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Influence of age on the development of pathology

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Patients of different ages present with different lumbar spine afflictions. These afflications are linked to age-related changes in the intervertebral disc, zygapophyseal joints, and capsuloligamentous structures. Disc degeneration precedes all other changes, resulting in nonspecific low back pain that can potentially advance into specific low back pain conditions.

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Sizer, P.S., Matthijs, O. & Phelps, V. Influence of age on the development of pathology. Current Review of Pain 4, 362–373 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11916-000-0020-8

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