Objectives Lumbar disc degeneration (LDD) is prevalent, age-related and contributes to low back pain. Cross-sectional LDD as determined by MRI scan is known to be highly heritable. The authors ...

The prevalence of degeneration in the spine is high and concentrated predominantly in the lower lumbar spine, while there is no difference between patients fulfilling or not fulfilling the axSpA ...

Objectives Low back pain (LBP), from degenerative lumbar spine disease, represents a significant burden on healthcare resources. Studies worldwide report trends attributable to their country's ...

This process is called disc degeneration and can reduce the space through ... respectively), but they are most commonly performed in the lower back. These are known as lumbar interbody fusions.

Degenerative disc disease is frequent and usually asymptomatic ... Vertebral bone marrow is rich in adipose tissue in elderly men and at the lower lumbar level. Bone marrow adipose tissue is composed ...

1 National Institute for Insurance against Accidents at Work (INAIL); University ‘Sapienza’ of Rome, Italy 2 National Institute for Insurance against Accidents at Work (INAIL), Italy Introduction In ...

Low back pain is the leading cause of disability worldwide ... This multi-institutional, expertly curated dataset promises to improve standardized classification of degenerative lumbar spine ...

However, various conditions, including, degenerative arthritis of the spine (also ... Cervical stenosis (in the neck) can affect the arms, legs and sometimes balance. Lumbar stenosis (in the low back) ...

Description Low back pain is the leading cause of disability worldwide ... This multi-institutional, expertly curated dataset promises to improve standardized classification of degenerative lumbar ...

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.