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Internal disc disruption Web of knowledge: • Internal disc
disruption No language restrictions were made, but only English
articles have been used. • Internal disc disruption It is
assumed that Internal Disc Disruption (IDD) is an important
cause of low back pain. Crock defined that the affected disc in
IDD is rendered painful by changes in its internal structure,
while its external appearance remains normal. In particular he
reported annular fissures that distort the internal architecture
of the disc while the disc externally appears intact and
undeformed. This forms the major difference between IDD and disc
herniation, which shows a true disruption of the external
structure. IDD is not the same as disc degeneration. It’s a
condition in which you can speak of a degeneration of the matrix
of the nucleus pulposus with radial fissures that penetrate the
annulus fibrosus but do not reach the o