Back pain diagnosis and apparatus for use therein

摘要

The intervertebral disc is implicated as a source of symptoms of low back pain and sciatica. Degenerative disc disease and inflammatory processes may result in low back pain. The invention identifies the involvement of lysozyme C and tyrosine phosphorylation in low back pain, sciatica and other joint diseases and provides methods and apparatus for diagnosis and uses of these substances, and processes and substances influencing these processes in the treatment and diagnosis of such diseases and conditions.