Doctors can use MRI to examine a person’s lower spine, lumbar region, and surrounding tissues. MRI of the spine can show spinal alignment, lumbar disk herniation, inflammation, and more.

This curve usually starts in the lumbar region or lower back. Treatments, such as braces or surgery, can help better align the spine. While the spine is mostly straight, in those with ...

so only the compression forces and flexion moments of L1 are plotted. In the normal restraint case, the peak of compression force and flexion moment are 4.8 kN and 148 Nm, respectively. According to ...

Typical daily wear and tear puts pressure on one or a few small areas in the disc. It increases the risk of a tear or bulge affecting cartilage fibers called the annulus, which connects the disc to ...

A stem cell treatment helped improve the motor function of two out of four patients with a spinal cord injury in the first clinical study of its kind, Japanese scientists said. There is currently ...

I was just diagnosed with osteoporosis, with my risk of a major osteoporosis fracture being 12.6% and my risk of a hip fracture being 3.8%, according to FRAX. I have Barrett’s esophagus that is ...

The Aditya-L1 mission is India’s first scientific mission dedicated to studying the Sun and the VELC payload was developed by the Bengaluru-based IIA. Scientists associated with the IIA said ...

An artificial intelligence-based tool for identifying hard-to-detect spinal fractures, developed by Belgian drugmaker UCB, has been licensed out to ImageBiopsy Lab for further development.

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 ...