Appendix: Definition of Imaging Findings

Figure 1c: MRI T2 axial images: lumbar stenosis of canal on the left secondary to disc bulge, facet hypertrophy, hypertrophic lig. Flavum causing neural compression; on the right normal Figure 1d: MRI T2 images: sagital view on the left with severe lumbar spondylosis, spondylolisthesis L4 on L5 and marked foraminal stenosis; axial view of ... ................
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