The differential diagnosis for patients presenting with these complaints includes: vascular claudication secondary to peripheral vascular disease ... MRI provides a detailed view of the lumbar ...

Functional impairment assessment in patients with lumbar degenerative disc disease (DDD) is crucial for understanding the impact of the condition on daily life and guiding treatment decisions.

The MRI scan demonstrated evidence of mild degenerative disc disease at the L4-L5 and L5-S1 interspace without significant compression of neural structures, with normal appearing vertebral bodies ...

A more detailed follow up study should be considered to investigate which particular training activities have the most impact on the lumbar spine, and how to modify training methods so as to avoid the ...

The study included LCEP specimens from 54 patients undergoing spinal fusion for lumbar disc degenerative disease. Of these, ...