Hirayama disease is a rare neurological disorder primarily affecting young males. This condition poses diagnostic challenges ...

Scientists have discovered biomarkers that can indicate how severe a spinal cord injury is and the likelihood of recovery. | ...

The use of smartphones for a long time has led to 'tech neck', causing a hunched cervical spine and even spinal cord damage.

Owner Emma said: “When Poppy was injured our world just stopped. We got help from other dog walkers to get Poppy to a local ...

Cervical myelopathy is compression of the spinal cord in the cervical spine of the neck ... Myelopathy can be diagnosed with a physical exam, X-rays or MRI scans, and electrical tests such as an ...

Neural foraminal stenosis is a common condition that can cause symptoms referred to as a pinched nerve. The neural foramen (spinal foramen) are small holes on the sides of the backbone that are ...

Other types of back injuries include fracture/compression fractures ... space that surrounds the spinal cord). Physical therapy might include gentle cervical traction and mobilization, exercises ...

Callahan has a spinal cord injury, so he wasn’t supporting ... attaches electrodes to the back of Callahan’s neck along his cervical spine and then midway down his back, near his thoracic ...

1 2 Quantitative spinal cord (SC) imaging provides a unique ... medications other than riluzole were excluded from the study. Cervical cord data were acquired from C2 to C7 on a 3T MRI system (Siemens ...

These bones connect to create a canal that protects the spinal cord. The vertebrae are divided ... as the culprit in specific episodes of cervical radiculopathy. A pinched nerve in the neck (cervical ...