Study of Lower Back Pain Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Abstract

This was descriptive cross sectional study aimed to study lower back pain using MRI, conducted in Khartoum stat of Sudan in Omer Sawi during the period from February to August 2022, 78 patients were selected 37(47.7%) male and 41(52.6%) female. The purpose of this study , the study lower back pain by using MRI and correlated to age , gender, The study found most patients in age group (46-60) were 37(47.4%), affected at level L5,S1 were 37(47.5%) and at level L4,L5 were 28(35.9%), MRI findings showed 41(52.6%) had Disc Bulge, 7(9%) had Spondylolisthesis, 1(1.3%) had Spondylitis arthritis, 10(12.8%) had Disc degeneration, 8(10.3%) had Disc protrusion and 11(14.1%) had Other findings, there was statistically insignificant correlation between findings and age groups (p-value = 0.22), between findings and affected level of spine (p-value = 0.142), there was statistically significant correlation between findings and gender (p-value = 0.007) and three was statistically significant difference in findings between males and females (sig. = 0.00). The study concluded to most patients had Disc Bulge and Disc degeneration affected at level L5, S1 and L4, L5, there was statistically significant correlation between findings and gender and there was statistically significant difference in findings between males and females.