Research Article
Effect of Age and Lordotic Angle on the Level of Lumbar Disc Herniation
Table 1
Lumbar lordosis and age.
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*Lordotic lumbar angle. †The mean values for the lumbar lordotic Cobb’s angle for groups 1 and 2 are compared. The third- and fourth-decade groups of patients in group 1 (5 and 11, resp.), who had evidence of a high level (L1-2, L2-3) disc herniation as measured by Cobb's method, unexpectedly show lower mean angles (28.6° and 25.4°, resp.) than the other groups. As for the older patients (>70 years of age), group 1 (115 patients), who had evidence of a low level (L4-5, L5-S1) disc herniation as measured by Cobb’s method, shows an unexpectedly higher mean angle (33.2°). |