Degenerative disc disease is common among young adults with PsA, with key risk factors including older age, male sex, diabetes, and inflammatory back pain.

Background Back pain and intervertbral disc (IVD) damage are common problems experienced by astronauts. We hypothesize this is from paraspinal muscle deconditioning, ∼5 cm body lengthening from spinal ...

and exhibited degenerative intervertebral disk changes at L4/L5, L5/S1, or both. Patients with nerve root compression from herniated disks were excluded. At 2 years, a small significant difference ...

This can pave the way for designing future personalized biological treatments, based on a better understanding of the complex dynamics of intervertebral disk destruction and maintenance", Noailly ...

On March 26, Koshka the Amur tiger was euthanized after years of fighting intervertebral disc disease, a degenerative spinal condition common in large geriatric cats. The disease progressed and ...

Objectives: To observe the prevalence of lumbar intervertebral disc degeneration in elite athletes ... training methods so as to avoid the long term sequelae of degenerative disc disease of the lumbar ...