In 18 cases, a low energy injury of the spine occurred and in only 2 cases the cause was a high-energy injury (table 2). The fractures occurred in the cervical spine were compression injuries. C6 and ...

As medicine continues to embrace machine learning, a new study suggests how scientists may use artificial intelligence to predict how cancer may affect the probability of fractures along the spinal ...

Among older people, vertebral compression fractures are very common, and those with such fractures are at high risk of incurring new ones. Findings in a new thesis from the University of Gothenburg ...

New Orleans, La., October 25, 2002 – Daily dosing with oral glucocorticoids (corticosteroids) for chronic diseases was found to be a strong predictor of spinal fracture at one year, according to new ...

Victims of intimate partner violence with suicidal behavior have characteristic injury patterns on medical imaging, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of ...

Osteoporotic vertebral fractures (OVFs) are a prevalent skeletal condition in the elderly, which occurs due to a net loss in bone density with the inevitable onset of aging. Unfortunately, they are ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Published results showed more than half of pediatric spinal fractures occurred in adolescents aged 15 to 17 ...