Facet hypertrophy is when the joints that help articulate the spinal column—called facet joints—become enlarged, resulting in ...

The clinical presentation of degenerative spondylolisthesis is dependent upon the concomitant presence of spinal stenosis at ... bony pathology along with the facet joint orientation.

Beside them qualitative parameters, e.g., disc protrusion or hypertrophic facet joint degeneration, are used to describe abnormalities in the lumbar spine. Lumbar spinal stenosis is a common ...

Lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS ... we explore the underlying pathophysiology of LSS, focusing on degenerative LSS, and discuss the characteristic hallmarks of the resulting clinical syndrome ...

For example, spinal injection procedures have expanded significantly since the mid- to late 1990s. The volume of facet joint injections has almost tripled and reimbursements have followed the same ...

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.

Spinal Cord is a specialised, international journal that has been publishing spinal cord related manuscripts since 1963. It appears monthly, online and in print, and accepts contributions on ...

A lumbar puncture is used to take a sample of the cerebrospinal fluid from the lower back. This fluid flows around the spinal cord and the brain, and clears waste products. Levels of certain proteins ...

The system is still at an experimental stage but a leading UK spinal charity called it "very encouraging". "I feel like a toddler, learning to walk again," Mr Oskam told the BBC. He can also now ...

spinal instability as a result of fracture (including dislocation and subluxation), tumor, degenerative disc disease (DDD, defined as back pain of discogenic origin with degeneration of the disc ...