The study of risk factors associated with lumbar disc prolapse in north Indian population

Abstract

Background: Symptomatic disc herniation in radiographically normal intervertebral spaces explains the differences in the observed risk patterns. Objective: The aim of the study was to investigate the potential associated risk factors and the possible risk factors relevance of physical and psychosocial workload to lumbar disc herniation. Methods: A total of 100 cases with acute lumbar disc herniation and 100 as control subjects were studied. Risk factors were examined separately. Result: We have found in this study that gender, manual labour, smoking and physically demanding work having a greater risk of developing lumbar herniation. Conclusion: Further larger studies are needed to verify the concept of distinct aetiologies of lumbar disc herniation. Younger persons having relatively normal discs and older persons with structurally damaged discs having disc herniation.

Keywords

• body mass index
• disc prolapses
• lumbar disc herniation
• lumbar disc degeneration