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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Disc disease"”.
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A patient specific total disc replacement to treat degenerative disc disease
… arising from degeneration of the intervertebral discs (IVD). When conservative treatments fail, surgical replacement with an artificial total disc replacement (TDR) is often required. However, despite decades of refinement, current TDRs are unable to fully replicate the complex mechanical …
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Use of Spinal Traction in the Complex Treatment of Lumbar Disc Disease /// Ролята на екстензионната терапия в комплексното лечение на поясната дискова болест
Lumbar disc disease is of high importance with health and social impact leading to rapid decrease of the work capacity, impaired social adaptation, a lowering of one's quality of life and in some cases may be even the cause of the disabilities. The adequate therapeutic method is consistent with the …
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From Protein Structure to Clinical Strategy: An In silico Investigation of Mitochondrial DNA Mutations in Type 2 Diabetes and Degenerative Disc Disease for Targeted Nutritional Interventions
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs), including Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) and Degenerative Disc Disease (DDD), represent major contributors to global morbidity and mortality, particularly within low- and middle-income countries where aging populations and chronic metabolic stress intersect. …
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Mikrochirurgische Therapie zervikaler Bandscheibenvorfälle : Nachuntersuchung von 140 operierten Patienten
… underwent surgery for cervical degenerative disc disease. 105 (75%) patients with radiculopathy, 14 (10%) with myelopathy and 21 (15%) patients with a combined symptomatology were followed up one to four years postoperatively. A soft disc lesion was found in 55 (39%) patients, a hard disc …
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Trendy a jejich prognóza v technologii náhrady meziobratlového disku
… and forecasts in the technology of artificial disc replacement" autor: Ing. Daniel Bodlák datum: prosinec 2023 Abstract: The aim of the work was the study of current and new directions and trends in intervertebral disc replacement technology, a critical evaluation of current methods using …
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Biomechanical Testing of Two-Level Cervical Disc Arthroplasty
… studies comparing two-level cervical disc arthroplasty with two-level fusion were completed using an established cadaveric cervical spine model. Three conditions were tested: non-instrumented, instrumented with two-level fusion (C5-C6 and C6-C7), and instrumented with two-level …
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An In Vivo histological, and In Vitro biomechanical study of nucleus replacement with a novel polymeric hydrogel
… favor as a possible treatment for Degenerative Disc Disease. Replacing degenerative nucleus tissue with a synthetic material that mimics healthy nucleus tissue may restore normal function and biomechanics to the disc and delay or obviate the need for more invasive procedures such as total disc …
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A Kinematics-Based Testing Protocol to Study the Mechanics of the Human Lumbar Spine
… spinal devices claim to treat degenerative disc disease better than traditional fusion surgery. Though there have been many biomechanical studies completed on these devices, there is still a debate over their efficacy. Conventional testing methods provide insight into the rotational …
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An Investigation Into The Mineral And Mechanical Properties Of The Canine Intervertebral Disc And Its Clinical Implications
Intervertebral disc disease is a very common problem in dogs. The disease causes pain and different degrees of neurological damage which can result in paralysis and leads to the death of many dogs annually. The disease is intimately associated with disc degeneration and calcification, but the …
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Extracellular Matrix Degradation and Mechanical Integrity of Degenerated Human Annulus Fibrosus from Surgical Specimens
Intervertebral disc (IVD) degeneration is a leading cause of low back pain, yet the mechanistic link between biochemical matrix degradation and functional mechanical failure of the annulus fibrosus (AF) remains poorly defined in human tissue. The interlamellar matrix (ILM), which binds adjacent …
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Kinematic Demands of Nucleus Arthroplasty Technology
… for treatment of early stages of degenerative disc disease. One application of immediate interest is that of nucleus arthroplasty (NA). Novel materials are being developed to better match the nonlinear biomechanical properties of the native tissue. The effects of changing the motion segment …
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Explicit Finite Element Modeling of the Human Lumbar Spine
… with normal spine function and degenerative disc disease (DDD), as well as the impact of fusion and total disc replacement (TDR). Although experimental data from fully intact specimens can be used for model calibration and validation, the contributions from the individual structures (disc, …
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Effects of Blood Contamination on Cerebrospinal Fluid Cell Counts, Protein, and D-dimer Concentrations
… enzymatic immunoassay (EIA) kits in normal and diseased subjects. It was hypothesized that qualitative and quantitative determinations of blood and CSF D-dimer activities could be aid in the diagnosis of dogs with altered CNS and/or systemic coagulation. D-dimers were able to be assayed in all …
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A Novel Distractive and Mobility-Enabling Lumbar Spinal Orthosis for Treating Mechanical Low Back Pain
… back pain (LBP) conditions, such as degenerative disc disease or lumbar foraminal stenosis, that would benefit from spinal decompression and mobility. A previously-developed prototype of dynamic mobility orthosis (DMO1) was designed that provided a distractive load across the lumbar spine but …
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Factores asociados a la enfermedad discal lumbar de origien laboral calificados por la junta de calificación de invalidez regional de Meta, entre 2001 y 2014
La enfermedad de disco lumbar de origen laboral se presenta como una patología frecuente a nivel mundial en la masa trabajadora de diferentes sectores económicos expuesta a factores de riesgo biomecánico, afectando negativamente a la persona como ser individual y social, y repercutiendo en las …