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Cause
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Pathophysiology
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Diagnosis
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Prevention
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- Other names
- Slipped disc, bulging disc, ruptured disc, herniated disc, prolapsed disc, herniated nucleus pulposus, lumbar disc herniation
- Risk factors
- Connective tissue disease
- Specialty
- Orthopedics, neurosurgery
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Overview
- Intervertebral disc
- Vertebrae
- Strain Strain (injury)
- Spine Vertebral column
- Back pain
- Disability
- Herniation Hernia
- MRI
- Core Core (anatomy)
- Good posture
- Annulus fibrosus Annulus fibrosus disci intervertebralis
- Posterolateral Anatomical terms of location
- Posterior longitudinal ligament
- Anterior longitudinal ligament
- Inflammation
- Nerve root
- Compression Nerve compression syndrome
- Disc protrusion
- Straight leg raise
- Sensitivity Sensitivity and specificity
- Physical therapy
- Traction Traction (orthopedics)
- Electrical stimulation
- Massage
- Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug
- Weight control
- Spinal manipulation
- Spinal decompression
- Microdiscectomy Discectomy
- Failed back syndrome
Signs and symptoms
- Focal Focal neurologic signs
- Radicular pain
- Cauda equina
- Chronic pain
Cause
- Bar Bar (unit)
- Psi Pound per square inch
- Degenerative disc disease
- Type I collagen
- Type IX collagen FACIT collagen
- Vitamin D receptor
- Aggrecan
- Asporin
- MMP3
- Interleukin-1
- Interleukin-6
- Polymorphisms Gene polymorphism
- MMP2
- THBS2
- Professional athletes Professional athlete
- Contact sports Contact sport
- American football
- Rugby Rugby football
- Ice hockey
- Wrestling
- Soccer
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Volleyball
Pathophysiology
- Lumbar Lumbar vertebrae
- Cervical Cervical vertebrae
- Thoracic Thoracic vertebrae
- Sacrum
- Buttocks
- Thigh
- Anal/genital region Perineum
- Perineal nerve
- Toe
- Sciatic nerve
- Sciatica
- Femoral nerve
- Scapula
- Cervical plexus
- Brachial plexus
- Dura mater
- Thecal sac
- Tumor necrosis factor alpha
- Facet joints
- Spinal stenosis
Diagnosis
- Radiculopathy
- Spondylolisthesis
- Physical examination
- Tumors Tumor
- Metastases
- Lesions Lesion
- Projectional radiography
- Computed tomography
- Magnetic resonance imaging
- Nerve conduction studies Nerve conduction study
- Myelography
- Bone spurs Bone spur
- Myelopathy
- Transcranial magnetic stimulation
- Pyramidal tracts
- Cerebral cortex
- Anterior horn cells
- Electromyography
- Distal
- Distinguish Differential diagnosis
- Discogenic pain
- Myofascial
- Abscess
- Aortic dissection
- Discitis
- Osteomyelitis
- Hematoma
- Malignancy
- Neurinoma Schwannoma
- Meningeoma Meningioma
Prevention
- Manual labor
- Low back pain
- Biomechanics
- Physical fitness
- Poor posture
- Proper posture Neutral spine
- Back injuries Back injury
- Transverse abdominis
- Fatigue Fatigue (medical)
- Shaking Tremor
- Strength training
Treatment
- Epidural corticosteroid injections Epidural steroid injection
- US Food and Drug Administration
- Indicated Indication (medicine)
- Contraindicated Contraindication
- Risk–benefit ratio
Epidemiology
- Coccyx
- Osteoarthritic Osteoarthritis
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Nodes142
Edges141
Triples103
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.014085
Components1
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Disc herniation
Top relations
related to Spinal imaging · 24
Disc herniation → C5, C6, C7, Computed, CT, Degenerative, Diffusion, If, In, It, L4, L5, LDH, Magnetic, Modic, MRI, Projectional, S1, T2-weighted, Traditional
related to Cause · 10
Disc herniation → Disc, Excess, Herniation, If, Some, Specifically, The, When, While, With
related to Cervical disc herniation · 10
Disc herniation → C3, C5, C6, C7, Cervical, Common, Symptoms, T1, The, There
related to Pathophysiology · 10
Disc herniation → C5, C6, C7, Herniations, In, L4, L5, S1, So, The
related to Epidemiology · 6
Disc herniation → After, Disc, Lumbar, Most, The, With
related to Lumbar disc herniation · 6
Disc herniation → Here, L4, L5, Lumbar, The, Thus
has treatment · 5
Disc herniation → However, In, Initial, NSAIDs, Sciatica
related to Inflammation · 4
Disc herniation → In, It, There, TNF
related to Intradural disc herniation · 3
Disc herniation → Intradural, It, Pre-operative
related to Differential diagnosis · 2
Disc herniation → Tests, The
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disc herniation may pain spinal back lumbar nerve cervical herniated symptoms spine herniations result also cause needed sciatica mri citation
Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples
Extracted RDF-like relationships with confidence and source. The table includes structured facts and lower-confidence contextual relations.| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disc herniation | Other names | Slipped disc, bulging disc, ruptured disc, herniated disc, prolapsed disc, herniated nucleus pulposus, lumbar disc herniation | 1.00 | infobox |
| Disc herniation | Risk factors | Connective tissue disease | 1.00 | infobox |
| Disc herniation | Specialty | Orthopedics, neurosurgery | 1.00 | infobox |
| soccer | instance of | are known to be prone to disc herniations as well as some limited contact sports that require repetitive flexion and compression | 0.80 | text |
| baseball | instance of | are known to be prone to disc herniations as well as some limited contact sports that require repetitive flexion and compression | 0.80 | text |
| basketball | instance of | are known to be prone to disc herniations as well as some limited contact sports that require repetitive flexion and compression | 0.80 | text |
| and volleyball | instance of | are known to be prone to disc herniations as well as some limited contact sports that require repetitive flexion and compression | 0.80 | text |
| discs | instance of | Traditional plain X-rays are limited in their ability to image soft tissues | 0.80 | text |
| muscles | instance of | Traditional plain X-rays are limited in their ability to image soft tissues | 0.80 | text |
| and nerves | instance of | Traditional plain X-rays are limited in their ability to image soft tissues | 0.80 | text |
| but they are still used to confirm or exclude other possibilities such as tumors | instance of | Traditional plain X-rays are limited in their ability to image soft tissues | 0.80 | text |
| infections | instance of | Traditional plain X-rays are limited in their ability to image soft tissues | 0.80 | text |
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