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| Title |
Degeneration of the intervertebral disc
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Arthritis Research & Therapy, March 2003
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| DOI | 10.1186/ar629 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Jill PG Urban, Sally Roberts |
| Abstract |
The intervertebral disc is a cartilaginous structure that resembles articular cartilage in its biochemistry, but morphologically it is clearly different. It shows degenerative and ageing changes earlier than does any other connective tissue in the body. It is believed to be important clinically because there is an association of disc degeneration with back pain. Current treatments are predominantly conservative or, less commonly, surgical; in many cases there is no clear diagnosis and therapy is considered inadequate. New developments, such as genetic and biological approaches, may allow better diagnosis and treatments in the future. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 6 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 33% |
| Canada | 1 | 17% |
| Unknown | 3 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 6 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 895 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | <1% |
| Canada | 4 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | <1% |
| Spain | 2 | <1% |
| Switzerland | 2 | <1% |
| Korea, Republic of | 1 | <1% |
| Italy | 1 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 6 | <1% |
| Unknown | 867 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 140 | 16% |
| Student > Master | 139 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 139 | 16% |
| Researcher | 84 | 9% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 56 | 6% |
| Other | 151 | 17% |
| Unknown | 186 | 21% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Engineering | 231 | 26% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 191 | 21% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 75 | 8% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 51 | 6% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 24 | 3% |
| Other | 106 | 12% |
| Unknown | 217 | 24% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 16. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 01 January 2024.
All research outputs
#2,319,451
of 25,374,917 outputs
Outputs from Arthritis Research & Therapy
#420
of 3,381 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#2,920
of 62,002 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Arthritis Research & Therapy
#1
of 6 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 25,374,917 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 90th percentile: it's in the top 10% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 3,381 research outputs from this source. They typically receive more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 9.2. This one has done well, scoring higher than 87% of its peers.
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