TY - JOUR T1 - Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Chronic Low Back Pain: Correlation between Pain, Disability, and Disc Herniation A1 - Qurain Turki Alshammari A1 - Arwa Nasser Alsubaie A1 - Alaa Ahmed Alkayyat A1 - Ala’ Mansour Qazaq A1 - Atheer Ahmed Alnukhali A1 - Mosaab Ghazi Alrefaei A1 - Rakan Nuwayhi Alrashdi A1 - Reem Hamad Alqasem A1 - Rahaf Sulaiman Aljohani A1 - Samirah Abdullah Alameer A1 - Salman Abdullah Alomaireeni A1 - Ahmed Mohamed Husieny JF - Archives of Pharmacy Practice JO - Arch Pharm Pract SN - 2320-5210 Y1 - 2023 VL - 14 IS - 1 DO - 10.51847/eXBJFs9GKr SP - 87 EP - 91 N2 - Chronic Low Back Pain (cLBP) manifests as compressed, radiating pain from the back to the nerve root's dermatome. The best method of screening the spine of patients with cLBP is Magnetic Resonance Imaging [MRI]. The study involved 70 patiants. A visual analog scale was employed in assessing 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'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. UR - https://archivepp.com/article/magnetic-resonance-imaging-of-chronic-low-back-pain-correlation-between-pain-disability-and-disc-iblgqroaugbnr2p ER -