In vertebrates, the skeleton of different regions of the body arises from different precursor cells. Researchers at the ...

The following is a summary of “Trabecular texture and paraspinal muscle characteristics for prediction of first vertebral ...

Researchers at the University of Tsukuba investigated the mechanism by which posterior spinal fixation, a technique that ...

The rosary hung from a branch of mesquite, its light blue beads swaying in the breeze. The site was a few miles from the U.S.-Mexico border. It wasn’t far from paved roads, a truck stop, the city of ...

Both have their own set of symptoms, causes, and treatments. The spine, or backbone, is made up of a column of 33 bones and tissue extending from the skull to the pelvis. These bones, or vertebrae ...

Spinal arthritis is inflammation of the facet joints in the spine and/or inflammation at the sites where ligaments and tendons attach to the bones of the neck and spine. Osteoarthritis (a type that ...

As if that weren’t enough, obesity fast-tracks spinal osteoarthritis, grinding down cartilage like sandpaper on wood, leaving bones stiff, swollen, and achy. Once thought of as a problem of wear and ...

The anti-osteoporotic effects of YMJ in bone metabolism were evaluated in ovariectomized (OVX) rats. The skeletal structure of the femur and vertebrae was analyzed after treating OVX rats with YMJ for ...

A PRISMA diagram is shown in Figure 1. Patients with degenerative lumbar spine disease require surgical intervention ... in which more paravertebral muscle was dissected and the bone structure was ...