Neck pain imposes a considerable personal and socioeconomic burden—it is one of the top
five chronic pain conditions in terms of prevalence and years lost to disability—yet it receives …

Discogenic back pain is multifactorial; hence, physicians often struggle to identify the
underlying source of the pain. As a result, discogenic back pain is often hard to treat—even …

Abstract Purpose of Review Many studies have demonstrated that discogenic low back pain
is the most common type of chronic low back pain (CLBP), one of the major causes of …

The choice of a myoelectric or body-powered upper-limb prosthesis can be determined
using factors including control, function, feedback, cosmesis, and rejection. Although body …

Clinical application of platelet-rich plasma is gaining popularity in treating low back pain
(LBP). This study investigated the efficacy and safety of platelet-rich plasma releasate …

Low back pain represents the highest burden of musculoskeletal diseases worldwide and
intervertebral disc degeneration is frequently associated with this painful condition. Even …

Chronic low back pain mainly attributed to intervertebral disc (IVD) degeneration.
Endogenous damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) in the injured IVD, particularly …

Chronic low back pain is a major cause of disability and health care costs. Effective
treatments are inadequate for many patients. Animal models are essential to further …

Background Painful intervertebral disc (IVD) degeneration has tremendous societal costs
and few effective therapies. Intradiscal tumor necrosis factor‐alpha (TNFα) is commonly …

Defects in the annulus fibrosus (AF) of intervertebral discs allow nucleus pulposus tissue to
herniate causing painful disability. Microdiscectomy procedures remove herniated tissue …