A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä
Adolescent cervical disc degeneration in MRI does not predict adult headache or neck pain: A 5-year follow-up of adolescents with and without headache
Tekijät: Katri Laimi, Johanna Pitkänen, Liisa Metsähonkala, Tero Vahlberg, Marja Mikkelsson, Minna Erkintalo, Minna Aromaa, Päivi Rautava, Pirjo Anttila, Airi Oksanen, Mikhail Saltychev, Matti Sillanpää
Kustantaja: SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
Julkaisuvuosi: 2014
Journal: Cephalalgia
Tietokannassa oleva lehden nimi: CEPHALALGIA
Lehden akronyymi: CEPHALALGIA
Vuosikerta: 34
Numero: 9
Aloitussivu: 679
Lopetussivu: 685
Sivujen määrä: 7
ISSN: 0333-1024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0333102414521509
Aim The impact of early degenerative changes of the cervical spine on pain in adulthood is unknown. The objective was to determine whether degeneration in adolescence predicts headache or neck pain in young adulthood.
Methods As part of a follow-up of schoolchildren with and without headache, 17-year-old adolescents with headache at least three times a month (N = 47) and adolescents with no headache (N = 22) participated in a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) study of the cervical spine. The same adolescents were re-examined by phone interview at the age of 22 years (N = 60/69, 87%).
Results Mild disc degeneration at the age of 17 years was common, but was not associated with either frequent or intensive headache or neck pain at the age of 22 years.
Conclusion: Mild degenerative changes of the cervical spine in 17-year-old adolescents cannot be regarded as a cause of future headache or neck pain.
