Nearly all the patients with low back pain referred by their general practitioner for a lumbar magnetic resonance imaging scan (MRI) had abnormal findings on the imaging, with seven in 10 showing ...

Nakamura said the cervical spinal abnormalities in asymptomatic patients identified by MRI findings were significantly greater in adults greater than 40 years old with a P value of < 0.05. – by ...

Thirty-seven (68.5 percent) of these children showed abnormal findings on their spine MRI. Fifty-two patients fell into the lowest three quartiles.

This article analyzes use of lumbar spine magnetic resonance imaging in a national sample of patients with low back pain.

Key Takeaways This study lends support to the theory that Friedreich's ataxia (FRDA) affects certain motor and sensory pathways of the spinal cord through distinct mechanisms. Abnormalities of the ...

For about one in six people considered healthy with no reports of back pain, lesions were visible on MRI in the lower spinal column and sacroiliac joint, researchers said -- a sign that ...

For patients who received spinal injections with steroids from an unknown lot number, MRI-based screening may be appropriate.