Introduction: Low back pain is a major factor that influences both society and economy. In Hungary, 21% of the population suffers from low back pain or back pain, and six out of ten take medication for the disease. Therapy is complex and no single method has been proved effectively to treat this disease. There are four main factors associated with low back pain: the geometry of the spine, morphological degeneration, the pain of the patients associated with the degeneration and the degree of the impairment.
Aim: To investigate the relationship between the distribution of lumbar lordosis and the degeneration of intervertebral discs by mathematical analysis and its software application.
Method: Algorithmic analysis of 60 MRIs and their classification into degeneration classes using discriminant analysis.
Results: By the classification, three independent variables show significant results: the gender, the age, and the digression percentage (K), but not the gold standard Cobb-angle. The common correct predicted classification value of the classification functions is 83% and the correct predicted classification value is 92% in the most relevant serious degeneration class.
Conclusion: According to our results, the average degeneration of lumbar spine can be determined indirectly by the gender, the age, and the K (lordosis distribution) values with the Spinalyze Software which is available online for free. Orv Hetil. 2020; 161(31): 1286-1292.
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