Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Typical school backpack loads caused compression of spinal discs and spinal curvature in children, according to ...

Flexion and an elevated rate of compression are the two most common factors in the herniation of healthy lumbar discs at a microstructural level. Researchers looked at 72 healthy, mature, female ovine ...

Study design: Case report of a 68-year-old male who sustained cervical trauma following a bodysurfing accident. Objective: To describe the pathology of a relatively uncommon mechanism of injury ...

The hierarchical structure of the intervertebral disc (approximately 45–55 mm diameter in the human lumbar spine and 2.5–5 mm in the rat coccygeal spine) is composed of the outer fiber-reinforced ...

Type 2 diabetes alters the behavior of discs in the vertebral column, making them stiffer, and also causes the discs to change shape earlier than normal. As a result, the disc's ability to withstand ...