“We confirmed that, overall, the presence of endplate lesions was associated with frequent back pain. Particularly, large endplate lesions were associated with both occasional and frequent back pain,” ...

January 27, 2012 — Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data show that obesity is associated with increased lumbar disc degeneration, according to a study published online January 30 in Arthritis & ...

Did you know that chronic lower back pain is the single greatest cause of years lived with disability worldwide? One of the main causes of lower back pain is lumbar degenerative disc disease. This is ...

An elevated body mass index, especially for those in the obese range, was found to increase the extent and severity of disc degeneration in a population-based study conducted in China. Dino Samartzis, ...

About 80 percent of the active population suffers from low back pain at some point in their lives. Researchers now show that overloading on already degenerated discs is less damaging than on discs ...

Lumbar disc degeneration is an uncomfortable condition that affects millions of people, but two researchers have identified some of the genes that are causing problems. Lumbar disc degeneration is an ...

"Oh, my aching back!" It's not an uncommon complaint heard from both men and women as they age and experience lumbar disc degeneration. Now a new study out of China suggests that menopause is ...

This release is also available in Chinese on EurekAlert! Chinese. One of the largest studies to investigate lumbar spine disc degeneration found that adults who are overweight or obese were ...

Obese or overweight adults are more likely to have lumbar disc degeneration than those with a normal body mass index (BMI), reveals study. Assessments using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) show ...

Researchers from University of Alberta have identified certain genes responsible for spinal disc degeneration. Michele Crites-Battie and Tapio Videman, in the Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, have ...