and to see whether imaging clarifies the cause of chronic radicular pain. Methods A total of 116 patients referred with symptoms of lumbar radiculopathy lasting more than 12 weeks and at least one ...

Possible causes of radial nerve compression include: Cervical radiculopathy describes the pinching of a spinal nerve root. Insofar as the thumb is concerned, the compression involves the C6 nerve.

If the radial nerve is pinched, it can cause numbness in the back of the thumb and make it difficult to cock your thumb at the joints. Cervical radiculopathy describes the pinching of a spinal ...

Abbreviations AUC: Area under the curve; CI: Confidence interval; CT: Computer tomography; LR: Likelihood ratio; MRI: Magnetic resonance imaging; ROC: Receiver ...

Lower back and hip pain share some similar causes, including sprains, strains ... 8 signs it's time to call a doctor for your back pain. Johns Hopkins Medicine. Radiculopathy. Columbia University ...

Constipation could potentially cause lower back pain. In other cases, the two symptoms may also have a shared root cause, such as fibroids, digestive conditions, or medications. However ...

The diagnosis was complicated by the presence of right C5–C6 foraminal stenosis compressing on the C6 nerve root sheath on non-contrast MRI, leading to an initial diagnosis of cervical radiculopathy.

More than 30 million Americans experience lower back pain at any time. Experts estimate that up to 80% of the population will ...

"Trauma originating from accidents or repetitive motions may also cause cervical pain," she adds. Research suggests that cervical pain can also stem from cervical radiculopathy. When a nerve in ...

3 Neurologic evaluation could aid the diagnosis and suggest a neurologic cause. During examination, many patients with brachioradial pruritus exhibit decreased brachioradialis deep tendon reflexes. 1 ...