TABLE 3:

Rotations at each lumbar level in patients with concordant pain at diskography

Group 3 Patient No.	Level	Rotation (degrees)	MR Appearance of Intervertebral Disk	Disk Abnormality	Level with Concordant Pain at Diskography	Level Fused	Follow-up after Fusion
1	L1-2	0.2	Normal				Asymptomatic
	L2-3	0.9	Normal
	L3-4	0.8	Normal
	L4-5	1.1	Normal
	L5-S1	2.1	Abnormal	Bulging anulus	X	X
2	L1-2	0.4	Normal				Asymptomatic
	L2-3	0.7	Normal
	L3-4	0.7	Normal
	L4-5	0.8	Abnormal	Bulging anulus	X	X
	L5-S1	1.0	Normal
3	L1-2	0.3	Normal				Asymptomatic
	L2-3	1.2	Normal
	L3-4	−0.1	Normal
	L4-5	2.2	Abnormal	Bulging anulus	X	X
	L5-S1	1.9	Normal
4	L1-2	−1.9	Normal				Asymptomatic
	L2-3	2.2	Normal
	L3-4	−1.3	Normal
	L4-5	1.3	Abnormal	Bulging anulus
	L5-S1	4.4	Abnormal	Bulging anulus	X	X
5	L1-2	0.4	Normal				Not applicable
	L2-3	1.7	Normal
	L3-4	0.8	Normal
	L4-5	1.3	Abnormal	Bulging anulus	X
	L5-S1	3.4	Abnormal	Bulging anulus	X