Tohoku J. Exp. Med., 1999, 188 (1)

Heights of the Lumbar Intervertebral Discs Related to Age in Turkish Individuals

ATIF AYDINLIOĞLU, SEMİH DİYARBAKIRLI1 and PAPATYA KELEŞ1

Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Yüzüncü Yıl University, Van, Turkey, and 1Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkey

  • The present study investigated the changes in the heights and anteroposterior diameters of human intervertebral discs by means of measurements from radiographs, to determine age changes of lumbar intervertebral discs in Turkish people. Measurements of anterior and posterior disc heights and disc depths were made for 200 clinic subjects of different age groups from lateral radiographs. The height of the intervertebral disc increases with aging only in males and the disc depth in both sexes. Our findings generally corroborate previous studies. It is suggested that the different findings from the present study might be peculiar to the society.
    Key words--- age; intervertebral disc; X-ray measurement
    © 1999 Tohoku University Medical Press

    Tohoku J. Exp. Med., 1999, 188, 11-22
    Address for reprints: Atıf Aydınlıoğlu, M.D., Ph.D., Tıp Fakültesi, Araştırma Hastanesi, Anatomi Anabilim Dalı, Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi, Van, Turkey.
    e-mail: aatif48@hotmile.com

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