Supine magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is routinely used in the assessment of low back
pain and radiculopathy. However, imaging findings often correlate poorly with clinical …

Background: Lumbar back pain and radiculopathy are common diagnoses. Unfortunately,
conventional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings and clinical symptoms do not …

Background Patients with low back pain frequently demonstrate recumbent magnetic
resonance imaging (MRI) alterations not always related to homogeneous clinical symptoms …

Purpose To evaluate the pathological changes of the lumbar spine and the instability of the
lumbar intervertebral joints observed in patients with low back pain, with the study of the …

Spinal canal stenosis is a dynamic phenomenon that becomes apparent during spinal
loading. Current diagnostic procedures have considerable short comings in diagnosing the …

Materials and Methods Thirty patients with chronic low back pain were enrolled (14 male
and 16 female patients); mean age 44.5 years. Their lumbar spines were initially …

Study Design: A retrospective cohort. Background: Degenerative spondylolisthesis (DS) with
lumbar stenosis is a well-studied pathology and diagnosis is most commonly determined by …

PURPOSE: To evaluate whether positional magnetic resonance (MR) images of the lumbar
spine demonstrate nerve root compromise not visible on MR images obtained with the …

Magnetic resonance imaging is established as the technique of choice for assessment of
degenerative disorders of the lumbar spine. However, it is routinely performed with the …

Study Design. Cross-sectional study. Objective. To examine the influence of low-back pain
(LBP) and lumbar disc degeneration (LDD) on the lumbar lordosis in weight-bearing …