Aims – To show the potential of magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H-MRS) in the diagnosis of degenerative disease of the lumbar disc and to advocate the addition of this technique in the classification of the invertebral disc involution vs degeneration (L4-L5 and L5-S1) in the clinical routine of lumbar pain status, not related with mechanic causes. Material and method – We studied 102 out of 123 lumbar interve...