Background Muscle morphology, age and gender may be determinants of muscle strength in older adults. However, very few research studies have directly examined such correlation in the ageing spine. The ...

Direct Costs for Low Back Pain Care in U.K. Are Substantial An exercise regimen can improve functional status for men with chronic nonspecific low back pain (CNSLBP) without improving low back ...

Injuries in the central nervous system (CNS)—such as those in the spinal cord—trigger glial scar formation, which inhibits nerve regeneration from healthy neurons surrounding the damage. This results ...

LONG survival of patients with complete severance of the spinal cord is rarely encountered in civilian life. During the recent world conflict, however, the high incidence of casualties from ...

Alterations and adaptations in lumbar spine morphology that includes lumbar extensor muscle fibre angles [13] and thoracolumbar curvatures [14] may lead to deterioration in lumbar extensor muscle ...