The lumbar curve sweeps forward ... Aging and injury may increase the vulnerability of the L5-S1 junction even more. Pain ...

Or have you had a sudden numbness or pins-and-needles sensation in your legs or feet that you can’t explain?These are not ...

for L4, 1.74 (95% CI 1.04–2.93) for L5, and 1.29 (95% CI 0.97–1.72) for S1 nerve root impingement. An overall clinical evaluation, concluding on the level and side of the radiculopathy was ...

Back pain is the most ... of the needle for L1–L4 medial branch is the groove formed by the junction of the transverse process and superior articular process. For the L5 dorsal ramus, the ...

Objectives: To observe the prevalence of lumbar intervertebral disc degeneration in elite athletes as compared with published literature of changes seen in non-athletes—that is, normal population.

and the remainder had no history of low back pain. All subjects were scanned during simulated rowing in an interventional open magnetic resonance imaging scanner. In each simulated rowing position, ...