Each disc is reinforced anteriorly by the anterior longitudinal ligament and posteriorly by the posterior longitudinal ligament (Figs 2, 3).

Background Studies on subsequent anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) ruptures and career length in male professional football players after ACL reconstruction (ACLR) are scarce. Aim To investigate the ...

Spinal ligaments are crucial elements in the complex biomechanical simulation models as they transfer forces on the bony structure, guide and limit movements and stabilize the spine. The spinal ...

Additional reactivities were detected against cell junctions in the spinal cord neurons, paraspinal nerves, blood vessels, anterior and posterior longitudinal ligaments, and paraspinal skeletal ...

The result of our experiment on cadavers showed different results from the experiment previously conducted on a lumbar spine model with polyurethane vertebrae and polyethylene intervertebral disc. 28 ...

THURSDAY, Aug. 22, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with thoracic ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (T-OPLL), surgical treatment is effective for improving neurological ...

A 51-year-old woman with no past medical history and on no medications presented to the office with a several-month history of left arm numbness, weakness in the bilateral lower extremities and ...

It shows the anterior longitudinal ligament (white arrows), posterior longitudinal ligament (black arrows), and the ligamentum flavum (white asterisk). Subsequently, we describe other particularities ...

Moon BJ, Choi SK, Shin DA, et al. Prevalence, incidence, comorbidity, and mortality rates of ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament in the cervical spine: a nested case-control cohort study.

Two of the main ligaments in the back are the anterior longitudinal ligament and the posterior longitudinal ligament. These two ligaments connect and support the spine from the neck to the lower back.

This is a radiologist’s look back at things from the past. The purpose of this study was to show the radiological results of oblique lateral interbody fusion (OLIF) following a modified anterior ...