The lumbar spine includes the five vertebrae in your lower back numbered L1 to L5. These bones help provide mobility and stability to your back and spinal column and are an attachment point for many ...

The convex shape of the vertebrae makes mid and outer annular fibers particularly vulnerable to such mechanical stress, especially in the posterolateral region. 2. Chemical inflammation theory ...

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.

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

One area of research has been the evaluation of the cervicothoracic intervertebral foramina (IF) in horses. A study aimed to quantify the size ... spinal cord compression and arthropathy of the ...

Spinal stenosis is a narrowing of the spinal canal that causes compression of the spinal cord and/or nerve roots. Resulting pain and numbness (in the hands, arms, legs, and/or feet) can vary depending ...

This leads to the onset of referred pain to different parts of the body depending on which spinal nerve is "pinched." The cervical spine ... called an intervertebral disc that cushions between ...

Spinal pain was defined as hyperesthesia to palpation of the cervical, thoracic, lumbar and/or lumbosacral region/s. Other signs of possible neuropathic pain/paresthesia ... terminating at L5 ...

A broad-based horizontal morphology with adjacent degenerative features (intervertebral disc degeneration and/or end plate changes ... Using the mSASSS in PsSpA, the cervical region was more severely ...

Objectives Evidence comparing the effectiveness of surgical and conservative treatment of symptomatic lumbar disc herniation is controversial. We sought to compare short-term and long-term ...