Dai L
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
Bull Hosp Jt Dis. 1999;58(4):191-3.
The correlation between lumbosacral transitional vertebrae and low back pain was analyzed in a study of plain radiographs from normal subjects and patients with chronic low back pain. Of 184 normal subjects, only 29 (15.8%) had transitional vertebrae, while 97 (35.1%) of 276 patients were noted to have transitional vertebrae. The difference was highly significant (p < 0.01). The incidence of Castellvi type II transitional vertebrae was significantly higher in patients with low back pain than in controls (p < 0.01). This study indicates the etiologic significance of lumbosacral transitional vertebra in low back pain.
在一项针对正常受试者和慢性下腰痛患者的X线平片研究中，分析了腰骶部移行椎与下腰痛之间的相关性。在184名正常受试者中，只有29人（15.8%）有移行椎，而在276名患者中，有97人（35.1%）被发现有移行椎。差异具有高度显著性（p<0.01）。下腰痛患者中Castellvi II型移行椎的发生率显著高于对照组（p<0.01）。这项研究表明腰骶部移行椎在下腰痛中的病因学意义。
