The Effect of Flexion-Extension Motion of the Lumbar Spine on the Disc Bulging: A Computed Tomographic Investigation

SAİM AÇIKGÖZOĞLU, MEHMET EMİN SAKARYA, KEMAL ÖDEV, hasan Oğuz, Mustafa Erken

  • Year : 1991
  • Vol : 7
  • Issue : 2
  •  Page : 127-132
It is generally açcepted that distance of the bulging is affected by flexion and extension motion of the lumbar spine. The degenerative changes of the lumbar disc in the L44,5 and 1.5-S1 kvels in 20 patients, 39 levels were reviewed using computed tomographic scans in order to determine the relationship between bulging and flexion-extension motion of the lumbal spine. In the flexion, vertebra-disc distance (VD) has decreased in 16 (%47) levels, in the extension, VD has decreased in 32 (%94) levels. VD has increased in 18 (%53) levels in the flexion, and in the extension VD has increased in 5 (%100) levels with herniated disc.
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The Effect of Flexion-Extension Motion of the Lumbar Spine on the Disc Bulging: A Computed Tomographic Investigation
, Vol. 7 (2)
Received : 17.11.1991, Accepted : 17.11.1991, Published Online : 16.11.2020
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