Some aspects of aging in the lumbar spine
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8317254 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mary Frances Ericksen (George Washington University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1976 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 575-580 |
| Publication date | 1976-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Physical Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9483 • E-ISSN: 1096-8644 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/ajpa.1330450322 |
| PMID | 998754 |
| OpenAlex | W2157733512 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
| References cited | 3 |
I measured the bodies of vertebrae L3 and L4 of 338 skeletons from the Terry collection in the Smithsonian Institution, including Blacks and Whites, males and females, aged from 20 to 90 years. Transverse breadths of the upper and lower endplates (excluding osteophytes) and minimum transverse breadths all increase with age. In general, the greater broadening occurs in the endplates, but the middle of the body also broadens to such a degree that there is no demonstrable increase in vertebral “flaring” with age. In males, posterior body height decreases relative to anterior height, so that the lumbar bodies become more wedge‐shaped with age, but females show essentially no change. Anterior height decreases in proportion to minimum breadth, so that the lumbar bodies become relatively lower and broader, and this change is significantly correlated with age in all groups. Midbody height decreases relative to anterior height, so that Nordin's biconcavity index is reduced with age. The increase in biconcavity remains evident even when average anterior‐posterior height is used to calculate the index. At all age levels a high percentage of individuals have biconcavity indices of 80% or less, indicating that Nordin's standard of normality for this index, established from measurement on radiographs of the living, should be revised downward for use in evaluating osteoporosis in skeletal populations
Bioinformatics · Biology · Lumbar · Lumbar spine · Physical medicine and rehabilitation · SPINE (molecular biology) · Anatomy · Medicine · Psychology · Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology · Surgery
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| Unique citing works | 15 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,31 |
| Citation span | 1978 - 2015 (38) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |