A retrospective analysis was conducted on lumbar spine MR images of patients who visited our hospital from January 2017 ... Approximately 403 million people (5.5% of the global population) suffer from ...

The lumbar spine has a slight forward curve called a lordotic curve. This curve helps keep the discs and muscles in proper alignment. The lumbar spine rests upon the sacrum. The place where they meet ...

1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. 2 Haicheng City Central Hospital, Haicheng, China. 3 Beijing Yingnuanlihe Technologies Co., Ltd., Beijing, China. 4 ...

Objectives: To observe the prevalence of lumbar intervertebral disc degeneration ... and greater degree of lumbar disc degeneration than the normal population. A more detailed follow up study should ...

Adjacent Segment Disease (ASD) and Adjacent Segment Degeneration (ASDeg) are common complications following lumbar fusion ... preoperative adjacent intervertebral disc degeneration[1].

Degenerative disc disease is one of ... there notochord cells within the mammalian adult spine? And if they do, what distinguishes them from spinal tissue? These are among the critical questions ...

This is also true of our spinal discs, which act as shock absorbers for our body’s back. More specifically, the wear and tear of daily activities causes degeneration of the discs that exist between ...

What role do emotional distress and anxiety play in the degradation of intervertebral discs?Dr. Patel: Chronic stress is known to exacerbate spine degeneration. When the body experiences stress ...

Lumbar disc herniation (LDH) affects millions globally ... It only produces overlapping images of the lumbar spine and is unable to visualize soft tissue structures such as intervertebral discs, dural ...