Prolapsed inter vertebral disc in the lumber area and joint mobility among Iraqi patients

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Objective : to assess the relation between prolapsed intervertebral disc (P.I.D.) in the lumber area and Joint mobility.

Patients and methods : eighty patients with (PJ.D.) in the lumber area proved by magnetic resonance imaging (M.R.L) (65 ) or Myelography (15) were compared with that in an age and sex matched controls group without (P.I.D.) in the lumber area Joint mobility was scored on a scale of 0-8 using the method deserbed by Beighton et al. Results : the number of patients with hypermobile joints and the total mobility scores were comparable in both studied groups. Conclusion : this study showed that there is no relation between P.I.D.

in the lumber area and joint mobility.