Spinal fractures involving vertebrae in the lumbar spine (lower back) can cause pressure on the spinal nerves, resulting in pain. Severe fractures are unstable and often require surgery to remove and ...

tenderness in L2–L5 lumbar vertebrae and in gluteal region. There was significant pain on lateral bending and spinal rotation which increased while coming from flexion to hyperextension. Manual muscle ...

The nerves in your body emerge from the spinal cord and exit to the rest of the body between the vertebrae. The spine is divided up into five sections. The lumbar region of the spine is the third ...

The vertebral column is divided into five main sections and each contains a specific number of vertebrae. The lower nine vertebrae are fused – the sacrum consists of five fused vertebrae and the ...

The use of facet median nerve branch radiofrequency ablation (RFA) for cervical, thoracic and lumbar vertebrae is common but more randomized, double-blinded control studies are needed in this area.

The injury to Buongiorno (fracture to the transverse processes of two lumbar vertebrae, at least two months to recover) has ...

Vertebral fractures were evaluated from T4 to L4 using the Genant’s semiquantitative method; osteoarthritis was evaluated by scoring osteophytes and disc space narrowing at all levels of the thoracic ...

Number of hospital admissions, number of exacerbations requiring systemic corticosteroid therapy prior to and after the fracture, presence of lumbar vertebral fracture or rib fracture associated, bone ...