News tagged with lumbar disc

Surgical treatment within six months of lumbar disc herniation

A new study in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS) found that patients with herniated lumbar disc symptoms were significantly worse if the patients had symptoms for more than six months prior to treatment, compared to t ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 25, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

All in the family: Lower back disease may be in your genes

– Symptomatic lumbar disc disease, a condition caused by degeneration or herniation of the discs of the lower spine, may be inherited, according to a new study published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS).

Medicine & Health / Genetics

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Poor treatment for common vertebral compression fractures

The advice and treatment given to patients with vertebral compression fractures is not satisfactory. A thesis presented at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, shows that the majority of patients still ...

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created Apr 23, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researcher tags genes linked to disc degeneration

(PhysOrg.com) -- Lumbar disc degeneration is an uncomfortable condition that affects millions of people, but two University of Alberta researchers have identified some of the genes that are causing problems. ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Mar 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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Steroid injections prove effective in treatment of lumbar disc herniations

The use of epidural steroid injections may be a more efficient treatment option for lumbar disc herniations, according to research presented today at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's Specialty Day in ...

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Researchers find epidural steroid injections do not benefit spine patients

Researchers at the Rothman Institute at Jefferson examined data on patients being treated for lumbar stenosis and the degenerative spine condition spondylolisthesis and found that patients who received epidural steroid injections ...

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created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Lumbar disc degeneration more likely in overweight and obese adults

One of the largest studies to investigate lumbar spine disc degeneration found that adults who are overweight or obese were significantly more likely to have disc degeneration than those with a normal body mass index (BMI). ...

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Biomarker may signal whether common back pain treatment will work, doctor finds

A new study from researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine has identified a unique protein complex that can be used to predict whether an epidural steroid injection will help relieve pain caused by a herniated ...

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created Aug 11, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers shed new light on predicting spinal disc degeneration

About 80% of the active population suffers from low back pain at some point in their lives. In a paper published on August 4th 2011 in PLoS Computational Biology, researchers at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalo ...

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created Aug 04, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

In the battle to relieve back aches, researchers create bioengineered spinal disc implants

Every year, millions of people contend with lower back and neck discomfort. With intent to ease their pain, Cornell University engineers in Ithaca and doctors at the Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City have created ...

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created Aug 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Exercise produces positive effects on the intervertebral discs

Physical exercise has a positive effect on the formation of cells in the intervertebral discs. This is shown by a study from the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, presented at the annual meeting of the International ...

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created Jun 28, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

For back, neck pain, artificial disc replacement has cost, outcome advantages over fusion surgery

When physical therapy and drugs fail to relieve back or neck pain, patients often turn to spinal fusion surgery as a last resort, but two new studies show that in certain situations, especially when several discs are involved, ...

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created Mar 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Early physical therapy for low back pain associated with less subsequent health care utilization

The American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) is pointing to a new study on low back pain in Medicare patients in its efforts to encourage the newly established Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation to promptly launch ...

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created Dec 06, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Fruit flies lead scientists to new human pain gene

While it has become clear in recent years that susceptibility to pain has a strong inherited component, very little is known about actual "pain genes" and how they work. In the November 12th issue of Cell, researchers at Chi ...

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