Among patients with PsA, MetS is associated with certain degenerative changes in the spine and entheses but not with peripheral or axial radiographic damage.

Misinterpretation of MRI findings by clinicians focused on earlier intervention is leading to increased rates of ...

Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a devastating, debilitating, and life-altering condition that currently lacks a definitive cure or highly effective treatment ...

The increasing use of mobile phones, particularly the habit of bending the neck for prolonged periods while looking at screens, is causing a sharp rise in cases of cervical spondylitis and frozen ...

When most people hear about multiple sclerosis (MS), they think of a disease that affects the brain, causing symptoms like ...

Lizzie Gakure who was diagnosed with hypothyroidism in 2009, and has since relied on medication to balance her hormone levels ...

Background Fatty changes at vertebral corners have been reported on MRI in ankylosing spondylitis but ... 13% (6/45) with degenerative arthritis, 4% (2/45) with spinal malignancy, 5% (1/20) with ...

The spine is divided into 4 areas: Cervical spine. The first 7 vertebrae ... bones, and organs onto film. MRI. This procedure uses a combination of large magnets, radiofrequencies, and a computer to ...

dundee.ac.uk Background Severe cervical spine injury in rugby union (rugby) exerts a major impact on the individual who sustains the injury and on the broader society. Since the late 1970s, authors of ...

Results 1010 children were enrolled; 973 had not received prior imaging. Of these, 40.7% received cervical spine imaging; 32.4% X-rays, 13.4% CT scan and 3% MRI. All three CDRs identified the five ...

But disk degeneration is far more serious in some people than in others. Poor muscle tone, poor posture, and obesity also put excessive strain on the spine and the ligaments that hold the disks in ...