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Molecular Imaging Agents Specific for the Annulus Fibrosus of the Intervertebral Disk

open access: yesMolecular Imaging, 2010
Low back pain is a prevalent medical condition that is difficult to diagnose and treat. Current imaging methods are unable to correlate pain reliably with spinal structures, and surgical removal of painful damaged or degenerating disks is technically ...
Summer L. Gibbs-Strauss   +7 more
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Chronic intervertebral disk herniation associated with fused vertebrae treated by vertebral lateral corpectomy in a cat [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
A 10-year-old Domestic Shorthair cat was admitted for chronic ambulatory paraparesis and a spinal malformation. The clinical examination revealed paraparesis accentuated on the left side.
Malik, Yasminda   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Antioxidative nanofullerol prevents intervertebral disk degeneration

open access: yesInternational Journal of Nanomedicine, 2014
Xinlin Yang,1 Li Jin,1 Lu Yao,2,3 Francis H Shen,1 Adam L Shimer,1 Xudong Li11Orthopaedic Research Laboratories, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA; 2School of Life Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, People's Republic of
Yang X   +5 more
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Does Erythropoietin and Its Receptor may Play a Role in Human Intervertebral Disk Degeneration?

open access: yesGlobal Spine Journal, 2012
Introduction Degeneration of lumbar intervertebral discs is considered to be a cause of low back pain and radiculopathy. Many studies have shown that intervertebral disk inflammation and axonal growth of afferent fibers innervating the disk degeneration ...
G. Grasso   +3 more
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Association between various physical factors and acute thoracolumbar intervertebral disk extrusion or protrusion in Dachshunds.

open access: yes, 2006
OBJECTIVE To determine whether body weight, body condition score, or various body dimensions were associated with acute thoracolumbar intervertebral disk extrusion or protrusion and whether any of these factors were associated with severity of ...
Kerwin, Sharon C   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Preclinical development of a microRNA-based therapy for intervertebral disc degeneration

open access: yesNature Communications, 2018
Intervertebral disk degeneration (IDD) is characterized by changes in the nucleus pulposus (NP) extra cellular matrix that compromise disk structural integrity.
Ming-liang Ji   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Investigation by the Method of Integral Equations of the Stress State of the Implant an Intervertebral Disk at Axisymmetric Loading

open access: yesМеханика машин, механизмов и материалов, 2013
The stress state of an anisotropic ring disk of an implant of the intervertebral disk at complex axisymmetric loading is investigated in the work. The method of the integral equations is applied to the calculation of a stresses in a disk.
U.V. Karalevich, D.G. Medvedev
doaj  

Clinical Practice Guidelines for Herniated Disk Treatment

open access: yesMedisur, 2009
Clinical Practice Guidelines for Herniated Disk Treatment. The current concept is not only limited to the disorder caused by the rupture of the intervertebral disk, it also includes primary disk degeneration and the resulting spondylosis, and disk ...
José Ramón Tejera del Valle   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

The Role of Trabecular, Ligamentous-Intervertebral Disk and Facet Joints Systems: A Finite Element Analysis in the L4-S1 Vertebrae

open access: yesGlobal Spine Journal
Study Design Descriptive. Objectives Trabecular bone in the vertebrae is critical for the distribution of load and stress throughout the neuroaxis, as well as the intervertebral disk, ligamentous complex, and facet joints. The objective was to assess the
José Alejandro Guerrero-Vargas PhD   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Therapeutic effect and mechanism of Yougui Wan in rats with intervertebral disk degeneration

open access: yesJournal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research
Objective To explore the potential mechanism of Yougui Wan on deformed lumbar intervertebral disk structure in rats. Methods Thirty male Sprague–Dawley rats were randomly divided into 3 groups, with 10 rats in each group. The animals in the blank control
She Ma   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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