Abdullah khan, Syed Mansoor shah, Muhammad Ibrahim and Syed Shah Fahad

Received: April 08, 2025; Published: May 16, 2025

Abstract

Introduction: Lumbar disc degeneration is a multifactorial, degenerative process mostly occurring in the older population. Factors that can lead to DDD vary, ranging from genetics, lifestyle, BMI, physical insults like trauma, spinal deformities and spine surgeries. Due to high prevalence in older population, Lumbar DDD is regarded as a geriatric disease and its prevalence in the younger population is not well studied.

We conducted a retrospective cohort study to find the prevalence of Lumabr disc disease in the younger population (age 18-40) presenting to the spine clinic at one of tertiary care hospital catering to more than 1 million population. Main focus of the study was on the presence of any physical insults like direct trauma to the back, fall, sports related injuries and lifestyle of the patients.

Methodology: Retrospective cohort, After Institutional board review, we analysed the clinical record of the patients presenting in last 3 years.

Results: Total of 253 patients were selected based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Among the cohort, 62% of the patients had significant physical trauma prior to the disease, 21% presented with Road traffic accidents, 19% showed history of excessive weight lifting, 17% gave history of falls (in sports and occupational) and the remaining 5% showed varied histories like direct blow to the back and fall of heavy object on the back.

Conclusion: Lumbar disc disease in the younger population is not well studied, and aetiology could be different from the older cohort.

Keywords: Lumbar Disc Disease; Younger Population; Lifestyle; Clinical Investigation

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Citation

Citation: Abdullah Khan. “Study of Lumbar Disc Disease in Younger Population with a Focus on Physical Insults and Lifestyle-A Clinical Investigation at a Tertiary Care Hospital".Acta Scientific Neurology 8.5 (2025): 09-13.

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Copyright: © 2025 Abdullah Khan. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.