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      <journal-id journal-id-type="iso-abbrev">Pharmacophore</journal-id>
      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">pharmacophorejournal.com</journal-id>
      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Pharmacophore</journal-id>
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        <journal-title>Pharmacophore</journal-title>
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      <issn pub-type="epub">2229-5402</issn>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">pharmacophorejournal.com-6699</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.51847/FEgODPJLYS</article-id>
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          <subject>Original research</subject>
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        <article-title>Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Chronic Low Back Pain: Correlation between Pain, Disability, and Disc Herniation</article-title>
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                  <pub-date pub-type="epub">
        <day>25</day>
        <month>06</month>
        <year>2023</year>
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      <volume>14</volume>
      <issue>3</issue>
      <fpage>41</fpage>
      <lpage>46</lpage>
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        <title>A<sc>BSTRACT</sc></title>
        <p>Chronic Low Back Pain (cLBP) manifests as compressed, radiating pain from the back to the nerve root&amp;#39;s dermatome. Based on spinal imaging, patients with cLBP are diagnosed and treated. The best method of screening the spine is Magnetic Resonance Imaging [MRI]. The study involved 70 patiants. A visual analog scale was employed in asseessing the intensity of back and leg pain of patients using a visual analog scale [VAS]. A Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire (RMDQ-Arabic version) was used to assess the disability of patients. The patients were examined clinically, followed by an MRI of the spine and lower extremities. Using the Michigan State University [MSU] disc herniation classification, Disc displacement and the degree of nerve root compression were assessed.  This study uses SPSS 23.0 version to analyze curated data in the documentation using Pearson&amp;#39;s correlations. Based on the data, the mean and standard deviation for each descriptive variable were calculated. A low grade disc herniation and a VAS rating of 3 were not correlated based on the MRI results. The Pearson correlation coefficients for disc herniation with grade three (r = -0.212) and functional disability with grade three (r = 0.17) were weak. There was a weak correlation between the intensity of pain and functional disability of these patients (r = 0.159). Clinical symptoms and MRI results of the patients who are suffering from cLBP should be correlated to decide whether to perform a therapeutic intervention as the results showed that there was a weak correlation between pain and functional disability based on the degree of disc herniation.</p>
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