Lumbar lordosis (LL) and the range of motion (RoM) are important physiological
measurements when initiating any diagnosis and treatment plan for patients with low back …

The development of the ability to throw projectiles for distance, speed, and accuracy was a
watershed event in human evolution. We hypothesize that throwing first arose in threat …

Previous work suggests females are evolutionarily adapted to have greater lumbar lordosis
than males to aid in pregnancy load‐bearing, but no consensus exists. To explore further …

Study Design. A rat puncture injury intervertebral disc (IVD) degeneration model with
structural, biomechanical, and histological analyses. Objective. To determine if males and …

Musculoskeletal modeling is a well-established method in spine biomechanics and
generally employed for investigations concerning both the healthy and the pathological …

Background Existing literature has highlighted structural, physiological, and pathological
disparities among abdominal adipose tissue (AAT) sub-depots. Accurate separation and …

Objectives Incidence, prevalence, nature, severity and mechanisms of injury in elite female
cricketers over two seasons from March 2014 to March 2016, inclusive. Design Prospective …

The aim of this study is to establish whether facet tropism (FT) and orientation (FO) are
associated with degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis (DLSS). A retrospective computerized …

Back pain is a problem that affects at least 90% of the human population during their
lifetimes, and it is one of the main causes of absence from work. Despite the large number of …

When skeletal remains are found scattered or in fragmentary conditions, the establishment
of a biological profile of unknown individuals can be proven difficult. Consequently, multiple …