Encyclopedia - The Spine Page

Magnetic resonance imaging

Imaging using magnetic fields and radio waves, particularly useful for discs, the spinal cord and...

MRI distortion or signal loss caused by local magnetic susceptibility differences, particularly near metal, air...

Hands-on techniques applied to joints or soft tissues and integrated into care as appropriate.Lire cette...

Use of hands-on soft-tissue techniques for relaxation, comfort or symptom management.Lire cette fiche en françaisIn...

Mass effect is a change in the position or shape of a structure caused by...

Pain whose intensity changes with movement, posture or loading; this pattern does not identify a...

Detection of mechanical stimuli such as pressure, stretch or vibration by receptors that convert them...

Conversion of mechanical forces into biochemical cellular responses, contributing to tissue adaptation to its environment.Lire...

Malformation in which meninges and cerebrospinal fluid protrude through a spinal defect, without spinal cord...

The Meyerding grade classifies how far one vertebra has slipped relative to the vertebra below...