Purpose: To use transabdominal ultrasound (US) to investigate the impact of posture and axial loading on the lumbar intervertebral disc (IVD) dimensions in healthy adults.
Method: For this single-center, prospective cross-sectional study 54 healthy volunteers (mean age 23.76 ± 3, 26 men) underwent transabdominal US. Lumbar IVD dimensions (height, length, width) at the levels L3/4 and L4/5 were assessed in three test conditions: supine, standing, and standing position with additional axial load of 50 % body weight (standing+50%). Success rates for the longitudinal and transverse US acquisitions and IVD dimension measurements were determined. IVD dimensions were compared across test conditions using two-way repeated measures analysis of variance and post-hoc pairwise t-tests with Bonferroni correction.
Results: The success rate for longitudinal and transverse US acquisition was 100 %. The overall success rate for IVD dimension measurement was 96.4 %, it was highest for IVD height (99.2 %) and lowest for IVD length (93.3 %). IVD height at L4/5 decreased significantly from the supine to standing position (p < 0.05) and from the supine to standing+50% position (p < 0.01). IVD width at L3/4 increased significantly from the supine to standing+50% position (p < 0.05). No significant differences were found for IVD length.
Conclusions: Transabdominal US is a feasible tool to investigate IVD dimensions at L3/4 and L4/5 in different postures and with axial loading. Posture and axial loading significantly influence IVD height and width, but not length.
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