A disc herniation at L5-S1 is a common cause of sciatica. Symptoms of sciatica include: Burning Numbness Pain or tingling ...

In the subsample (n=52), deep-lying pain and non-painful abnormal sensations were frequent, at 71% and 85%. Drawings demonstrated substantial overlap between symptoms from compromised L5 and the S1 ...

3 It is possible that the anatomical configuration of a hypertrophied lumbosacral ligament is more clinically significant in older athletes with the common finding of L5/S1 degenerative ... symptoms, ...

Patients presenting with acute low back pain alone are therefore unlikely to have a disc prolapse. Lumbar intervertebral disc prolapse is most prevalent between the ages of 30–50 years, and the L5/S1 ...

Sciatica is radicular pain in the L5 or S1 distribution ... It fills the thecal sac from approximately L2 to S1. Symptoms include urinary retention or incontinence, saddle anesthesia, progressive ...

Results: The disc signal intensity was progressively reduced the more caudal the disc space. It was most common at the L5/S1 level, and, of the abnormal group, 36% (n = 11) showed the most ...