The pattern of damage of the inferior surfaces lends some support to the hypothesis that their apices impact the laminae of the lumbar vertebra inferior to them, consequent upon the degeneration and ...

Disc herniation, defined by the protrusion or extrusion of an intervertebral disc outside the discal space ... A 73-year-old patient, known for a previous laminoplasty at L2–L3 and L3–L4, presented ...

The results show that the compressive stiffness of lumbar intervertebral discs is dependent on the loading rate. There was no significant correlation (p > 0.05) between functional spinal unit ...

Repeat MRI of the lumbar spine 20 months later demonstrated resolution of the disc extrusion (figure 2). The patient continued to have mild intermittent symptoms, but largely remained pain free. A ...

Acute low back pain is a relatively common condition and is accompanied by sciatica in only 1–2% of cases. Patients presenting with acute low back pain alone are therefore unlikely to have a disc ...

Knowledge of lumbar intervertebral disc (IVD) biomechanics is central to understanding the genesis of low back and leg pain caused by disc dysfunction or herniation. Many non-surgical treatments for ...

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.