The Bryan cervical disc is also a metal on polymer device ... It has the theoretic advantage of a reduced risk of adjacent segment degeneration. Thus, the question is how the outcomes of AIDA ...

Dr Loo sees many people aged 18 to 35 with neck and lower back pain arising from degenerative disc disease. By age 35, one in three individuals will show signs of the disease on imaging scans ...

Methods Whole spine MRI and cervical and lumbar radiographs of patients ≥18 years with chronic back ... Adjudication was performed (MR for MRI and AF for radiographs) on a per-lesion basis, except for ...

In an ongoing court-martial, Maj. Michael Stockin pleaded guilty to sexually abusing male soldiers under the guise of medical ...

Spondylolisthesis was always associated with a history of back pain. A low prevalence of radiological cervical intervertebral disc degeneration of all grades of severity of 8·7% was found among the ...

Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) is a type of spine surgery used for the treatment of neck or arm pain caused by cervical radiculopathy. This surgery involves the removal of a protruding ...

The spine is an amazing part of our body. It’s our central bone structure. It’s a conduit for messages from our brain to our ...

Trabecular bone strains may be influenced by the underlying intervertebral disc (IVD). Understanding how disc degeneration alters load distribution to the vertebra may demonstrate that supplementing ...

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.

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 ...