Many aspects of the physiology of the intervertebral disc (IVD) show clear diurnal rhythms. However, it is unknown whether IVD tissue contains functional circadian clocks and if so, how their ...

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 ...

Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Orthopedic Research Institute, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, China ...

Its insights on degenerative disc disease will provide valuable information on its causes, symptoms to look out for, and treatment options available. In this post, we’ll explain the main causes ...

Regenerative medicine has significantly impacted orthopaedic surgery by introducing biological therapies aimed at repairing, ...

We investigated the role of degenerated meniscus progenitor (DegP) cell clusters during meniscus degeneration using computational analysis and experimental verification. Results We identified seven ...

Methods: We developed an automated and robust pipeline that generates and simulates biofidelic vertebrae and intervertebral disc finite element method (FEM ... 2024), for instance, relating certain ...