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 ...

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.

Recent research has increasingly focused on the morphology of these joints and their relationship with degenerative spinal conditions, such as lumbar disc herniation, degenerative lumbar ...

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 ...

Recent studies have reported varying incidences of ASD following lumbar fusion surgeries ... and preoperative adjacent intervertebral disc degeneration[1]. Another study focusing on patients ...

The study included LCEP specimens from 54 patients undergoing spinal fusion for lumbar disc degenerative disease. Of these, ...