The lumbar spine includes the five vertebrae in your lower back numbered L1 to L5. These bones help provide mobility and stability to your back and spinal column and are an attachment point for many ...

A lumbar puncture (spinal tap) is a common test doctors use to check for signs of MS in your spinal fluid. But a lumbar puncture on its own isn’t enough to confirm an MS diagnosis. Diagnosing ...

7 MRI information on spinal involvement in PsA is important to inform this process. Using existing whole spine and SIJ MRI data, we aimed to describe inflammatory and structural lesions consistent ...

The Canada-Denmark (CANDEN) MRI scoring system is adopted in our study because it is a comprehensive method to assess the alteration of spine [1]. Objectives We aimed to find relevant factors for ...

The entire spinal cords were then dissected and post-fixed in the same fixative for two additional hours. Tissues were then stored in 1% paraformaldehyde until ex vivo MRI acquisition. Dissected ...

People with spinal muscle atrophy (SMA), an inherited neuromuscular disease, usually experience muscle weakness that impacts movement. New research suggests that electrical spinal cord stimulation ...

Methods We acquired longitudinal data from 13 traumatic and 3 non-traumatic spinal cord injury patients (8–8 cervical and thoracic cord injuries) within 1.5 years after injury and 10 healthy controls ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A spine-stimulating implant already being tested for paralysis might also aid neurodegenerative diseases ...

The next best thing: a great lumbar support pillow. The lumbar generally refers to your lower spine, or the lower back area, which is typically the part of the body that’s under the most stress ...