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Lumbar disc degeneration is more common in Olympic athletes than in the normal population

https://doi.org/10.1136/oem.60.12.985

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    A small study of 31 elite athletes with lower back pain and/or sciatica who attended the Polyclinic at the Sydney Olympics 2000 were found to have a higher prevalence of lumbar intervertebral disc degeneration compared with non-athletes as described in the published literature.

    The athletes were …

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