Abstract Purpose of Review Substantial advancements have been made in the cause,
diagnosis, imaging, and treatment options available for patients with lumbar disc herniation …

Background context The objective of the North American Spine Society's (NASS) Evidence-
Based Clinical Guideline for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Lumbar Disc Herniation with …

Purpose: To review evidence on the diagnostic accuracy of clinical information and imaging
for patients with low back pain in primary care settings. Data Source: MEDLINE search …

Study Design. Prospective cohort study of randomly selected Veterans Affairs (VA)
outpatients. Objective. To determine the prevalence of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) …

Lumbar disc herniation (LDH) is a frequent cause of low back pain and radiculopathy,
disability, and diminution in quality of life. While nonsurgical care remains the mainstay of …

Objective—To evaluate the association between spondylosis deformans and clinical signs
of intervertebral disk disease (IVDD) in dogs. Design—Retrospective case series. Animals …

The articulations of the spinal motion segment, the intervertebral disk, and the
zygapophyseal joints, inevitably undergo age-related changes. This article focuses on the …

Little is known about the effect of lumbar intervertebral disc herniation (LDH) on lumbar bone
mineral density (BMD), and few previous studies have used quantitative computed …

Lumbar disk herniation (LDH) is a common cause of morbidity and health care cost in the
United States. It is estimated 2% of the population will suffer from a symptomatic LDH in their …

It is the rare person who does not experience low back pain at some point in his or her life.
Because the natural history of low back pain is usually benign, diagnostic imaging can be …