Schmorl's nodes could be associated with intervertebral disc degeneration at upper lumbar levels and end-plate disease at lower lumbar level in patients with low back pain.

Schmorl's nodes (SNs) have increasingly been recognized on vertebral end-plates using advanced imaging techniques. Even though vertebral end-plates are the closest structures to discs, their pathologies are underestimated in the etiology of low back pain (LBP). We aimed to detect the prevalence of SNs and other end-plate defects in subjects with/without LBP and to understand whether SNs were associated with LBP and spinal degeneration.

Association between facet joint orientation/tropism and lumbar intervertebral disc degeneration.

The aim of this study was to understand how facet joint orientation (FJO) and facet joint tropism (FJT) affected severe intervertebral disc degeneration (IVDD) process at lower lumbar levels in patients with LBP. This study is a cross-sectional analysis of a retrospective database. Patients were evaluated in terms of IVDD, FJO, and FJT at all lumbar levels on magnetic resonance imaging.

Lumbar intervertebral disc degeneration, end-plates and paraspinal muscle changes in children and adolescents with low-back pain.

The prevalence of low-back pain (LBP) in adolescents ranges from 7 to 72%. We aimed to define the radiologic characteristics of the lumbar spine in children and adolescents with LBP with/without leg pain. Two hundred and fourteen children and adolescents, who were born between 2001 and 2009 and had lumbar spine MRI for LBP with/without leg pain, were evaluated in terms of intervertebral disc degeneration (IVDD), end-plates and paraspinal muscle changes on lumbar spine MRIs.

Prevalence of Thoracic Scoliosis in Adolescents in Turkey: Analysis of 1065 Chest Radiographs.

Background: School scoliosis screening programs (SSSPs) are widely used for reporting the prevalence and improving the awareness of scoliosis. Thus, scoliosis could be prevented and/or treated in a timely manner. However, mild scoliosis (10°-20°) could be missed in SSSPs.