Zhongguo gu shang = China journal of orthopaedics and traumatology
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To study the imageology changes of degenerative cartilage endplate to different degree, and to explore its clinical significances. ⋯ The concave angle and relative curvature of endplate generate corresponding changes when the lumbar disc are differently degenerative. The changes of concave angle and relative curvature of endplate are important factors of lumbar disc hernia and lower back pain, which may evaluate the probability of intervertebral disk hernia.