Pseudoarthrosis occurs when bones don’t heal after a fracture or bone surgery. When pseudoarthrosis affects the cervical or lumbar spine, it means that two vertebrae did not grow together after ...

Only rarely, however, does such a hemangioma cause spinal-cord compression. Myelocompression by hemangioma of the cervical vertebral bodies is particularly unusual. Since early recognition and ...

A forceful neck-cracking technique (also called spinal manipulation) can also affect the joints between the spinal vertebrae. While dangerous spinal manipulation results are rare, they can cause ...

Musculoskeletal models based on subject anatomy, alignment, and mass distribution were automatically generated and simulated (Figures 2B, C). Through optimization of muscle activity, the joint loads ...

If the lumbar spine is the site of treatment, sideways movement will be more restricted, although the patient will still be able to bend forward from the hips. Similarly, fusion in the cervical spine ...

Functional magnetic resonance imaging data from 15 women with FM and 15 healthy controls were obtained in the cervical spinal cord and brainstem at 3 tesla using previously established methods. In ...