Using data from 638,999 patients, a new study by a research team at the Warren Alpert Medical School found that the incidence of cervical and thoracic spinal fractures has increased since 2003. The ...

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 ...

Inflammation that doesn’t go away can change the structure of your spine. And if you have ankylosing spondylitis (AS), there’s about a 5% to 15% chance you may have a spinal fracture at some point in ...

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 ...

INDIANAPOLIS -- Stefan Wilson will miss Sunday's Indianapolis 500 after suffering a fracture of his 12th thoracic vertebrae during Monday afternoon's practice crash with Katherine Legge in Turn 1 of ...

Kyphoplasty is a procedure that treats compression fractures in the spine. It relieves pain at the site, but some people may experience pain even after the procedure. Treating it includes taking ...