Scheuermann's disease or spinal osteochondrosis: its frequency and relationship with spondylosis.
J Bone Joint Surg Br, 1979/2;61(1):56-8.
PMID: 154522
Abstract
Spinal osteochondrosis, previously known as Scheuermann's disease and spinal osteochondritis, is common and is probably becoming increasingly prevalent. Its incidence in patients whose primary complaint was of backache was shown to be twice as great as that in the general population. There was also a significantly higher incidence of lower lumbar spondylosis in patients with previous osteochondrosis compared with those without. Osteochondrosis is thereby shown to be an important aetiological factor in spondylosis.
MeSH terms
Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Back Pain; England; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Scheuermann Disease; Spinal Osteophytosis
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