Differences in the Incidence of Symptomatic Cervical and Lumbar Disc Herniation According to Age, Sex and National Health Insurance Eligibility: A Pilot Study on the Disease’s Association with Work

Abstract

The aim of this research was to identify the differences in the incidence of symptomatic cervical and lumbar disc herniation according to age, sex, and national health insurance eligibility. We evaluated the hospital documents of patients who received medical treatment for symptomatic cervical and lumbar disc herniation between 2004 and 2010 and excluded those who claimed to have expenses at oriental medical clinics or pharmacies. Furthermore, any duplicate documents from the labor force population aged 20–69 years were excluded from the analysis. The results showed that the number of individuals diagnosed with symptomatic cervical and lumbar disc herniation increased with age, and the incidence of these diseases was higher in women than in men. Additionally, the incidence differed depending on the subject’s qualification for health insurance. The incidence of lumbar disc herniation showed differences depending on the degree of the lumbar burden. The present study findings may help determine whether lumbar disc herniation is associated with tasks performed at the patient’s workplace. Further research is needed to classify the risk of lumbar disk herniation in the workplace into detailed categories such as types of business, types of occupation, and lumbar compression force.

Antropoloji, Arkeoloji ve Sanat Tarihi Profesyonellerinde İskelet Sistemi Problemleri

“…Indeed, the literature presents that lumbar area as the most affected region for herniation (Videman et al, 1995;Schroeder et al, 2016;Sarsılmaz et al, 2018). It is known that prevalence of herniated disc is increasing with age and is most commonly seen between ages 30-60 (Cummins et al, 2006;Luchtmann and Firsching, 2016;Kim et al, 2018). The average is 43,6 years for the prevalence of herniated disc in this study and just one individual was under age 30 (29 years old).…”

The effectiveness of high intensity laser therapy in the patients with lumbar disc herniation

“…About 5% to 15% of the low back pain patients suffer from the lumbar disc herniation (LDH). [ 1 – 3 ] LDH is a kind of limited disc material displacement beyond the edge of normal intervertebral disc space, which is most familiar cause of the sciatica and affects 1 to 5 percent of population every year. [ 4 ] The treatment of LDH is of great significance in managing pain, developing the disability and chronic pain and preventing the recurrence, and then accelerating the process of returning to work.…”

Spinal Herniasyon Hastalarının Toplam Antioksidan Seviyeleri

“…Spinal disc herniations are the displacement of disc material (nucleus pulposus or annulus fi brosis) beyond the intervertebral disc space. 1 Th ey are common diseases that aff ect all people around the world without any exception for gender, age, religion, country etc. For example, lumbar disc herniation aff ects around 9% of all people worldwide.…”

“…[3][4][5][6] For example, Muramatsu and colleagues found the prevalence of lumbar disc herniation is high in civil servants in China (44.8%). 1 Spinal herniations are highly associated with the infl ammatory response and the infl ammation is associated with adverse symptoms related to the stimulation of nerve fi bers which in turn causes back pain generation. 2 Although the role of infl ammation is not yet fully known, many infl ammatory mediators are identifi ed in relation with disc herniation associated radiculopathy.…”