1. Epidemiological features of chronic low-back pain.Lancet.1999;354:581-585.DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(99)01312-4
2.Amin RM,Andrade NS.Lumbar Disc Herniation.Curr Rev Musculoskelet Med 2017;10:507-516.DOI:10.1007/s12178-017-9441-4
3.Kara M,Özçakar L,Tiftik T,et al.Sonographic evaluation of sciatic nerves in patients with unilateral sciatica.Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2012;93:1598-1602.DOI:10.1016/j.apmr.2012.03.013
4.Martin BI,Deyo RA,Mirza SK,et al.Expenditures and health status among adults with back and neck problems.JAMA.2008;299:656-664.DOI:10.1001/jama.299.6.656
5.Jedrzejewski G,Osemlak P,Wieczorek AP.Prognostic values of shear wave elastography in adolescent boys with varicocele.J Pediatr Urol 2019;:.DOI:10.1016/j.jpurol.2019.01.008
6.Zardi EM,Franceschetti E,Giorgi C,et al.Reliability of quantitative point shear-wave ultrasound elastography on vastus medialis muscle and quadriceps and patellar tendons.Med Ultrason 2019;21:50-55.DOI:10.11152/mu-1712
7.Santos R, Armada P. Sciatic nerve hardness measurement by using ultrasound elastography. Ultrasound Med Biol. 2013;39(5):S57
8.Andrade RJ, Nordez A, Hug F, et al. Non-invasive assessment of sciatic nerve stiffness during human ankle motion using ultrasound shear wave elastography. J Biomech. 2016;49(3):326–31
9.Frymoyer JW, Pope MH, Clements JH, Wilder DG, MacPherson B, Ashikaga T. Risk factors in low-back pain. An epidemiological survey. J Bone Joint Surg. 1983;65:213–218
10. Chan WC, Sze KL, Samartzis D, Leung VY, Chan D. Structure and biology of the intervertebral disk in health and disease. Orthop Clin North Am. 2011;42:447–464
11. Adams MA. Intervertebral disc tissues. In: Mechanical properties of aging soft tissues; 2015. p. 7–35. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03970-1.
12. Kalb S, Martirosyan NL, Kalani MYS, Broc GG, Theodore N. Genetics of the degenerated intervertebral disc. World Neurosurg. 2012;77(3–4):491–501. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2011.07.014
13. Brayda-Bruno M, Tibiletti M, Ito K, et al. Advances in the diagnosis of degenerated lumbar discs and their possible clinical application. Eur Spine J. 2014;23(SUPPL. 3):315–23. https://doi. org/10.1007/s00586-013-2960-9.
14. Colombier P, Clouet J, Hamel O, Lescaudron L, Guicheux J. The lumbar intervertebral disc: from embryonic development to degeneration. Jt Bone Spine. 2014;81(2):125–9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbspin.2013.07.012.
15. Mayer JE, Iatridis JC, Chan D, Qureshi SA, Gottesman O, Hecht AC. Genetic polymorphisms associated with intervertebral disc degeneration. Spine J. 2013;13(3):299–317. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spinee.2013.01.041.
16. Martirosyan NL, Patel AA, Carotenuto A, et al. Genetic alterations in intervertebral disc disease. Front Surg. 2016;3(November):1–15. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsurg.2016.00059.
17.Peng ZY,Chen R,Fang ZZ,et al.Increased local expressions of CX3CL1 and CCL2 are related to clinical severity in lumbar disk herniation patients with sciatic pain.J Pain Res 2017;10:157-165.DOI:10.2147/JPR.S125914
18.. Kantarci F, Ustabasioglu FE, Delil S, Olgun DC, Korkmazer B,Dikici AS, et al. Median nerve stiffness measurement by shear wave elastography: a potential sonographic method in the diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome. Eur Radiol. 2014;24(2):434–40
19.Dahlin LB, Lundborg G. The neurone and its response to peripheral nerve compression. J Hand Surg [Br] 1990;15:5-10