Published in Spine (Phila Pa 1976) on March 15, 1995
Retracted Low back pain status in elite and semi-elite Australian football codes: a cross-sectional survey of football (soccer), Australian rules, rugby league, rugby union and non-athletic controls. BMC Musculoskelet Disord (2009) 1.59
Effects of recreational physical activity and back exercises on low back pain and psychological distress: findings from the UCLA Low Back Pain Study. Am J Public Health (2005) 1.29
Genetic polymorphisms associated with intervertebral disc degeneration. Spine J (2013) 1.15
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Are the determinants of vertebral endplate changes and severe disc degeneration in the lumbar spine the same? A magnetic resonance imaging study in middle-aged male workers. BMC Musculoskelet Disord (2008) 0.99
Factors associated with hip joint rotation in former elite athletes. Br J Sports Med (2000) 0.95
An educational approach based on a non-injury model compared with individual symptom-based physical training in chronic LBP. A pragmatic, randomised trial with a one-year follow-up. BMC Musculoskelet Disord (2010) 0.92
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The alpha2 type IX collagen tryptophan polymorphism is associated with the severity of disc degeneration in younger patients with herniated nucleus pulposus of the lumbar spine. Int Orthop (2006) 0.88
Self-reported hard physical work combined with heavy smoking or overweight may result in so-called Modic changes. BMC Musculoskelet Disord (2008) 0.87
Disc herniations in astronauts: What causes them, and what does it tell us about herniation on earth? Eur Spine J (2015) 0.87
Treatment options for low back pain in athletes. Sports Health (2011) 0.85
Total lumbar disc replacement in athletes: clinical results, return to sport and athletic performance. Eur Spine J (2007) 0.84
Lumbar intervertebral disc degeneration and related factors in Korean firefighters. BMJ Open (2016) 0.78
A classification system for the assessment of lumbar pain in athletes. J Athl Train (2000) 0.78
Physical fitness as a predictor of herniated lumbar disc disease - a 33-year follow-up in the Copenhagen male study. BMC Musculoskelet Disord (2013) 0.78
Investigating the role of DNA damage in tobacco smoking-induced spine degeneration. Spine J (2013) 0.78
High Prevalence of Disc Degeneration and Spondylolysis in the Lumbar Spine of Professional Beach Volleyball Players. Orthop J Sports Med (2014) 0.77
Intervertebral Disk Degeneration and Repair. Neurosurgery (2017) 0.77
Activity characteristics and movement patterns in people with and people without low back pain who participate in rotation-related sports. J Sport Rehabil (2013) 0.76
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Does T2 mapping of the posterior annulus fibrosus indicate the presence of lumbar intervertebral disc herniation? A 3.0 Tesla magnetic resonance study. Eur Spine J (2016) 0.75
Posterior Transpedicular Dynamic Stabilization versus Total Disc Replacement in the Treatment of Lumbar Painful Degenerative Disc Disease: A Comparison of Clinical Results. Adv Orthop (2013) 0.75
Association of rs731236 polymorphism in the vitamin D receptor gene with degenerative disc disease: evidence from a meta-analysis. Int J Clin Exp Med (2015) 0.75
Anterior Limbus Vertebra and Intervertebral Disk Degeneration in Japanese Collegiate Gymnasts. Orthop J Sports Med (2013) 0.75
Association between rotation-related impairments and activity type in people with and without low back pain. Arch Phys Med Rehabil (2015) 0.75
Association of rs2228570 polymorphism of vitamin D receptor gene with degenerative disc disease: a meta-analysis involving 2947 subjects. Int J Clin Exp Med (2015) 0.75
Influence of Physiological Loading on the Lumbar Spine of National Level Athletes in Different Sports. J Hum Kinet (2016) 0.75
Association between COL11A1 (rs1337185) and ADAMTS5 (rs162509) gene polymorphisms and lumbar spine pathologies in Chinese Han population: an observational study. BMJ Open (2017) 0.75
The intervertebral disc, the endplates and the vertebral bone marrow as a unit in the process of degeneration. Eur Radiol (2016) 0.75
Does elite swimming accelerate lumbar intervertebral disc degeneration and increase low back pain? A cross-sectional comparison. Eur Spine J (2016) 0.75
Effects of reducing or discontinuing inhaled budesonide in patients with mild asthma. N Engl J Med (1994) 4.76
Diagnostic value of decreasing IgG, IgA, and IgM antibody titres after eradication of Helicobacter pylori. Lancet (1992) 4.54
Relationship of leisure-time physical activity and mortality: the Finnish twin cohort. JAMA (1998) 4.35
Comparison of a beta 2-agonist, terbutaline, with an inhaled corticosteroid, budesonide, in newly detected asthma. N Engl J Med (1991) 4.09
Clinical efficacy of meningococcus group A capsular polysaccharide vaccine in children three months to five years of age. N Engl J Med (1977) 3.32
Fall-induced injuries and deaths among older adults. JAMA (1999) 3.20
Diagnosis of twin zygosity by mailed questionnaire. Hum Hered (1978) 2.85
Income differences in mortality: a register-based follow-up study of three million men and women. Int J Epidemiol (2001) 2.76
Tailored prophylaxis in severe hemophilia A: interim results from the first 5 years of the Canadian Hemophilia Primary Prophylaxis Study. J Thromb Haemost (2006) 2.57
A prospective study of work perceptions and psychosocial factors affecting the report of back injury. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (1991) 2.48
1995 Volvo Award in clinical sciences. Determinants of lumbar disc degeneration. A study relating lifetime exposures and magnetic resonance imaging findings in identical twins. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (1995) 2.40
Snoring as a risk factor for ischaemic heart disease and stroke in men. Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) (1987) 2.31
The Finnish Twin Registry: formation and compilation, questionnaire study, zygosity determination procedures, and research program. Prog Clin Biol Res (1978) 2.24
Snoring as a risk factor for hypertension and angina pectoris. Lancet (1985) 2.09
Knee osteoarthritis in former runners, soccer players, weight lifters, and shooters. Arthritis Rheum (1995) 2.01
White matter hyperintensities on MRI in the neurologically nondiseased elderly. Analysis of cohorts of consecutive subjects aged 55 to 85 years living at home. Stroke (1995) 2.01
Nutritional status and mortality in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (1996) 1.94
Genetic influences on use and abuse of alcohol: a study of 5638 adult Finnish twin brothers. Alcohol Clin Exp Res (1987) 1.93
Women's preference for caesarean section: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies. BJOG (2010) 1.92
Prostate cancer trends in Canada: rising incidence or increased detection? CMAJ (1993) 1.91
Chemical castration induced by adjuvant cyclophosphamide, methotrexate, and fluorouracil chemotherapy causes rapid bone loss that is reduced by clodronate: a randomized study in premenopausal breast cancer patients. J Clin Oncol (1997) 1.80
Relationship of socioeconomic status to the incidence and prehospital, 28-day, and 1-year mortality rates of acute coronary events in the FINMONICA myocardial infarction register study. Circulation (2000) 1.79
1991 Volvo Award in clinical sciences. Smoking and lumbar intervertebral disc degeneration: an MRI study of identical twins. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (1991) 1.79
Lone atrial fibrillation in vigorously exercising middle aged men: case-control study. BMJ (1998) 1.77
Osteoarthritis of weight bearing joints of lower limbs in former élite male athletes. BMJ (1994) 1.72
Transverse-momentum and pseudorapidity distributions of charged hadrons in pp collisions at square root of s = 7 TeV. Phys Rev Lett (2010) 1.67
Multifactorial primary prevention of cardiovascular diseases in middle-aged men. Risk factor changes, incidence, and mortality. JAMA (1985) 1.66
Colonic motor and myoelectrical activity: a comparative study of normal subjects, psychoneurotic patients, and patients with irritable bowel syndrome. Gastroenterology (1981) 1.64
Use of stents for treating obstruction of urinary outflow in patients unfit for surgery. BMJ (1989) 1.62
Postural balance in a random sample of 7,979 subjects aged 30 years and over. Gerontology (2006) 1.61
Increase of allergen-specific immunoglobulin E antibodies from 1973 to 1994 in a Finnish population and a possible relationship to Helicobacter pylori infections. Clin Exp Allergy (2002) 1.59
Giant cell tumor of bone. Curettage and cement reconstruction. Clin Orthop Relat Res (1995) 1.58
Measures to prevent TRALI. Vox Sang (2007) 1.58
Questionable specificity of lipid antigen in the Mycoplasma pneumoniae complement fixation test in patients with extrapulmonary manifestations. J Infect (1981) 1.58
Relation of socioeconomic position to the case fatality, prognosis and treatment of myocardial infarction events; the FINMONICA MI Register Study. J Epidemiol Community Health (2001) 1.57
Intragenic polymorphisms of the vitamin D receptor gene associated with intervertebral disc degeneration. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (1998) 1.56
Relationship of skeletal muscle fiber type to serum high density lipoprotein cholesterol and apolipoprotein A-I levels. Atherosclerosis (1991) 1.56
Study of the mass and spin-parity of the Higgs boson candidate via its decays to Z boson pairs. Phys Rev Lett (2013) 1.56
Serum antibodies to capsular polysaccharide vaccine of group A Neissera meningitidis followed for three years in infants and children. J Infect Dis (1980) 1.53
A cross-sectional study of helminths in rural scavenging poultry in Tanzania in relation to season and climate. J Helminthol (1997) 1.53
Real-time PCR for detection and quantitation of hepatitis B virus DNA. J Med Virol (2001) 1.52
The effect of obesity combined with low muscle strength on decline in mobility in older persons: results from the InCHIANTI study. Int J Obes (Lond) (2009) 1.52
Acute childhood asthma in Finland: a retrospective review of hospital admissions from 1976 to 1995. Pediatr Allergy Immunol (2000) 1.50
Self-administered Expanded Disability Status Scale with functional system scores correlates well with a physician-administered test. Mult Scler (2001) 1.49
Adhesion molecule expression in symptomatic and asymptomatic carotid stenosis. Neurology (2003) 1.47
The influence of occupation on lumbar degeneration. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (1999) 1.43
Risk factors for cervical atherosclerosis in patients with transient ischemic attack or minor ischemic stroke. Stroke (1993) 1.42
Familial herpes encephalitis. Lancet (1995) 1.40
The influence of magnetic resonance imaging findings of degenerative disease on dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry measurements in middle-aged men. Acta Radiol (2007) 1.39
Chemical composition of Streptococcus mutans type c antigen: comparison to type a, b, and d antigens. J Dent Res (1976) 1.38
Novel synthetic anti-fungal tripeptide effective against Candida krusei. Indian J Med Microbiol (2015) 1.38
Hostility as a risk factor for mortality and ischemic heart disease in men. Psychosom Med (1988) 1.38
The impact of the decreased prevalence of smoking in Canada. Can J Public Health (1993) 1.35
Trends and availability of suicide methods in Finland. Proposals for restrictive measures. Br J Psychiatry (1995) 1.35
Do changes in cardiovascular risk factors explain the increasing socioeconomic difference in mortality from ischaemic heart disease in Finland? J Epidemiol Community Health (1998) 1.32
Magnetic resonance imaging findings and their relationships in the thoracic and lumbar spine. Insights into the etiopathogenesis of spinal degeneration. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (1995) 1.31
Can lumbar spine radiographs accurately determine fusion in postoperative patients? Correlation of routine radiographs with a second surgical look at lumbar fusions. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (1993) 1.30
Effect of silymarin on chemical, functional, and morphological alterations of the liver. A double-blind controlled study. Scand J Gastroenterol (1982) 1.30
Early and late posttraumatic seizures in traumatic brain injury rehabilitation patients: brain injury factors causing late seizures and influence of seizures on long-term outcome. Epilepsia (1999) 1.29
Differences in mortality from ischemic heart disease by marital status and social class. J Chronic Dis (1980) 1.27
Prevalence of diabetes, hypertension, and ischemic heart disease in former elite athletes. Metabolism (1994) 1.26
Chemical and immunological properties of the type f polysaccharide antigen of Streptococcus mutans. Infect Immun (1976) 1.25
Anxiety and Alzheimer's disease. J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol (2001) 1.24
Challenges faced in recruiting patients from primary care practices into a physical activity intervention trial. Activity Counseling Trial Research Group. Prev Med (1999) 1.23
Where and how should elderly stroke patients be treated? A randomized trial. Stroke (1995) 1.23
Measurement of the electron charge asymmetry in inclusive W production in pp collisions at sqrt[s]=7 TeV. Phys Rev Lett (2012) 1.23
Current status of immunoprophylaxis with anti-D immunoglobin. Vox Sang (2003) 1.22
How did the recent increase in the supply of coronary operations in Finland affect socioeconomic and gender equity in their use? J Epidemiol Community Health (2003) 1.21
Family and linkage study of selective IgA deficiency and common variable immunodeficiency. Clin Immunol Immunopathol (1995) 1.21
The relative roles of intragenic polymorphisms of the vitamin d receptor gene in lumbar spine degeneration and bone density. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2001) 1.21
Physical activity and osteoporotic hip fracture risk in men. Arch Intern Med (2000) 1.21
Search for new physics in the multijet and missing transverse momentum final state in proton-proton collisions at √s = 7 TeV. Phys Rev Lett (2012) 1.19
Azimuthal anisotropy of charged particles at high transverse momenta in Pb-Pb collisions at sqrt[s(NN)] = 2.76 TeV. Phys Rev Lett (2012) 1.19
Factors related to long-term prognosis following acute myocardial infarction. Importance of left ventricular function. Scand J Rehabil Med (1975) 1.19
Female fertility and childbirth after ileal pouch-anal anastomosis for ulcerative colitis. Br J Surg (2007) 1.19
Cause-specific mortality by marital status and social class in Finland during 1969--1971. Soc Sci Med Med Psychol Med Sociol (1979) 1.18
A comparison of algorithms for initiation of lipid lowering therapy in primary prevention of coronary heart disease. J Cardiovasc Risk (2000) 1.18
Asthma and increased bronchial responsiveness in elite athletes: atopy and sport event as risk factors. J Allergy Clin Immunol (1998) 1.17
Metabolic activity and collagen turnover in human tendon in response to physical activity. J Musculoskelet Neuronal Interact (2005) 1.17
Association of serum lipids and obesity with cardiovascular mortality. Br Med J (1977) 1.17
Binding of lectins to Streptococcus mutans cells and type-specific polysaccharides, and effect on adherence. Infect Immun (1977) 1.17
Undertreatment of asthma in Dutch general practice. Fam Pract (1987) 1.16
A simple screening method for lactose malabsorption. Gastroenterology (1972) 1.16
Decreasing prevalence of helicobacter antibodies in Finland, with reference to the decreasing incidence of gastric cancer. Epidemiol Infect (2001) 1.16
Identifying potential need for cancer palliation in Nova Scotia. CMAJ (1998) 1.15
Similarities in degenerative findings on magnetic resonance images of the lumbar spines of identical twins. J Bone Joint Surg Am (1995) 1.14
Changes in traditional risk factors no longer explain time trends in cardiovascular mortality and its socioeconomic differences. J Epidemiol Community Health (2008) 1.14
Antibodies to oxidized LDL and LDL-containing immune complexes as risk factors for coronary artery disease in diabetes mellitus. Clin Immunol (1999) 1.14
Glucose tolerance and blood pressure: long term follow up in middle aged men. BMJ (1991) 1.13
Seasonal variations in the occurrence of urinary tract infections among children in an urban area in Finland. Ann Clin Res (1979) 1.13
Mental disorders in young adulthood. Psychol Med (2008) 1.13
Observer variability in the assessment of disc degeneration on magnetic resonance images of the lumbar and thoracic spine. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (1995) 1.12
Cigarette smoking, use of alcohol, and leisure-time physical activity among same-sexed adult male twins. Prog Clin Biol Res (1981) 1.11
Myocardial infarction and weather. Ann Clin Res (1977) 1.11