The study is the first to identify an association between body composition of the arms and poor bone quality. In addition to ...

When the spine becomes misaligned, it can cause pain and imbalances in other parts of the body. Spinal misalignment typically occurs over time, and its signs may not happen immediately.

Misaligned vertebrae can pinch the nerves or spinal cord, which can have painful and debilitating consequences. Anterolisthesis can also affect other parts of the body, such as the arms or the legs.

Vertebral body tethering may not improve major Cobb angle in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, according to results presented at the International Congress on Early Onset Scoliosis ...

The vertebrae of the lumbar spine are numbered L1 through L5; the “L” stands for “lumbar.” They are: L1 : This vertebra begins the lumbar spine after the thoracic spine ends.

Vertebrogenic back pain, or vertebral endplate pain, is caused by damage to the endplates of your vertebrae. Your endplates contact the rubbery disk between each pair of vertebrae. The idea that ...

Objective: To illustrate the significance of vertebral body infarction as the only confirmatory sign of spinal cord ischemic stroke. Setting: Department of Neurology, St. Josef-Hospital, Bochum ...

In August 2019, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted humanitarian device exemptions for two nonfusion surgical implants—vertebral body tethering and posterior dynamic distraction surgery.

Summary Vertebral Body Replacement (VBR) Systems (Orthopedic Devices) - Global Market Analysis and Forecast Model (COVID-19 market impact) is built to visualize quantitative market trends within ...

Compared with 10 healthy controls, the children with SMA had a height of their anterior edge of the vertebrae that was significantly lower from T2 onward (13.7 vs 17.6 mm), and their anterior ...

Anterior Vertebral Body Tethering for Adolescent Scoliosis with Growth Remaining. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 2020; Publish Ahead of Print DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.19.00980; ...