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

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 ...

Knowing a patient's symptoms helps radiologists in lumbar spine MRI interpretation and diagnosis, according to a study published today in Radiology, a journal of the Radiological Society of North ...