ArticleFrontiers in surgery2022
Risk factors for lumbar disc herniation in adolescents and young adults: A case-control study.
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- Association ofMedicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Pooled it
- Juvenile lumbar disc herniation: impact of delayed diagnosis and surgical treatment on outcome in a 10-year single-center series.Acta neurochirurgica · 2026Article
- [Short-term effecetiveness of endoscopic lumbar discectomy combined with annular suturing in treatment of lumbar disc herniation].Zhongguo xiu fu chong jian wai ke za zhi = Zhongguo xiufu chongjian waike zazhi = Chinese journal of reparative and reconstructive surgery · 2026Article
- Intraspinal versus Extraspinal Acupotomy Decompression, or Their Combination, for Lumbar Disc Herniation: Protocol for a Three-Arm, Randomized, Single-Blind Controlled Trial.Journal of pain research · 2026Article
- Outcomes of Unilateral Biportal Endoscopic Surgery for Prolapsed Intervertebral Disc: A Single-center Study.Journal of orthopaedic case reports · 2026Article
- Radiologist-Validated Automatic Lumbar T1-Weighted Spinal MRI Segmentation Tool via an Attention U-Net Algorithm.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Real-world treatment patterns and management gaps of lumbar disc herniation in the United States.North American Spine Society journal · 2025Article
- Adolescent lumbar disc herniation: etiology, diagnosis, and treatment options.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2025Review
- Review of Recent Treatment Strategies for Lumbar Disc Herniation (LDH) Focusing on Nonsurgical and Regenerative Therapies.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Exploring the effect of the waist-rubbing method on immune balance in rats with lumbar disc herniation.American journal of translational research · 2025Article
- Unilateral biportal endoscopic vs. open surgery in the treatment of young obese patients' lumbar degenerative diseases: a retrospective study.Frontiers in surgery · 2024Article
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Abstract
Background: There is a limited understanding of the risk factors for lumbar disc herniation (LDH) in younger people, even though the evidence suggests that LDH is more prevalent in this population. This study aimed to comprehensively analyze the risk factors for LDH in adolescents and young adults. Methods: The medical records of all patients were retrospectively reviewed with inclusion criteria of being younger than 25 years. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was used to confirm LDH from September 2016 to September 2021. Furthermore, 104 healthy people in the same age range were enrolled as the control group from physical examination centers. Gender, BMI, smoking, drinking, genetic history, sitting posture, daily sitting time, traumatic history of the lower back, scoliosis, and daily exercise time were examined for all enrolled people. These factors were statistically analyzed to determine the high-risk factors. Results: A total of 208 young individuals were enrolled in the present study. The mean age of the study group and the control group was 21.06 ± 3.27 years (range: 11-25 years) and 21.26 ± 2.23 years (range: 15-25 years), respectively. The result of the chi-squared test demonstrated that there was a significant difference in BMI of more than 30 ( Conclusions: BMI of more than 30, genetic history, sitting posture, daily sitting time of more than 6 h, and a history of low back trauma are the high-risk factors for adolescents and young adults with LDH. Therefore, providing them with the proper guidance and education, particularly about the protection of the lower back and the reduction of spinal load, could play a key role in preventing and reducing LDH.
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