Spinal instability is a result of degenerative changes of the intervertebral disc of the spine resulting in slackening of the supportive ligaments and excessive movements at this important spinal ...

This lax instability of the lumbar spine results in increased weight bearing of the facet joints which also causes pain as well as other conditions such as spondylosis and spondylolisthesis ...

Cervical spine instability (caused by congenital deformity, trauma, or a tumor) can affect children in a number of ways: from chronic headaches to bowel dysfunction to severe mobility limitations. In ...

Kyphoplasty is being used to treat painful osteolytic or fractured vertebrae, but will it become a key treatment option for patients with vertebral osteolyses from multiple myeloma?

Ortho Kinematics raised $18.6 million in a Series D round, which will boost the commercialization of its spinal instability test.. The standard spinal instability test, known as the flexion ...

An MRI finding of T2 hyperintensity in the cervical spinal cord of professional athletes can be used as evidence of cord trauma, but it may not correlate with prognostic values for return to play ...

Osteoporotic vertebral fractures, also known as spinal compression fractures, ... the risk factor responsible for deteriorated ambulation status was high vertebral instability. ...

Instability between the atlas (C1) and axis (C2) is often associated with complex anatomical variations, including a high-riding vertebral artery that can drastically reduce the available osseous ...

The results revealed that greater vertebral instability, as evidenced by X-ray imaging, and diffuse low-signal changes in T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) ...