An increase in height of spinous process is associated with decreased heights of intervertebral disc and vertebral body in the degenerative process of lumbar spine

[1] Adams MA(2009)Degenerative disc and vertebral disease-basic sciences Surgery (Oxford) 27 297-300

[2] Adams MA(2006)What is intervertebral disc degeneration, and what causes it? Spine 31 2151-2161

[3] Roughley PJ(1995)Magnetic resonance imaging findings and their relationships in the thoracic and lumbar spine. Insights into the etiopathogenesis of spinal degeneration Spine 20 928-935

[4] Videman T(1964)Osteoarthritis in lumbar synovial joints: a morphologic study Acta Orthop Scand Suppl 73 1-112

[5] Battie MC(1991)The inter-relationship of facet joint osteoarthritis and degenerative disc disease Br J Rheumatol 30 16-20

[6] Gill K(1984)Disc space narrowing and the lumbar facet joints J Bone Joint Surg Br 66 706-710

[7] Manninen H(2004)Neural arch load-bearing in old and degenerated spines J Biomech 37 197-204

[8] Gibbons LE(2012)Spinous process morphology: the effect of ageing through adulthood on spinous process size and relationship to sagittal alignment Eur Spine J 21 1007-1012

[9] Fisher LD(1985)Age-related alterations in the vertebral spinous processes and intervening soft tissues: radiologic-pathologic correlation AJR Am J Roentgenol 145 1025-1030

[10] Lewin T(2010)Time-dependent compressive deformation of the ageing spine: relevance to spinal stenosis Spine 35 386-394

[1] Adams MA(2009)Degenerative disc and vertebral disease-basic sciences Surgery (Oxford) 27 297-300

[2] Adams MA(2006)What is intervertebral disc degeneration, and what causes it? Spine 31 2151-2161

[3] Roughley PJ(1995)Magnetic resonance imaging findings and their relationships in the thoracic and lumbar spine. Insights into the etiopathogenesis of spinal degeneration Spine 20 928-935

[4] Videman T(1964)Osteoarthritis in lumbar synovial joints: a morphologic study Acta Orthop Scand Suppl 73 1-112

[5] Battie MC(1991)The inter-relationship of facet joint osteoarthritis and degenerative disc disease Br J Rheumatol 30 16-20

[6] Gill K(1984)Disc space narrowing and the lumbar facet joints J Bone Joint Surg Br 66 706-710

[7] Manninen H(2004)Neural arch load-bearing in old and degenerated spines J Biomech 37 197-204

[8] Gibbons LE(2012)Spinous process morphology: the effect of ageing through adulthood on spinous process size and relationship to sagittal alignment Eur Spine J 21 1007-1012

[9] Fisher LD(1985)Age-related alterations in the vertebral spinous processes and intervening soft tissues: radiologic-pathologic correlation AJR Am J Roentgenol 145 1025-1030

[10] Lewin T(2010)Time-dependent compressive deformation of the ageing spine: relevance to spinal stenosis Spine 35 386-394