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Our results demonstrate that repeated injury during active healing leads to persistent inflammation and enhanced disc degeneration. These data support the premise that damage accumulation and its associated inflammation may distinguish pathologic from physiologic disc degeneration. In the future, this triple-stab model may be useful to evaluate the efficacy of anti-inflammatory low back pain treatments.
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