Is Endplate Sclerosis Serious?

David Miller
David Miller
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Associated Conditions Studies Have Found Evidence That Such Lesions on Endplates in the Lumbar Region Lumbar Region the Lumbar Spine Is a Part of Your Back...

Is Endplate Sclerosis Serious?

Associated Conditions
Studies have found evidence that such lesions on endplates in the lumbar region
lumbar region
The lumbar spine is a part of your back comprised of five bones called vertebrae. These bones help to provide mobility and stability to your back and spinal column and are an attachment point for many muscles and ligaments. Problems with the lumbar spine may cause pain and limited motion in your back or hips.
of the back are associated with low back pain. 3 In its advanced stages, endplate degeneration is called endplate sclerosis. Endplate damage can be difficult to detect, even with diagnostic imaging.

What causes degenerative endplate changes?

There are several current theories about the etiology of vertebral endplate changes. In their initial paper, Modic et al. postulated that the changes were a result of primary mechanical stress on the endplates. Subsequent studies identified lumbar instability as a mechanical factor associated with type 1 changes.

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What are endplates?

Vertebral body endplates are anatomically-discrete structures that form the interface between the vertebral bodies and the adjacent intervertebral discs. They are constituted peripherally by an epiphyseal bone ring and centrally by a cartilaginous layer.

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