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2. Osteoporosis - Wikipedia

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   The most common osteoporotic fractures are of the wrist, spine, shoulder and hip. The symptoms of a vertebral collapse ("compression fracture") are sudden back pain, often with radicular pain (shooting pain due to nerve root compression) and rarely with spinal cord compression or cauda equina syndrome. Multiple vertebral fractures lead to a ...

3. Lumbar spinal stenosis - Wikipedia

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   Spinal stenosis began to be recognized as an impairing condition in the 1950s and 1970s. Individuals who experience back pain and other symptoms are likely to have bigger spinal canals than those who are asymptomatic. [45] A normal-sized lumbar canal is rarely encountered in persons with either disc disease or those requiring a laminectomy. [31]

4. Lordosis - Wikipedia

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   Lordosis. Lordosis is historically defined as an abnormal inward curvature of the lumbar spine. [1][2] However, the terms lordosis and lordotic are also used to refer to the normal inward curvature of the lumbar and cervical regions of the human spine. [3][4] Similarly, kyphosis historically refers to abnormal convex curvature of the spine.

5. Low back pain - Wikipedia

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   Low back pain is the greatest contributor to lost productivity, absenteeism, disability and early retirement worldwide. [26] Difficulty with low back pain most often begins between 20 and 40 years of age. [1] Women and older people have higher estimated rates of lower back pain and also higher disability estimates. [13]

6. Degenerative disc disease - Wikipedia

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   Connective tissue disease. Degenerative disc disease (DDD) is a medical condition typically brought on by the aging process in which there are anatomic changes and possibly a loss of function of one or more intervertebral discs of the spine. [1] DDD can take place with or without symptoms, but is typically identified once symptoms arise.

7. Spinal stenosis - Wikipedia

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   Spinal stenosis is an abnormal narrowing of the spinal canal or neural foramen that results in pressure on the spinal cord or nerve roots. [6] Symptoms may include pain, numbness, or weakness in the arms or legs. [1] Symptoms are typically gradual in onset and improve with leaning forward. [1]