Early identification of vertebral compression fractures (VCFs) is crucial for successful secondary fracture prevention. Tomosynthesis, a low-dose tomographic imaging technique, may facilitate the ...

A compression fracture is a unique fracture that affects the vertebrae of the spine. Because the spine supports so much weight, a compression fracture can cause the vertebrae to collapse. These ...

What Is a Compression Fracture of the Spine? The vertebrae (or "vertebral bodies") are the bones that form the spinal column. A compression fracture of the spine describes a collapse of one or more of ...

Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China Background: To investigate the relationship between paraspinal lean muscle mass and adjacent ...

Among patients with compression fractures, outcomes of disability, back pain, and progression of anterior body compression were similar among those treated without a brace or with soft or rigid braces ...

Fracture of the vertebrae (backbone) caused from injury, trauma, fall, sports or some sort of high velocity impact. damage to the spine, herniated disc. backache damage to the spine, herniated disc.

Appropriate care of patients with a recent painful osteoporotic vertebral fracture (VF) requires immobilisation, analgesics and spinal orthoses. Some VFs are however responsible for disabling pain and ...

Of these devices, five are in active development, while the remaining one is in an inactive stage of development. There are one products in the early stages of development, and the remaining four are ...

Types of spinal fractures depend on damage direction. Fracture of the vertebrae (backbone) caused from injury, trauma, fall, sports or some sort of high velocity impact. Frayed Rope About to Break ...