance in independent Chinese samples, then tested associations with MRI-derived LDD scores and LDH affection status. The PGS of height, BMI, BMD and lipid levels were strongly associated with respective phenotypes in Chinese, but phenotype variances explained were lower than in Europeans which would reduce the power to detect genetic overlaps. Despite of this, the PGS of BMI and lumbar spine BMD were significantly associated with LDD scores; and the PGS of height was associated with the increased the liability of LDH. Furthermore, linkage disequilibrium score regression suggested that, osteoarthritis, another degenerative disorder that shares common features with LDD, also showed genetic correlations with height, BMI and BMD. The findings suggest a common key contribution of biomechanical stress to the pathogenesis of LDD and will direct the future search for pleiotropic genes.
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- Xueya Zhou
- Department of Psychiatry, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong.,Department of Systems Biology, Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong.,Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, Center for Genomic Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto City, Japan
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- Medical Research Center Oulu, University of Oulu and Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland
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- Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Hebrew SeniorLife, Institute for Aging Research, Roslindale, MA, United States.,Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.,Molecular and Integrative Physiological Sciences Program, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States
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- Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, Center for Genomic Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, Center for Genomic Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong.,Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, School of Biomedical Science, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Toyama University, Toyama Prefecture, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, School of Biomedical Science, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Laboratory of Bone and Joint Diseases, Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, RIKEN, Tokyo, Japan
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- Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, School of Biomedical Science, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Department of Psychiatry, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong.,Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, Center for Genomic Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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Rahmani MS, Takahashi S, Hoshino M, Takayama K, Sasaoka R, Tsujio T, Yasuda H, Kanematsu F, Kono H, Toyoda H, Nakamura H. The degeneration of adjacent intervertebral discs negatively influence union rate of osteoporotic vertebral fracture: A multicenter cohort study. J Orthop Sci 2018; 23:627-634. [PMID: 29680168 DOI: 10.1016/j.jos.2018.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2017] [Revised: 03/15/2018] [Accepted: 03/27/2018] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND With the increasing aging population in developed countries, there has been an associated increased prevalence of osteoporotic vertebral fracture (OVF). Many previous reports have attempted to predict the risk of delayed union associated with OVF. However, the role of endplate failure and the degeneration of adjacent intervertebral discs, and their association with delayed union has received little attention. The aim of this study was to evaluate the endplate fracture and disc degeneration rank as risk factors for delayed union. MATERIALS AND METHODS Two hundred and eighteen consecutive patients with fresh OVF were enrolled in the study. MRI and X-ray were performed at the time of enrollment and at the 6 months follow-up. The MR images were used to assess the degeneration grade of adjacent intervertebral discs (using the modified Pfirrmann grading system), and endplate failure. Supine and weight-bearing radiographs were used to define angular motion and compression ratio of the anterior vertebral body wall. RESULTS A total of 139 patients (112 female, 27 male) completed the 6 month follow-up (a 65.1% follow-up rate). The study revealed 27 cases of delayed union (19.4%). A healthier adjacent caudal disc with low grade degeneration was found to be associated with an increased risk of delayed union (P = 0.008). Bi-endplate injury and significant compression of the anterior vertebral body wall were significantly associated with delayed union (P = 0.019, and P = 0.001 respectively). Rapid progression of the adjacent cranial disc degeneration was observed at the end of the 6 month follow-up period (P = 0.001). CONCLUSION Modified Pfirrmann grading system revealed that a healthier adjacent intervertebral disc at the caudal level and bi-endplate fracture were significantly associated with an increased risk of delayed union. These findings may influence the management strategy for patients with OVF.
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- Mohammad Suhrab Rahmani
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Seikeikai Hospital, Sakai, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Yodogawa Christian Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Shiraniwa Hospital, Ikoma, Nara, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka General Hospital of West Japan Railway Company, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Saiseikai Nakatsu Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Ishikiri Seiki Hospital, Higashi Osaka, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Yì Xiáng J Wáng
- Department of Imaging and Interventional Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, New Territories, Hong Kong, China
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Bommersbach TJ, Fischer PR, Pettifor JM, Thacher TD. The relationship between maternal and child bone density in Nigerian children with and without nutritional rickets. Osteoporos Int 2018; 29:1313-1320. [PMID: 29487981 DOI: 10.1007/s00198-018-4422-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2017] [Accepted: 02/04/2018] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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UNLABELLED We found a positive relationship between bone density in Nigerian children with and without rickets and that of their mothers. After treatment, children with rickets had greater bone density than children without rickets, indicating that children genetically programmed to have greater bone density may have a higher risk of rickets. INTRODUCTION To determine the relationship between bone density in children with and without rickets and that of their mothers METHODS: Using an unmatched case-control design, forearm areal bone mineral density (aBMD) was measured in 52 and 135 Nigerian children with and without rickets and their mothers, respectively. We performed multivariate linear regression analyses to assess the relationship between maternal and child aBMD Z-scores. RESULTS Forearm aBMD Z-scores in children were associated with maternal aBMD Z-scores at metaphyseal (effect estimate 0.23; 95% CI 0.08 to 0.37) and diaphyseal (effect estimate 0.16; 0.01 to 0.30) sites, after adjustment for rickets in the child, child's age and sex, height-for-age Z-score, and weight-for-age Z-score. In the adjusted model, rickets was inversely associated with child's aBMD Z-score at the diaphyseal site only (- 0.45, - 0.65 to - 0.24). The positive relationship between maternal and child aBMD Z-scores was marginally greater in children with rickets (slope 0.56, r = 0.47) than without rickets (slope 0.19, r = 0.20) at the diaphyseal site only (P = 0.06 for interaction) but not at the metaphyseal site (slopes 0.35 and 0.30, respectively, P = 0.48). After treatment with calcium for 6 months, metaphyseal aBMD Z-scores were greater in children with treated rickets (effect estimate 0.26; 95% CI 0.02 to 0.49) than in those without rickets. CONCLUSION In Nigerian children with and without rickets, forearm aBMD Z-scores were positively associated with maternal aBMD Z-scores. Active rickets in the child marginally modified the relationship at the diaphyseal site only. After treatment, children with rickets had greater metaphyseal aBMD Z-scores than children without rickets.
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- T J Bommersbach
- Mayo Clinic School of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street, SW, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA
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- Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street, SW, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA
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- MRC/Wits Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Department of Family Medicine, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street, SW, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA.
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Lumbar disc degeneration was not related to spine and hip bone mineral densities in Chinese: facet joint osteoarthritis may confound the association. Arch Osteoporos 2017; 12:20. [PMID: 28210985 DOI: 10.1007/s11657-017-0315-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2016] [Accepted: 02/06/2017] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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UNLABELLED A sample of 512 Chinese was studied and we observed that greater disc degeneration on MRI was associated with greater spine DXA BMD. Yet, this association may be confounded by facet joint osteoarthritis. BMD may not be a risk factor for lumbar disc degeneration in Chinese. PURPOSE Evidence suggested that lumbar vertebral bone and intervertebral disc interact with each other in multiple ways. The current paper aims to determine the association between bone mineral density (BMD) and lumbar disc degeneration using a sample of Chinese. METHODS We studied 165 patients with back disorders and 347 general subjects from China. All subjects had lumbar spine magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and dual- energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) spine BMD studies, and a subset of general subjects had additional hip BMD measurements. On T2-weighted MR images, Pfirrmann score was used to evaluate the degree of lumbar disc degeneration and facet joint osteoarthritis was assessed as none, slight-moderate, and severe. Regression analyses were used to examine the associations between lumbar and hip BMD and disc degeneration, adjusting for age, gender, body mass index (BMI), lumbar region, and facet joint osteoarthritis. RESULTS Greater facet joint osteoarthritis was associated with greater spine BMD (P < 0.01) in both patients and general subjects. For general subjects, greater spine BMD was associated with severe disc degeneration, controlling for age, gender, BMI, and lumbar region. When facet joint osteoarthritis entered the regression model, however, greater spine BMD was associated with greater facet joint osteoarthritis (P < 0.01) but not greater disc degeneration (P > 0.05). No statistical association was observed between spine BMD and lumbar disc degeneration in patients with back disorders (P > 0.05), and between hip BMD and disc degeneration in general subjects (P > 0.05). CONCLUSION BMD may not be a risk factor for lumbar disc degeneration in Chinese. Facet joint osteoarthritis inflates DXA spine BMD measurements and therefore, may confound the association between spine BMD and disc degeneration.
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Association between menopause and lumbar disc degeneration: an MRI study of 1,566 women and 1,382 men. Menopause 2017; 24:1136-1144. [DOI: 10.1097/gme.0000000000000902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Keser N, Atici A, Celikoglu E, Akpinar P, Ramazanoglu AF, Aktas İ. Effect of bone mineral density on lumbar discs in young adults: A case-control study. Medicine (Baltimore) 2017; 96:e7906. [PMID: 28858108 PMCID: PMC5585502 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000007906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Bone mineral density (BMD) might be a risk factor for lumbar disc herniation (LDH) in young adults, but there is not enough data concerning this effect. Several studies have been performed on elderly and osteoporotic patients. Thus, we aimed to investigate the effect of BMD on the etiopathogenesis of LDH in young adults.One hundred patients (mean age: 38.45 ± 8.92 years; 50 men and 50 women) were enrolled this case-control study and classified into 2 groups, as follows. The case group (G-I) included 50 patients with symptomatic LDH who were hospitalized in the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinic, and the control group (G-II) included 50 patients with lower back pain but no finding of LDH detected using magnetic resonance imaging. Patients in the G-II were recruited among those admitted to the outpatient clinic at the time of the study, and whose age and sex were matched to those of the study group. Women in menopause were excluded from the study. BMD analysis by dual energy x-ray absorptiometry was performed in both groups.The mean values of the femur neck and lumbar spine BMD were 1.02 ± 0.13 and 1.19 ± 0.14 g/cm, respectively. There was no statistically significant relationship between BMD and LDH in this population.This result may mean that in a normal range, BMD does not exert a compressive load on the lumbar discs in young adults and therefore may not lead to LDH by this mechanism and the load.
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- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department, TR University of Health Sciences, Istanbul Fatih Sultan Mehmet Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department, TR University of Health Sciences, Istanbul Fatih Sultan Mehmet Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department, TR University of Health Sciences, Istanbul Fatih Sultan Mehmet Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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Armbrecht G, Felsenberg D, Ganswindt M, Lunt M, Kaptoge SK, Abendroth K, Aroso Dias A, Bhalla AK, Cannata Andia J, Dequeker J, Eastell R, Hoszowski K, Lyritis G, Masaryk P, van Meurs J, Miazgowski T, Nuti R, Poór G, Redlund-Johnell I, Reid DM, Schatz H, Todd CJ, Woolf AD, Rivadeneira F, Javaid MK, Cooper C, Silman AJ, O'Neill TW, Reeve J. Degenerative inter-vertebral disc disease osteochondrosis intervertebralis in Europe: prevalence, geographic variation and radiological correlates in men and women aged 50 and over. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2017; 56:1189-1199. [PMID: 28398504 PMCID: PMC5582627 DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kex040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2016] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Objectives To assess the prevalences across Europe of radiological indices of degenerative inter-vertebral disc disease (DDD); and to quantify their associations with, age, sex, physical anthropometry, areal BMD (aBMD) and change in aBMD with time. Methods In the population-based European Prospective Osteoporosis Study, 27 age-stratified samples of men and women from across the continent aged 50+ years had standardized lateral radiographs of the lumbar and thoracic spine to evaluate the severity of DDD, using the Kellgren-Lawrence (KL) scale. Measurements of anterior, mid-body and posterior vertebral heights on all assessed vertebrae from T4 to L4 were used to generate indices of end-plate curvature. Results Images from 10 132 participants (56% female, mean age 63.9 years) passed quality checks. Overall, 47% of men and women had DDD grade 3 or more in the lumbar spine and 36% in both thoracic and lumbar spine. Risk ratios for DDD grades 3 and 4, adjusted for age and anthropometric determinants, varied across a three-fold range between centres, yet prevalences were highly correlated in men and women. DDD was associated with flattened, non-ovoid inter-vertebral disc spaces. KL grade 4 and loss of inter-vertebral disc space were associated with higher spine aBMD. Conclusion KL grades 3 and 4 are often used clinically to categorize radiological DDD. Highly variable European prevalences of radiologically defined DDD grades 3+ along with the large effects of age may have growing and geographically unequal health and economic impacts as the population ages. These data encourage further studies of potential genetic and environmental causes.
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- Gabriele Armbrecht
- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Free University, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Free University, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Free University, Berlin, Germany
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- NIHR Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, & Arthritis Research UK Centre for Epidemiology, Manchester, University of Manchester
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- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Strangeways Research Laboratory, Cambridge, UK
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- Rheumatology, Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Bath, UK
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- Rheumatology, University Hospital, Leuven, Belgium
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- Mellanby Centre for Bone Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Laboratory for the Research of Musculoskeletal System, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Rheumatology, Institute of Rheumatic Diseases, Piestany, Slovakia
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- Department of Epidemiology and Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Hypertension and Internal Medicine, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
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- 1st Department of Rheumatology and Metabolic Osteology, National Institute of Rheumatology and Physiotherapy, Budapest, Hungary
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- School of Medicine, Medical Science and Nutrition, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
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- Rheumatology, Med Klinik & Polyklinik, Bochum, Germany
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- School of Health Sciences, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester
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- Institute of Health Care Research, Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry, Universities of Exeter and Plymouth, Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro
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- Department of Epidemiology and Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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- Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, NIHR Musculo-skeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Botnar Research Centre, Oxford, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, NIHR Musculo-skeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Botnar Research Centre, Oxford, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, NIHR Musculo-skeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Botnar Research Centre, Oxford, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, NIHR Musculo-skeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Botnar Research Centre, Oxford, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, NIHR Musculo-skeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Botnar Research Centre, Oxford, UK
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Wei Y, Tian W, Zhang GL, Lv YW, Cui GY. Thoracolumbar kyphosis is associated with compressive vertebral fracture in postmenopausal women. Osteoporos Int 2017; 28:1925-1929. [PMID: 28251286 DOI: 10.1007/s00198-017-3971-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2016] [Accepted: 02/14/2017] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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UNLABELLED The main aim of this retrospective cross-sectional study was to examine the relationship between vertebral compression fracture and thoracolumbar Cobb angles. Fracture prevalence was found to be significantly higher for patients with moderate [odds ratio (OR) = 4.78 (2.88-7.95)] or severe kyphosis [OR = 10.7 (5.11-22.40)] than for patients with mild kyphosis. The relationship between degree of thoracolumbar kyphosis and vertebral compression fracture was analyzed. INTRODUCTION The hypothesis that vertebral compression fracture in women is related to thoracolumbar kyphosis severity was tested, and a clinically important cutoff degree of sagittal thoracolumbar Cobb angle (TLCobb) was determined. METHODS Demographic data, clinical data, and quantitative computed tomography (QCT) findings were compiled for 212 postmenopausal women with thoracolumbar fracture (study group) and 150 postmenopausal women with degenerative lumbar disease (control group). Group proportions and characteristics were compared with chi-squared tests and unpaired t tests, respectively. RESULTS In this retrospective cross-sectional study cohort, 17 patients had T11 fractures, 79 had T12 fractures, 89 had L1 fractures, and 27 had L2 fractures. QCT findings and TLCobb differed between the study and control groups (both p < 0.001). No significant differences were found in body mass index (BMI), disk height, or coronal TLCobb. After adjustment for age, BMI, and QCT findings, fracture prevalence was found to be higher in the thoracolumbar kyphosis study group than in the control group [OR = 6.16, 95% confidence interval (CI) 3.88-9.78]. Sagittal TLCobbs of 7.5-15° and >15° were associated with an increased fracture prevalence, with ORs of 4.78 (2.88-7.95) and 10.7 (5.11-22.40), respectively. CONCLUSION Vertebral fracture prevalence in postmenopausal women was found to be associated with thoracolumbar kyphosis. A TLCobb sagittal angle >15° should be considered an indicator for vertebral fracture assessment.
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- Department of Spine Surgery, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Beijing, 100035, China
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- Department of Spine Surgery, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Beijing, 100035, China.
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- Department of Spine Surgery, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Beijing, 100035, China
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- Department of Spine Surgery, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Beijing, 100035, China
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- Department of Spine Surgery, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Beijing, 100035, China
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Estublier C, Chapurlat R, Szulc P. Older men with severe disc degeneration have more incident vertebral fractures-the prospective MINOS cohort study. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2016; 56:37-45. [PMID: 27703044 DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kew327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2016] [Revised: 07/29/2016] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Data on the relationship between disc degeneration (DD) and fragility fractures in men are limited. The aim of this study was to prospectively analyse the risk of vertebral and non-vertebral fractures in men with thoracolumbar DD according to the severity of its radiological signs: disc space narrowing (DSN), osteophytes and endplate sclerosis. METHODS Men >50 years of age (n = 765) had lateral spine radiographs and DXA and were monitored prospectively. We analysed the risk of incident vertebral (7.5 years) and non-vertebral fractures (10 years) in men according to the severity of DD. RESULTS After adjustment for age and weight, BMD increased with increasing total DSN score, endplate sclerosis and osteophytosis. Over 7.5 years, 28 incident vertebral fractures occurred in 27 men. After adjustment for age, BMI, spine BMD, prior fractures and abdominal aortic calcifications, the vertebral fracture risk was 3-fold higher in the upper DSN quartile vs men without DSN. After adjustment for the same confounders, vertebral fracture risk was also nearly 3-fold higher in the upper DSN quartile vs the three lower quartiles combined. Over 10 years, 61 men sustained non-vertebral fragility fractures. After adjustment for age, BMI, hip BMD, abdominal aortic calcifications and prior falls and fractures, the non-vertebral fracture risk decreased with increasing DSN score. The risk of non-vertebral fracture was half as high in men above the median total DSN score vs men below the median. CONCLUSION In older men, severe DD is associated with higher BMD. Multilevel severe DSN is associated with higher vertebral fracture risk and lower non-vertebral fracture risk.
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- Charline Estublier
- Department of Rheumatology, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, INSERM UMR 1033, University of Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Department of Rheumatology, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, INSERM UMR 1033, University of Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Department of Rheumatology, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, INSERM UMR 1033, University of Lyon, Lyon, France
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The Association Between Low Back Pain and Composition of IgG Glycome. Sci Rep 2016; 6:26815. [PMID: 27229623 PMCID: PMC4882546 DOI: 10.1038/srep26815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2015] [Accepted: 05/09/2016] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Low back pain (LBP) is a common debilitating condition which aetiology and pathogenesis are poorly understood. We carried out a first so far analysis of associations between LBP and plasma IgG N-glycome in a sample of 4511 twins from TwinsUK database assessed for LBP, lumbar disc degeneration (LDD) as its possible cause, and IgG-glycan levels. Using weighted correlation network analysis, we established a correlation between LBP and glycan modules featured by glycans that either promote or block antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC). The levels of four glycan traits representing two of those modules were statistically significantly different in monozygotic twins discordant for LBP. Also, the trend to higher prevalence of systemic inflammatory disorders was shown for twins with low level of fucosylated glycans and high level of non-fucosylated glycans. Core fucosylation of IgG is a “safety switch” reducing ADCC, thus our results suggest the involvement of ADCC and associated inflammation in pathogenesis of LBP. No correlation between LDD scores and glycans was found assuming that the inflammation may not be a part of LDD. These data provide a new insight into understanding the complex pathophysiology of LBP and suggest glycan levels as a possible biomarker for inflammation-related subtypes of LBP.
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Oei L, Zillikens MC, Rivadeneira F, Oei EHG. Osteoporotic Vertebral Fractures as Part of Systemic Disease. J Clin Densitom 2016; 19:70-80. [PMID: 26376171 DOI: 10.1016/j.jocd.2015.08.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2015] [Accepted: 08/13/2015] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Our understanding of the genetic control of skeletogenesis and bone remodeling is expanding, and normally, bone resorption and bone formation are well balanced through regulation by hormones, growth factors, and cytokines. Osteoporosis is considered a systemic disease characterized by low bone mass and microarchitectural deterioration of bone tissue. Consequent increased bone fragility results in higher fracture risk. The most common osteoporotic fractures are located in the spine, and they form a significant health issue. A large variety of systemic diseases are associated with risk of osteoporotic vertebral fractures, illustrating its multifactorial etiology. Prevalences of these conditions vary from common to extremely rare, and incidence peaks differ according to etiology. This review appreciates different aspects of osteoporotic vertebral fractures as part of systemic disease, including genetic, immunologic, inflammatory, metabolic, and endocrine pathways. It seems impossible to be all-comprehensive on this topic; nevertheless, we hope to provide a reasonably thorough overview. Plenty remains to be elucidated in this field, identifying even more associated diseases and further exposing pathophysiological mechanisms underlying osteoporotic vertebral fractures.
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- Ling Oei
- Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Netherlands Genomics Initiative-sponsored Netherlands Consortium for Healthy Aging, The Netherlands; Department of Internal Medicine, IJsselland Hospital, Capelle aan den IJssel, The Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Netherlands Genomics Initiative-sponsored Netherlands Consortium for Healthy Aging, The Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Netherlands Genomics Initiative-sponsored Netherlands Consortium for Healthy Aging, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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Parizel P, Van Hoyweghen A, Bali A, Van Goethem J, Van Den Hauwe L. The degenerative spine. HANDBOOK OF CLINICAL NEUROLOGY 2016; 136:787-808. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-444-53486-6.00039-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/10/2023]
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The Influence of Lumbar Spinal Subtype on Lumbar Intervertebral Disc Degeneration in Young and Middle-Aged Adults. Spine Deform 2015; 3:172-179. [PMID: 27927309 DOI: 10.1016/j.jspd.2014.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2014] [Revised: 06/08/2014] [Accepted: 08/08/2014] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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STUDY DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. OBJECTIVE To identify whether an in vivo correlation exists between lumbar spinal subtype (LSS) and lumbar disc degeneration (LDD) in young adults. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Lumbar disc degeneration has largely been ascribed to biomechanical and structural alterations to the disc, which are attributed to aging and pathological physical loading. Sagittal alignment in the asymptomatic spine has also been considered. A biomechanical study by Roussouly and Pinheiro-Franco proposed level-specific patterns in LDD. To date, no in vivo correlation between the LSS and LDD has been established. METHODS The authors screened 608 consecutive patients over 5.3 years. Lumbar spinal subtype and pelvic parameters were collected from standing lumbar radiographs and were categorized using the classification of Roussouly and Pinheiro-Franco. Lumbar disc degeneration at all lumbar intervertebral levels was classified using criteria of Pfirrmann et al. A stratified disc degeneration score was derived for each patient. Lumbar disc degeneration in type I, II, and IV LSS was compared using chi-square test. Pelvic incidence was correlated with stratified disc degeneration score using Spearman R, to determine whether a high PI was protective against LDD. Statistical significance was accepted at p < .05. RESULTS A total of 139 patients were included, with 91 females and a mean age of 32.6 years (range, 13-49 years). For LSS grades I to IV, there were 10 (7.3%), 43 (30.9%), 50 (35.9%), and 36 (25.9%) patients, respectively. The proportion of high-grade (Pfirrmann grades IV and V) LDD increased distally toward the lower intervertebral levels, affecting 2.88%, 2.9%, 5%, 9.4%, 33.1%, and 54% of discs at each sequential lumbar level from T12-L1 to L5-S1, respectively. Age but not gender was statistically significant for higher-grade LDD (p < .0001 and p = .442, respectively). Pelvic incidence across all LSS grades was not significantly correlated with stratified disc degeneration score (Spearman R = 0.0933; p = .335). No LSS (type I-IV) reached statistical significance for a specific pattern of LDD. CONCLUSIONS In this study, LSS was not statistically significantly correlated with LDD, nor was a high pelvic incidence protective against LDD.
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Åkesson K, Tenne M, Gerdhem P, Luthman H, McGuigan FE. Variation in the PTH2R gene is associated with age-related degenerative changes in the lumbar spine. J Bone Miner Metab 2015; 33:9-15. [PMID: 24378925 DOI: 10.1007/s00774-013-0550-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2013] [Accepted: 11/14/2013] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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In the elderly, degenerative changes in the lumbar spine are common, contributing to falsely elevated bone mineral density (BMD) values. The parathyroid hormone (PTH) system plays an important role in the regulation of bone turnover and we explore the hypothesis that polymorphisms (SNPs) within genes in this pathway (PTH, PTHLH, PTH1R and PTH2R) contribute to degenerative manifestations of the spine in elderly women. The study included 1,004 Swedish women aged 75 years from the population-based OPRA cohort who attended follow-up at 5 and 10 years. Lumbar spine BMD was assessed by dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) and each individual vertebra was evaluated visually on the DXA image for apparent degenerative manifestations. Six SNPs in PTH and 3 SNPs each in PTH1R, PTH2R and PTHLH were analysed. Among women with degenerative manifestations at the lumbar spine, there was an over-representation at baseline of those carrying the PTH2R SNP rs897083 A-allele (p = 0.0021; odds ratio 1.5 95 % CI 1.2-2.0) and across the duration of follow-up (p = 0.0008). No association was observed between degenerative manifestations and variation in the other genes. None of the PTH hormone system genes were associated with vertebral fracture. Variation in the PTH2R gene (Chr2q34, rs897083) may contribute to the age-associated degenerative manifestations that develop at the lumbar spine.
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- Kristina Åkesson
- Clinical and Molecular Osteoporosis Research Unit, Department of Clinical Sciences Malmö, Lund University, SE 205 02, Malmö, Sweden
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Salo S, Leinonen V, Rikkonen T, Vainio P, Marttila J, Honkanen R, Tuppurainen M, Kröger H, Sirola J. Association between bone mineral density and lumbar disc degeneration. Maturitas 2014; 79:449-55. [PMID: 25266266 DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2014.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2014] [Revised: 09/14/2014] [Accepted: 09/15/2014] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Higher vertebral bone mineral density (BMD) has been found to be related with lumbar disc degeneration (LDD), while relationship between femoral neck BMD and LDD remains controversial. The aim of our research was to study the relationship between LDD and BMD of the lumbar spine and femoral neck. STUDY DESIGN The study population consisted of 168 postmenopausal women (aged 63.3-75.0 years, mean 68.6 years) from the prospective OSTPRE and OSTPRE-FPS study cohorts. The severity of LDD was graded from T2-weighted MRI images using the five-grade Pfirrmann classification. Four vertebral levels (L1-L4) were studied (total 672 discs). The association between lumbar BMD and Z-score and the severity of LDD was studied separately for each vertebral level with AN(C)OVA analysis, using potential confounders as covariates. RESULTS Higher lumbar BMD and Z-score were associated with more severe LDD at all studied levels (L1-L4): between L4-L5 disc and L4 BMD (p=0.044) and L4 Z-score (p=0.052), between L2-L3 disc and L3 BMD (p=0.001) and at all other levels (p<0.001). The mean degeneration grade of the studied discs was associated with the mean L1-L4 BMD and Z-score (p<0.001). Statistical significance of any result did not alter after controlling for confounding factors. There was no significant association between femoral neck BMD and LDD. CONCLUSIONS Higher lumbar BMD/Z-score were associated with more severe LDD. There was no significant association between femoral neck BMD and disc degeneration. Femoral neck BMD may be a more reliable measurement for diagnosing osteoporosis in postmenopausal women with degenerative changes in the lumbar spine.
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- Sami Salo
- Bone and Cartilage Research Unit, Surgery, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
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- Bone and Cartilage Research Unit, Surgery, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Radiology, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Radiology, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
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- Bone and Cartilage Research Unit, Surgery, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland; Lapland Hospital District, Rovaniemi, Finland
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- Bone and Cartilage Research Unit, Surgery, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kuopio University Hospital, Finland
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- Bone and Cartilage Research Unit, Surgery, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland; Department of Orthopedics, Traumatology and Hand Surgery, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
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- Bone and Cartilage Research Unit, Surgery, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland; Department of Orthopedics, Traumatology and Hand Surgery, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
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Çarlı AB, Akarsu S, Tekin L, Sağlam M, Kıralp MZ, Özçakar L. Ultrasonographic assessment of the femoral cartilage in osteoarthritis patients with and without osteoporosis. Aging Clin Exp Res 2014; 26:411-5. [PMID: 24338623 DOI: 10.1007/s40520-013-0188-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2013] [Accepted: 12/02/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND The relationship between osteoporosis (OP) and osteoarthritis (OA) is yet unclear. AIM To evaluate the possible effect of OP on the femoral cartilage thickness in female patients with knee OA. MATERIALS AND METHODS Eighty patients with a diagnosis of knee OA were enrolled. Forty subjects who also had OP comprised Group I and the remaining 40 OA subjects comprised Group II. Antero-posterior knee radiographs were obtained in standing position and they were evaluated according to Kelgren-Lawrence (K-L) grading scale. Femoral cartilage evaluations were performed using a linear array US probe (7-12 MHz). In addition, ultrasonographic femoral cartilage grading was also performed for each knee. RESULTS Left knee scores pertaining to both gradings were found to be lower (p = 0.02, p = 0.04, respectively) in Group I when compared with those of Group II. The two grading scores were positively correlated for both knees-statistically significant only for the right side (r = 0.727, p = 0.01). No significant difference was found between the groups in terms of femoral cartilage thicknesses (all p > 0.05). DISCUSSION Ultrasonographic and roentgenographic gradings were consistent and patients with OP had lower scores for both gradings. On the other hand, the presence of OP did not seem to have any effect on cartilage thickness measurements. CONCLUSIONS To the best knowledge of the authors, this study is the first to have explored the impact of OP on OA using US in the literature.
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- Alparslan Bayram Çarlı
- Department of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Gülhane Military Medical Academy Haydarpaşa Training Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey,
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Heritability of spinal curvature and its relationship to disc degeneration and bone mineral density in female adult twins. EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL : OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE EUROPEAN SPINE SOCIETY, THE EUROPEAN SPINAL DEFORMITY SOCIETY, AND THE EUROPEAN SECTION OF THE CERVICAL SPINE RESEARCH SOCIETY 2014; 24:2387-94. [DOI: 10.1007/s00586-014-3477-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2013] [Revised: 06/15/2014] [Accepted: 07/18/2014] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Castaño-Betancourt MC, Oei L, Rivadeneira F, de Schepper EIT, Hofman A, Bierma-Zeinstra S, Pols HAP, Uitterlinden AG, Van Meurs JBJ. Association of lumbar disc degeneration with osteoporotic fractures; the Rotterdam study and meta-analysis from systematic review. Bone 2013; 57:284-9. [PMID: 23958823 DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2013.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2013] [Revised: 08/01/2013] [Accepted: 08/05/2013] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the relation between lumbar disc degeneration (LDD) and all type of osteoporotic (OP) fractures including vertebral. METHODS This study is part of the Rotterdam study, a large prospective population-based cohort study among men and women aged 55years and over. In 2819 participants spine radiographs were scored for LDD (osteophytes and disc space narrowing (DSN)) from L1 till S1, using the Lane atlas. Osteoporotic (OP) fracture data were collected and verified by specialists during 12.8years. We considered two types of vertebral fractures (VFx): Clinical VFx (symptomatic fractures recorded by medical practitioners) and Radiographic VFx (using the McCloskey-Kanis method). Meta-analysis of published studies reporting an association of LDD features and VFx was performed. Differences in Bone Mineral Density (BMD) between participants with and without LDD features were analyzed using ANOVA. Risk of OP-fractures was analyzed using Cox regression. RESULTS In a total of 2385 participants, during 12.8years follow-up, 558 suffered an OP-fracture. Subjects with LDD had an increased OP fracture risk compared to subjects without LDD (HR: 1.29, CI: 1.04-1.60). LDD-cases have between 0.3 and 0.72 standard deviations more BMD than non-cases in all analyzed regions including total body BMD and skull BMD (P<0.001). Only males with LDD had increased risk for OP-fractures compared to males without LDD (adjusted-HR: 1.80, 95%CI: 1.20-2.70, P=0.005). The risk was also higher for VFx in males (HR: 1.64, CI: 1.03-2.60, P: 0.04). The association LDD-OP-fractures in females was lower and not significant (adjusted-HR: 1.08, 95%CI: 0.82-1.41). Meta-analyses showed that the risk of VFx in subjects with LDD has been studied only in women and there is not enough evidence to confidently analyze the relationship between LDD-features (DSN or/and OPH) and VFx due to low power and heterogeneity in phenotype definition in the collected studies. CONCLUSIONS Male subjects with LDD have a higher osteoporotic fracture risk, in spite of systemically higher BMD.
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- M C Castaño-Betancourt
- Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands; The Netherlands Genomics Initiative-sponsored Netherlands Consortium for Healthy Aging (NGI-NCHA), 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands; Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus Medical Center, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Wang Y, Owoc JS, Boyd SK, Videman T, Battié MC. Regional variations in trabecular architecture of the lumbar vertebra: associations with age, disc degeneration and disc space narrowing. Bone 2013; 56:249-54. [PMID: 23810839 DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2013.06.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2013] [Revised: 06/16/2013] [Accepted: 06/21/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Previous studies suggest that age and disc degeneration are associated with variations in vertebral trabecular architecture. In particular, disc space narrowing, a severe form of disc degeneration, may predispose the anterior portion of a vertebra to fracture. We studied 150 lumbar vertebrae and 209 intervertebral discs from 48 cadaveric lumbar spines of middle-aged men to investigate regional trabecular differences in relation to age, disc degeneration and disc narrowing. The degrees of disc degeneration and narrowing were evaluated using radiography and discography. The vertebrae were dried and scanned on a μCT system. The μCT images of each vertebral body were processed to include only vertebral trabeculae, which were first divided into superior and inferior regions, and further into central and peripheral regions, and then anterior and posterior regions. Structural analyses were performed to obtain trabecular microarchitecture measurements for each vertebral region. On average, the peripheral region had 12-15% greater trabecular bone volume fraction and trabecular thickness than the central region (p<0.01). Greater age was associated with better trabecular structure in the peripheral region relative to the central region. Moderate and severe disc degeneration were associated with higher trabecular thickness in the peripheral region of the vertebral trabeculae (p<0.05). The anterior region was of lower bone quality than the posterior region, which was not associated with age. Slight to moderate narrowing was associated with greater trabecular bone volume fraction in the anterior region of the inferior vertebra (p<0.05). Similarly, greater disc narrowing was associated with higher trabecular thickness in the anterior region (p<0.05). Better architecture of peripheral trabeculae relative to central trabeculae was associated with both age and disc degeneration. In contrast to the previous view that disc narrowing stress-shields the anterior vertebra, disc narrowing tended to associate with better trabecular architecture in the anterior region, as opposed to the posterior region.
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- Yue Wang
- Spine Lab, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, PR China.
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Degenerative spondylolisthesis is associated with low spinal bone density: a comparative study between spinal stenosis and degenerative spondylolisthesis. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2013; 2013:123847. [PMID: 24024179 PMCID: PMC3760191 DOI: 10.1155/2013/123847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2013] [Accepted: 07/16/2013] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Spinal stenosis and degenerative spondylolisthesis share many symptoms and the same treatment, but their causes remain unclear. Bone mineral density has been suggested to play a role. The aim of this study was to investigate differences in spinal bone density between spinal stenosis and degenerative spondylolisthesis patients. 81 patients older than 60 years, who underwent DXA-scanning of their lumbar spine one year after a lumbar spinal fusion procedure, were included. Radiographs were assessed for disc height, vertebral wedging, and osteophytosis. Pain was assessed using the Low Back Pain Rating Scale pain index. T-score of the lumbar spine was significantly lower among degenerative spondylolisthesis patients compared with spinal stenosis patients (−1.52 versus −0.52, P = 0.04). Thirty-nine percent of degenerative spondylolisthesis patients were classified as osteoporotic and further 30% osteopenic compared to only 9% of spinal stenosis patients being osteoporotic and 30% osteopenic (P = 0.01). Pain levels tended to increase with poorer bone status (P = 0.06). Patients treated surgically for symptomatic degenerative spondylolisthesis have much lower bone mass than patients of similar age treated surgically for spinal stenosis. Low BMD might play a role in the development of the degenerative spondylolisthesis, further studies are needed to clarify this.
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Birk RZ, Ermakov S, Livshits G. Common FSNP variants of fourteen Bardet-Biedl syndrome genes and adult body mass. Obesity (Silver Spring) 2013; 21:1684-9. [PMID: 23404957 DOI: 10.1002/oby.20056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2011] [Accepted: 08/07/2012] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) is a rare monogenic multi-systemic disorder manifesting with marked obesity. Fourteen BBS genes have been identified to date and additional loci are expected. Mutations of several BBS genes were shown to affect fat cell differentiation. The purpose was to Investigate the association between common polymorphisms in all 14 genes as a group and body weight. DESIGN AND METHODS We investigated association between tagging single nucleotide polymorphisms (tSNPs) located between 10 kb upstream and downstream from the transcribed sequences of each of 14 BBS genes, and body weight and fat in 2462 adult women from the UK Twins study. Significant results were further tested in a confirmation sample of 2003 women from the same cohort and additionally in the GIANT consortium population (n = 123,865). RESULTS 105 SNPs in 14 BBS genes were selected and tested in the first cohort of women for association with the body weight and fat related phenotypes, i.e. weight, body mass index (BMI), total body fat (assessed by DEXA), total fat/height(2), and total fat/weight. We used principal component (PC) derived using the latter five traits as a primary phenotype for this study. Of the 105 SNPs, 3 variants in BBS9 and BBS11 showed evidence of nominally significant association with elevated body weight and fat. However, none of the associations survived multiple-testing correction. CONCLUSIONS The results suggest that common variation in 14 BBS genes (within or adjacent to the genes) are unlikely to have a substantial effect on body weight and fat in the European population.
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- Ruth Z Birk
- Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ariel University Center, Israel
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Lee S, Nam CM, Yoon DH, Kim KN, Yi S, Shin DA, Ha Y. Association between low-back pain and lumbar spine bone density: a population-based cross-sectional study. J Neurosurg Spine 2013; 19:307-13. [PMID: 23829289 DOI: 10.3171/2013.5.spine12473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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OBJECT The authors undertook this study to investigate the relationships between low-back pain (LBP) and spinal bone density. Low-back pain is a major health issue and contributes to increases in medical and economic costs. Epidemiological studies have identified individual, sociodemographic, psychosocial, and occupational risk factors for LBP. However, there have been limited studies addressing the relationships between LBP and spinal bone density. METHODS Data were obtained from the population-based Fourth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (K-NHANES IV, 2009). From 10,533 K-NHANES participants, the authors identified 7144 (3099 men and 4045 women) 21 years of age or older who underwent dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry and anthropometric measurements for inclusion in this study. Low-back pain patients were defined as those who had been diagnosed with LBP by a medical doctor. Chi-square tests, t-tests, and multivariable logistic regression analyses were used to examine the relationships between LBP and spinal bone density. RESULTS The total prevalence of LBP in the patient sample was 17.1%. More females (21.0%) reported LBP than males (12.1%). A number of sociodemographic and medical factors-sex, age, place of residence, occupation, education, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and depression-were all associated with LBP, while LBP was not associated with income or exercise levels. Regression analyses indicated that higher lumbar spine T-scores (OR 1.11, 95% CI 1.02-1.20) were associated with LBP. CONCLUSIONS Higher bone density in the lumbar spine is associated with LBP, independent of confounding factors such as sociodemographic status, education, and medical-psychiatric disorders. Cause and effect relationship between higher bone density and LBP, such as degenerative changes in spine, requires further investigation.
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- Sungkyu Lee
- Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, University of California, San Francisco, USA
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Fabreguet I, Fechtenbaum J, Briot K, Paternotte S, Roux C. Lumbar Disc Degeneration in Osteoporotic Men: Prevalence and Assessment of the Relation with Presence of Vertebral Fracture. J Rheumatol 2013; 40:1183-90. [DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.120769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Objective.The relationship between osteoarthritis (OA) and osteoporosis (OP) remains controversial. An inverse relationship between spine OA and the presence of prevalent vertebral fractures has been shown in osteoporotic women. Our objective was to assess this relationship in osteoporotic men.Methods.All the patients had OP based on densitometric data and were aged ≥ 65 years. Spine radiographs were performed according to a standardized procedure. Vertebral fractures were assessed from T4 to L4 by a semiquantitative method. Disc degenerative changes were assessed by the presence and severity of osteophytes and disc narrowing at levels T12–L1 to L5–S1. Logistic regression was used to study the relationship between the presence of vertebral fracture and lumbar disc degeneration.Results.The study included 261 osteoporotic men. The prevalence of vertebral fractures was 26.4% (69/261). At least 1 osteophyte was found in 91.6% (239/261) of patients, and at least 1 disc space narrowing in 63.5% (165/260). The prevalence of at least 1 osteophyte and/or at least 1 disc space narrowing was similar in patients with and those without vertebral fracture. No relationship was found between the presence and/or the severity of osteophytes and disc narrowings and the presence of prevalent vertebral radiographic fractures.Conclusion.In osteoporotic men, the prevalence of lumbar spine degeneration is high. There is no relationship between lumbar disc degeneration and the presence of vertebral fracture in osteoporotic men.
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Tenne M, McGuigan F, Besjakov J, Gerdhem P, Åkesson K. Degenerative changes at the lumbar spine--implications for bone mineral density measurement in elderly women. Osteoporos Int 2013; 24:1419-28. [PMID: 22733092 DOI: 10.1007/s00198-012-2048-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2012] [Accepted: 06/05/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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UNLABELLED Degenerative changes of the lumbar spine may lead to misinterpretation of bone mineral density (BMD) measurements and cause underdiagnosis of osteoporosis. This longitudinal study of 1,044 women, 75 years at inclusion and followed for 10 years, shows that identification of apparent degenerative changes on the dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scan can increase the proportion diagnosed. INTRODUCTION In the elderly, degenerative manifestations in the lumbar spine may result in falsely elevated BMD values, consequently missing a large proportion of those with osteoporosis. Our aim was to determine the distribution and impact of degenerative changes on lumbar spine DXA over time and its clinical implications. METHODS Participants were 1,044 women from the population-based Osteoporosis Risk Assessment cohort. All women were 75 years old at invitation and followed up after 5 years (n=715) and 10 years (n=382). Degenerative changes were evaluated visually on the DXA image for each vertebra L1 to L4 (intraobserver precision kappa values of 0.66-0.70). RESULTS At baseline, apparent degenerative changes were more frequent in the inferior segments of the lumbar spine [5% (L1), 15% (L2), 26% (L3), and 36% (L4)] and increased over time. At 10 years, the prevalences were 20% (L1), 39% (L2), 59% (L3), 72% (L4), resulting in a significant increase in overall BMD. In women without apparent degenerative changes, BMD remained stable between 75 and 85 rather than an expected bone loss. At baseline, 37% had osteoporosis (BMD<-2.5) at L1-L4; exclusion of women with apparent degenerative changes increased this proportion to 47%. Using L1-L2, which was less prone to degenerative changes, 46% of women were classified as osteoporotic regardless of degenerative changes. CONCLUSION Degenerative changes were very common in elderly women, accelerated disproportionately over time, were increasingly frequent from vertebrae L1 to L4, and had significant impact on diagnosing osteoporosis. This suggests that routine reporting of spine BMD at L1-L2 would add valuable information for reassessment and monitoring.
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- M Tenne
- Clinical and Molecular Osteoporosis Research Unit, Department of Clinical Science Malmö, Lund University, and Department of Orthopaedics, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden
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Wang Y, Videman T, Battié MC. Morphometrics and lesions of vertebral end plates are associated with lumbar disc degeneration: evidence from cadaveric spines. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2013; 95:e26. [PMID: 23467874 DOI: 10.2106/jbjs.l.00124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND Prior studies have suggested that vertebral end plate morphometrics and lesions may play a role in disc degeneration. However, most prior end plate studies have been based on radiographic images, and findings of associations between end plate morphometrics (measurements of size and shape) and disc degeneration remain controversial. The present study investigated the prevalence of vertebral end plate lesions and determined end plate morphometrics through direct measurements of cadaveric spines, and it examined the association of these factors with disc degeneration. METHODS We studied 600 vertebral end plates and 313 intervertebral discs from the cadaveric lumbosacral spines of seventy-six men (mean age, fifty-one years). Discography was performed to evaluate disc degeneration as indicated by disruption of the anulus fibrosus. The shape of the vertebral end plate and the presence of any lesions were visually evaluated. Lesions were rated as absent, small to moderate, or large. In addition, each end plate was digitized to quantify its area, circularity, and concavity. The association of end plate morphometrics and lesions with disc degeneration was examined. RESULTS Vertebral end plate lesions were found in 72% (fifty-five) of the seventy-six lumbar spines and in 32.8% (197) of the 600 end plates. The presence of end plate lesions was associated with disc degeneration, with larger lesions being associated with more severe disc degeneration (odds ratio, 2.31 for small to moderate lesions [p < 0.01] and 3.54 for large lesions [p < 0.001]). Greater end plate area was also associated with more severe disc degeneration (odds ratio, 1.2 per cm2 [p < 0.05]). CONCLUSIONS Vertebral end plate lesions were common and were associated with adjacent disc degeneration, with greater lesion size being associated with more severe disc degeneration. End plate morphometrics, particularly greater end plate size, may also play a role in the pathogenesis of disc degeneration.
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- Yue Wang
- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of the Medical School of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310003, PR China
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