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.

Spinal degeneration, also known as degenerative disc disease or spondylosis, refers to the gradual deterioration of the ...

Arthritis & Rheumatism. 2006;54(12):3859-3867. Degenerative disc disease is one of today's most common and costly medical conditions. Marked by the gradual erosion of cartilage between the ...

These conditions refer to the deterioration of spinal segments adjacent to the ... (BMI), and preoperative adjacent intervertebral disc degeneration[1]. Another study focusing on patients with ...

If this approach is pursued methodically then the human body is able to compensate to an astonishing degree, even in a scenario of pronounced degenerative stenosis of the lumbar spinal canal.

[4] The disc is removed ... adjacent segment degeneration. Thus, the question is how the outcomes of AIDA compare with those of ACDF in patients with symptomatic cervical spine DDD.

You will be able to get a quick price and instant permission to reuse the content in many different ways. Focal degenerative disc disease in the lumbar spine is broadly categorized into three clinical ...