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Lifestyle factors and lumbar disc disease: results of a German multi-center case-control study (EPILIFT)

Schumann, Barbara and Bolm-Audorff, Ulrich and Bergmann, Annekatrin and Ellegast, Rolf and Elsner, Gine and Grifka, Joachim and Haerting, Johannes and Jäger, Matthias and Michaelis, Martina and Seidler, Andreas (2010) Lifestyle factors and lumbar disc disease: results of a German multi-center case-control study (EPILIFT). Arthritis research & therapy 12 (5), R193.

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Abstract

According to our multi-center case-control study, body weight might be related to lumbar disc herniation as well as to lumbar disc narrowing. Further research should clarify the potential protective role of body building or strength training on lumbar disc disease.

Item Type:

Article

Institutions:

Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Orthopädie

Identification Number:

Value	Type
20955546	PubMed ID
10.1186/ar3164	DOI

Classification:

Notation	Type
Adult	MESH
Aged	MESH
Body Mass Index	MESH
Body Weight	MESH
Case-Control Studies	MESH
Exercise	MESH
Female	MESH
Germany	MESH
Humans	MESH
Intervertebral Disk/pathology	MESH
Intervertebral Disk Displacement/etiology	MESH
Life Style	MESH
Lumbar Vertebrae/pathology	MESH
Male	MESH
Middle Aged	MESH
Risk Factors	MESH
Smoking/adverse effects	MESH
Spinal Diseases/etiology	MESH
Sports	MESH