Degenerative disc disease is one of today's ... this destructive disease of the spine routinely provokes low back pain, the leading cause of disability in people under age 45 in the United States.

Surgery is typically indicated when six months of conservative therapy have not been successful, if there is a neurologic deficit attributable to the cervical disc disease or when the symptoms ...

As her GP sets out in his letter of support, Ms Jerrard suffers from chronic ankle pain caused by an historic fracture, multilevel degenerative disc disease ... has chronic lumbar and thoracic ...

This surgery may be performed in a single level (a one spinal segment) or multilevel (multiple segments), depending ... It's typically recommended for patients with degenerative disc disease, mild ...

Russian Federation Background Low back pain (BP), associated with the degenerative disc disease (DDD), poses a heavy social and economic burden, emerging among young adults. The pathophysiological ...

As a new choice for the treatment of degenerative lumbar disease, artificial lumbar disc replacement has been widely used in clinical surgery. The finite element is a very effective method to predict ...

Low back pain or what has commonly been referred to as "sciatica" or "lumbago" can have many etiologies and, often, is multifactorial. Some of the more common causes are disc herniation, degenerative ...

Many aspects of the physiology of the intervertebral disc (IVD ... predisposes to IVD degeneration. These results support the concept that disruptions to circadian rhythms may be a risk factor for ...

Lumbar disk herniation is one of the most common structural changes in the lower back and the most common cause of radiating ...

Lumbar disc herniation is one of the most common structural ... The study found 41 novel regions of the genome that modify the disease risk for disc herniations, in addition to the previously ...