Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In an award-winning study, researchers from India concluded that the endplate junction — rather than the anulus ...

“We confirmed that, overall, the presence of endplate lesions was associated with frequent back pain. Particularly, large endplate lesions were associated with both occasional and frequent back pain,” ...

In this study, the agreement of different SpA-related and degenerative changes in the spine and SpA-related changes in the SIJ were tested jointly in a sample of patients with non-specific LBP only ...

August 20, 2024 — Among patients undergoing lumbar spinal fusion, the presence of Modic changes is associated with differences in microbial diversity and metabolites in the lumbar cartilaginous ...

MRI Patterns in Disc Prolapse, Degenerative Disease Described Patients with back pain and degenerative disc disease (DDD) have different patterns of lumbar disc degeneration than patients with disc ...

Degenerative disc disease is when one or more of the discs between the vertebrae of the spinal column deteriorate or break down, leading to pain. There may be weakness, numbness, and pain that ...

Degenerative disc disease is a condition in which the intervertebral discs of the spine become weak and start to deteriorate. There can be a multitude of causes for this condition. Fortunately, there ...

In degenerative disc disease (DDD), the discs that separate your spine's bones, or vertebrae, start to breakdown, or degenerate. The discs provide cushion between the vertebrae, absorb shock, and ...