Objectives: To observe the prevalence of lumbar intervertebral disc degeneration in elite athletes as compared with published literature of changes seen in non-athletes—that is, normal population.

Degenerative ... disc disease is extremely rare. Intrigued by this fact and how it might apply to humans, researchers in Toronto, Canada, decided to conduct a gene expression study on ...

What is degenerative disc disease? All of us have a breakdown, or deterioration, of our joints as we age. This is also true of our spinal discs, which act as shock absorbers for our body’s back. More ...

We do know that fibroids can grow in the first trimester of pregnancy, and that degeneration is seen most often in pregnant people with large fibroids (greater than 5 centimeters) during the second ...

These findings indicate that aging-related deficits in muscle function limit the control of dynamic stability during walking with the degeneration of maximum isometric muscle force being the most ...

Background: Beside symptoms and clinical signs radiological findings are crucial in the diagnosis of lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS). We investigate which quantitative radiological signs are ...

"By understanding how menopause-induced changes in sex hormone levels contribute to joint degeneration, our hope is that this will pave the way for ... the extracellular matrix (the surrounding ...