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GOMEZ NARANJO, JULIO. Role of the intervertebral disc in the etiology of low back pain. Rev Cubana Ortop Traumatol [online]. 1997, vol.11, n.1-2, pp. 67-71. ISSN 1561-3100.

A review of the literature including classic and recent papers, in which it is approached the disc affection as an active phenomenon, where substances and inflammatory processes are involved, is made. Such processes are linked with the structures forming the afferent pathway of pain to attain a better understanding of the low back pain caused by the intervertebral disc.

Palavras-chave : BACKACHE [etiology]; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK [pathology].