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Intervertebral-Disc Degeneration Considered as a Pressure Atrophy
K. LINDBLOM
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Diagnostic Department of Radiology, Karolinska sjukhuset, Stockholm
1957 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Incorporated
The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery.  1957; 39:933-945 
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Abstract

Disc degeneration is defined as a pressure atrophy; the premise is set forth that the use of shoe heels is a cause of pressure atrophy of the posterior portions of the lower lumbar intervertebral discs.

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