ArticleFrontiers in surgery2024
Study and analysis of the correlation between lumbar spondylolisthesis and Modic changes.
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- Incidence and risk factors for modic changes in the lumbar spine: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025Pooled it
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- Prevalence of modic changes in patients with low back pain and association with degenerative spinal findings: a retrospective MRI study.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Article
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Abstract
Background: This study aimed to explore the risk factors of Modic changes in lumbar spondylolisthesis. Methods: The distribution of Modic changes in different types of lumbar spondylolisthesis, degree of spondylolisthesis, and degree of intervertebral disc degeneration in patients with lumbar spondylolisthesis was observed and analyzed. Statistical analysis was conducted to assess whether intervertebral disc degeneration, local mechanical changes, etc. affect the occurrence of Modic changes. The risk factors of Modic changes in lumbar spondylolisthesis were further illustrated. Results: The age in the lumbar spondylolisthesis with Modic changes group was younger than that in the lumbar spondylolisthesis without Modic changes group, and the bone mineral density was better in the lumbar spondylolisthesis with Modic changes group than that in the lumbar spondylolisthesis without Modic changes group, Conclusions: The occurrence of Modic changes is related to the type of spondylolisthesis, the degree of spondylolisthesis, the degree of disc degeneration, the decrease of intervertebral disc height, and local stress angulation.
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