Study of the relationship between the incidence of cervical osteophytosis and the age / 中国康复理论与实践

ABSTRACT

@# ObjectiveTo study the relationship between the incidence of cervical osteophytosis and the age.MethodsThree hundred X-ray films (male 159, female 141) on lateral cervical position were observed. The patients were divided as group A (age <30), group B (age 30～39), group C (age 40～49), group D (age 50～59), group E (age 60～69) and group F (age 70～90). The osteophytosis on superior or inferior cervical vertebral body were marked.ResultsThe incidences of osteophytosis were group A 0%, group B 4.0%～4.7%, group C 20.0%～23.3%, group D 38.7%～39.2%, group E 56.7%～60.0%, group F 72.7%～80.9%. There was significant differences between the group B and group C, group C and group D, group D and group E, group E and group F (P<0.05～0.01). The common places of the osteophytosis were C5 and C6, while often on C6 in male and on C5 in female.ConclusionThe incidence of cervical osteophytosis increases following age increasing. The most place of the osteophytosis is on C5 and C6.