Marine life is full of strange, beautiful, and often misunderstood creatures, but few are as bizarre and fascinating as the ...

Introduction Surgical and invasive procedures are widely used in adults with degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis when conservative treatments fail. However, little is known about the comparative ...

Robert Bray Jr., MD, founder of DISC Sports and Spine Center in Newport Beach, Calif., is the first neurosurgeon in his state to devote his practice to minimally invasive spine surgery. Dr. Bray ...

Todd Lanman, MD, and Jared Ament, MD, performed the first known case combining the Motus total joint replacement implant and the Tops system at adjacent levels. The landmark case was performed on a ...

Objective: To use MRI to study the sacroiliac joint (SIJ) and lumbar spine (LS) and explore the relationship between sites and extent of inflammation and HLA-B27 status over 12 months. Methods: 54 ...

Tight hip flexors, especially a deep muscle called the psoas, can silently stress your spine. Here's why this muscle deserves more attention—and how to strengthen it. Lower back pain is often ...

What is lumbar disk disease? The vertebral column, or backbone, is made up of 33 vertebrae that are separated by spongy disks. The spine is divided into 4 areas: Cervical spine. The first 7 vertebrae, ...

Abstract: This paper presents a new method for rapidly generating accurate patient-specific lumbar spine volume mesh for finite element analysis. First, initial isosurface of the vertebral body is ...

Swiss Spinal Stenosis Questionnaire (SSS) and EQ-5D. They were classified as type A, B, C or D based on MRI. For the statistical analysis, the Spearman correlation was used. Results: Seventeen female ...

Rheumatoid arthritis can cause inflammation and pain in the joints, including the spine and hips. This can lead to back pain and stiffness. There are some home and medical treatments that can help ...

Teddi Mellencamp is sharing some updates on her battle with cancer as her family comes to her side to show support. Read on for details.

Spinal cord lesions are more commonly seen in progressive forms of multiple sclerosis, and they can result in an increased risk of disability. In relapsing-remitting MS, which 80 to 85 percent of ...