Aging and injury may increase the vulnerability of the L5-S1 junction even more. Pain from L5-S1 is typically treated with ...

Most disc herniations occur at the bottom of the spine at the L4/5 and/or L5/S1 discs. The condition may not always cause ...

Results: The disc signal intensity was progressively reduced the more caudal the disc space. It was most common at the L5/S1 level, and, of the abnormal group, 36% (n = 11) showed the most ...

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, ...