Lumbar radiculopathy is inflammation of a nerve root in the lower back that causes symptoms in the back and down the leg. Radiculopathy is pain and other neurological symptoms caused by the ...

Background Clinical examination of patients with chronic lumbar radiculopathy aims to clarify whether there is nerve root impingement. The aims of this study were to investigate the association ...

A person may experience pain in the low back, legs, and hips when the nerve root compression or irritation occurs in the lower part of the back. Lumbar radiculopathy is also known as sciatica.

People with radicular leg pain have a type of neuropathic pain stemming from pressure on a lumbar spinal nerve root. The most common cause is LDH, which can lead to direct compression of the ...

Schwannoma: MRI Scans of the Lumbar ... of the nerve from which they arise, or cause mass effect on adjacent structures. In this case, symptoms resulted from compression of the cauda equina when the ...

Herniated Disk: A herniated or “slipped” disk is when a portion of the disk bulges out, usually entering the spinal canal or the channel where the nerve root exits ... one or more spinal nerve roots ...

The ilioinguinal nerve branches off the first lumbar nerve, which is near the lower back. It branches down the body through the second and third abdominal muscles and communicates with the ...

Surgical options aim to remove the pressure of the nerve root and may vary depending on the cause of radiculopathy and location in the spine (cervical vs. lumbar). Common surgical procedures are ...

This paper discusses the theory that subtle lumbosacral canal impingement of the L5 nerve root may be a relatively common occurrence ... related” hamstring injury (or more specifically lumbar spine ...