The Hearty Soul on MSN29 天
What You Need to Know About Your L4-L5 Spinal Segment
A herniated disc. Your L4-L5 disc, in between the vertebrae is the most likely to herniate.When this happens, the inner ...
Medscape15 天
The Diagnosis and Management of Degenerative Lumbar Spondylolisthesis
[6] In patients with spondylolisthesis and stenosis of the L4 ... loss is a nonspecific finding in the older patient population. Straight leg raise sign, often positive in patients with disc ...
BMJ1 个月
A pilot study of the prevalence of lumbar disc degeneration in elite athletes with lower ...
Objectives: To observe the prevalence of lumbar intervertebral disc degeneration in elite athletes as compared with published literature of changes seen in non-athletes—that is, normal population.
Medscape2 年
Accuracy of Physical Examination for Chronic Lumbar Radiculopathy
The reference standard was set to be disc herniation ... sensory loss in the L4 dermatome and the muscle power for the ankle dorsiflexion. To diagnose an L5 radiculopathy the clinician focused ...