The following is a summary of “Trabecular texture and paraspinal muscle characteristics for prediction of first vertebral ...

Lumbar support in a mattress benefits everyone, not just those who suffer from back pain. The lumbar supports the bulk of your weight and helps you perform even the most basic movements.

It was not the season Deone Walker envisioned. The enormous defensive lineman from Detroit was a projected first round pick, fresh off an All-SEC season. Another explosive year at Kentucky would lead ...

Finally, Nyborg was taken for an MRI. The scan found a dangerous abscess on her spinal cord. Nyborg had developed a spinal epidural abscess, according to Dr. Andrew Chan, a neurosurgical spine ...

Or, you might have it taken out in a separate surgery. Spinal fusion. After a diskectomy or laminotomy, your surgeon may fuse together the two vertebrae on either side of the disk to make your ...

The man suffered spinal injuries, multiple fractures to his arms, shoulders and ribs, and extensive abrasions to his upper body. He remains in hospital and faces multiple surgeries but is lucky to ...

Spinal bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA) causes a loss of motor neurons in the spinal cord and brainstem. It mainly affects facial and swallowing muscles and the muscles in the arms and legs ...

Genentech and Roche are investigating more than a dozen medicines for neurological disorders, including multiple sclerosis, spinal muscular atrophy, neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder ...

complications among transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF), and other techniques for lumbar spine diseases. Design: This is a systematic review and meta-analysis. Data Sources: PubMed, EMBASE, ...

For these reasons, pars fractures and spondylolisthesis can occur ... Getting the patient to an appropriate spinal orthopedist can save the patient months if not years of needless pain.