Cross–Sectional Prevalence Study Of Intervertebral Disc Degeneration And It‘s Relation With Age, Obesity And Back Pain.

Dr. Harsh vardhan; Dr Nidhi Agrawal

Volume : V, Issue : III, March - 2016

Cross–Sectional Prevalence Study Of Intervertebral Disc Degeneration And It‘s Relation With Age, Obesity And Back Pain.

Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Dr Nidhi Agrawal

Abstract :

The prevalence of degenerative discs (DD) in 59 male; 41 female patients belong to rural population having mean age of 48.29 years; mean BMI (Body Mass Index) 22.196 kg/ m2 associated with pain, radiculopathies and neurological deficit presenting to the various in & out patient departments of Medical College. Patients with sedentary life style had maximum number of degenerative disc pathologies; while had ambulatory life style had maximum percentage of infective/inflammatory disc pathologies. 98.3 % male patients had degenerative lesions while 92.5 % of female patient had degenerative changes. Age group 61–70 years to be maximum involved. In the lumbar region maximum changes were seen at L5–S1 level (25.7 %); cervical region at C5–C6 level (12.2 % ) and at thoracic region at D12–L1 level (24.2 % ).