The lumbar spine includes the five vertebrae in your lower back numbered L1 to L5. These bones help provide mobility and stability to your back and spinal column and are an attachment point for ...

This week we are going to discuss the intervertebral disc derangement of the lumbar spine. This is a very common and very painful condition which can affect both the back and/or leg. The ...

Objective To identify the reason of the lower back pain, a detailed MRI analysis of disk degeneration (DD ... I through V) of five intervertebral disks (L1/2 to L5/S1) on MRI using Pfirrmann's ...

Objectives: To observe the prevalence of lumbar intervertebral disc degeneration in elite athletes as compared ... It was most common at the L5/S1 level, and, of the abnormal group, 36% (n = 11) ...