Objectives The job of firefighting can cause lumbar burden and low back pain. This study aimed to identify the association between age and lumbar intervertebral disc degeneration and whether the ...

Objective To identify the reason of the lower back pain, a detailed MRI analysis of disk degeneration (DD) and survey were conducted ... retrospectively based on the signal intensity (rated on a ...

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.

kcl.ac.uk Objective Lumbar disc degeneration (LDD) is an important cause of low back pain ... This work provides evidence of association of the PARK2 gene and suggests that methylation of the PARK2 ...

Degenerative ... disc disease is extremely rare. Intrigued by this fact and how it might apply to humans, researchers in Toronto, Canada, decided to conduct a gene expression study on ...

Age-related musculoskeletal diseases are a significant public health concern that critically impacts the motor functions and the quality of life in the elderly. The musculoskeletal system supports the ...

The external validation also confirmed that the expression level of two genes significantly decreased in the NPCs of degenerative intervertebral disc after cellular or drug treatment. Meanwhile, we ...

Spinal degeneration, also known as degenerative disc disease or spondylosis ... but can also be influenced by various factors. The intervertebral discs act as cushions between the vertebrae ...

[4] The disc is removed ... pressure from the spinal nerves and to realign and stabilize the spinal segment. Bony material (either autograft or allograft) is placed into the intervertebral space ...

Researchers at Uppsala University have developed a gel inspired by cow slime for patients suffering from disk herniation. By ...