This article examines the causes and duration of numbness in the ankle. It provides expert opinions from two medical doctors ...

Many aspects of the physiology of the intervertebral disc (IVD) show clear diurnal rhythms. However, it is unknown whether IVD tissue contains functional circadian clocks and if so, how their ...

Objectives The job of firefighting can cause lumbar burden and low back pain. This study aimed to identify the association between age and lumbar intervertebral disc degeneration and whether the ...

"This breed’s long body and short legs mean there are more prone to developing Intervertebral Disc Disease (IVDD), which ...

Intervertebral disc degeneration (IVDD) is the primary cause of low back pain; however, the molecular mechanisms involved in the pathogenesis of IVDD are not fully understood. Polo-like kinase 1 (PLK1 ...

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Intervertebral disc (IVD) degeneration is a complex multifactorial disease model, which pathogenesis has not been fully defined. There are few studies on the information interaction between nucleus ...

The shrinking is caused when the intervertebral discs, which cushion the 24 vertebrae in the spine, lose water under the force of gravity. “Conversely, astronauts in a gravity-free environment ...

Michał said: “Jessie was taken to theatre immediately after an MRI scan which confirmed intervertebral degenerative disc ...

Conclusion: COLIA1 Sp1 polymorphism may be a genetic risk factor related to intervertebral disc degeneration in older people. Previously reported associations between the COLIAI Sp1 genotype and lower ...

The intervertebral disc degeneration study required each rabbit to undergo an initial surgical procedure to create disc degeneration in two non-contiguous discs using a lateral retroperitoneal ...