Abstract Background Context Clinicians regard lumbar lordotic curvature (LLC) with respect
to low back pain (LBP) in a contradictory fashion. The time-honored point of view is that LLC …

Abstract Background The Japanese Orthopaedic Association (JOA) guideline for the
management of lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) was first published in 2011. Since then, the …

Schmorl's nodes are the result of herniations of the nucleus pulposus into the adjacent
vertebral body and are commonly identified in both clinical and archaeological contexts. The …

Study design. A prospective cohort study. Objective. The aim was to investigate changes in
lumbar lordosis (LL) and its association to changes in patient-reported outcome measures …

Objective The purpose of the study was to explore the influencing factors of adjacent
vertebral re-fracture after percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP) for osteoporosis vertebral …

Schmorl's nodes are depressions on vertebrae due to herniation of the nucleus pulposus of
the intervertebral disc into the vertebral body. This study provides an extension of our …

Background The condition of paraspinal muscles is known to be associated with some
variables such as age, gender, and low back pain. It is generally agreed that these muscles …

Purpose: All structures of the spine, including the spinal canal, change continuously with
age. The purpose of this study was to determine how the spinal canal of the lumbar spine …

The aim of this study was to reveal whether demographic aspect, vertebral morphometry,
and spine degeneration are associated with lumbar Schmorl's nodes (SNs). A retrospective …

Study Design. Retrospective radiological study. Objective. We aimed to determine whether
the sagittal profiles of patients with lumbar spinal canal stenosis (LCS) change after …