A man in his 80s presented with lower back pain, and MRI revealed an L1 vertebral compression fracture and multiple ... Metastatic malignancy is commonly suspected in patients with a compression ...

Pseudoarthrosis occurs when bones don’t heal after a fracture or bone surgery. When pseudoarthrosis affects the cervical or lumbar spine, it means that two vertebrae did not grow together after ...

A three-year lifestyle intervention based on a reduced-calorie Mediterranean diet combined with physical activity helped ...

A study reveals that a calorie-restricted Mediterranean diet paired with physical activity preserves bone health in older ...

An energy-restricted Mediterranean diet plus physical activity can mitigate weight loss and age-related decline in bone ...

Spinal stenosis exercise programs should be focused on improving spinal flexibility, strengthening the muscles of the trunk and lower extremities, and general overall conditioning to improve spinal ...

A lumbar puncture is a test to check the fluid that circulates around the brain and spinal cord. This is called the cerebrospinal fluid or CSF. A lumbar puncture can check for cancer cells or for ...

Understanding how diet and physical activity influence bone health is crucial, particularly in older adults, where age and ...

As health care in the United States has shifted from a volume-driven to value-driven system, collection of patient-reported outcome measures has become increasingly important as the data provided ...

Objectives Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians have a substantially greater fracture risk, where men are 50% and women are 26% more likely ... individual yearly change in areal bone ...