Up to 26% percent of people over the age of 64 may have cervical stenosis despite not having any symptoms. The spinal cord is an important part of the central nervous system that carries signals ...

In more severe cases, it can cause bowel and ... since the spinal cord cannot move as freely as in the cervical canal. Spinal stenosis can sometimes be hard to diagnose. Diagnosis is based on ...

The cervical spine is a relatively mobile structure commencing ... The question is: which athletes are at risk? Is asymptomatic spinal canal stenosis a risk factor for spinal cord injury and does an ...

Background: Beside symptoms and clinical signs radiological findings are crucial in the diagnosis of lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS). We investigate which quantitative radiological signs are ...

Arthritis neck pain can sometimes be severe and may lead to ... nerves are compressed by narrowing of the spinal space. Stenosis affecting the spine (cervical spine at the neck, lumbar spine ...

And then finally severe, where the valve is so rigid that it's not opening enough to feed the rest of the body all the blood that it needs to function. Mild stenosis is very often asymptomatic.