title: The "normal" lumbar spine.
abstract: In our medically aware and litigation-conscious society, X-ray films of the lumbar spine are taken in many individuals. We have examined 1172 lumbar-spin X-ray films of young, healthy, predominantly male adults who were seeking employment. Abnormalities worthy of mention were found in 683 of these. These findings suggest that a correlation with the clinical condition of the patient should be carefully established before an abnormality found on an X-ray film is regarded as significant.
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007403:Intervertebral Disc / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013168:Spondylolisthesis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013169:Spondylolysis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging