Cervical myelopathy results from compression of the spinal cord in the neck (cervical area of the spine). Symptoms of cervical myelopathy may include problems with fine motor skills, pain or stiffness ...

Anatomy of the spine The spinal column, also called the vertebral or spinal canal, is made up of 33 vertebrae that are separated by spongy disks and classified into distinct areas. The cervical area ...

Objective To evaluate golimumab's effect on MRI-detected spinal inflammation in ankylosing spondylitis (AS). Methods Patients were randomly assigned to subcutaneous injections of placebo (n=78), ...

The pain aggravated with tilting the head to an opposite direction. Plain X-ray of the cervical spine was unremarkable and an MRI of the cervical spine revealed a normal sagittal profile but axial ...

Introduction Degenerative changes in the cervical spine are part of the normal ageing process and are almost omnipresent in older people. 1 They may lead to the development of clinical symptoms in ...

An MRI scan of the cervical spine was repeated (figure 2) and this disclosed signal changes in the cord showing hyperintense signals on T1-weighted and T2-weighted sequences at C5–6 level suggesting ...

The Hoffman test, also known as the Hoffman sign test, lets your doctor know whether there are compression — or pressure — problems in your spine near your neck. During this brief examination ...

Objective To investigate the relationship between Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Score (ASDAS) and intensity of spinal inflammation measured by apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) in MRI in ...

Cervical spinal alignment is most commonly lordotic, although a range of alignments may be considered normal, depending on the patient’s age and full-body posture.

Your neck, also known as the cervical spine, is a complex series of bones, discs, muscles, nerves, and ligaments. There are seven bones, each called a cervical vertebra, that are stacked upon one ...

Cervical spinal stenosis (CSS) is when the spinal canal of the neck becomes narrow and starts to press on the spinal cord. "Stenosis" means a narrowing of a body area. Spinal stenosis can also affect ...

1. INTRODUCTION Cervical vertebra is the most flexible part of human spine, which is most likely to cause injury. Research shows that the incidence of cervical spondylosis among college students is as ...