mLumbarDegenerativeDiscDisease is a series of 3D animation movies with English voice-over that introduce the complicated pathology of lumbar spine degenerative disc disease using easy to understand 3D anatomically accurate animated movies.

mLumbarDegenerativeDiscDisease is designed to be used by anyone seeking an introduction to lumbar spine degenerative disc disease.

mLumbarDegenerativeDiscDisease is part of the Lumbar Spine Library of patient education 3D animations.

FEATURES

Receiving text descriptions or still image education about complicated three-dimensional pathology is inefficient and often ineffective. This is especially so for newcomers to human anatomy and pathology.

mLumbarDegenerativeDiscDisease provides an accurate, easy to understand introduction to lumbar degenerative disc disease. Tap on the movie’s name to play the movie. Tap on the movie screen to reveal the movie scroll and audio volume control bars. Examine some sample movies here

BENEFITS

mLumbarDegenerativeDiscDisease has the following potential benefits:

• more detailed education (anatomically correct with 3D orientation views) without the disadvantages of real tissues (small images, restricted position orientation, unclear structure differentiation by color or texture, blood)
• improved treatment understanding, compliance, outcomes and satisfaction

CONTENT

The movies include

• Compressive Forces
  • discusses the compressive forces applied to the spine during movement.
• Discs Weakened by
  • discusses the factors that can weaken the intervertebral discs’ ability to withstand the compressive forces.
• Minor Disc Injuries
  • discusses how excessive forces applied to the back can cause minor injuries to the intervertebral discs.
• Degeneration
  • discusses how repeated stresses and injuries can cause wear and tear on the discs and joints of the back.
• Annulus Tears
  • discusses how small annulus tears can accumulate to weaken the annulus fibrosus of the intervertebral disc.
• Disc Collapse
  • shows how nucleus damage and dehydration leads to intervertebral disc height collapse.
• Vertebral Body Lipping
  • shows how vertebral body osteophytes or lipping forms.
• Facet Joint Mal-alignment
  • shows how facet joint mal-alignment leads to facet joint degenerative arthritis.
• Facet Joint Osteophytes
  • shows how a facet joint osteophyte can compress the adjacent spinal cord and nerve root.
• Ligamentum Hypertrophy
  • shows how stress on the ligamentum flava causes ligamentum hypertrophy. When combined with ligamentum sagging caused by intervertebral disc height collapse, the ligamentum can cause spinal canal stenosis.
• Summary
  • summarizes the degenerative disc disease processes of disc collapse and bulging, vertebral body lipping, facet joint osteophytes, ligamentum flavum hypertrophy and spondylolisthesis.
• Pain Control
  • discusses the irreversibility of degenerative disc disease, and the option of pain control.
• Conservative Treatment
  • discusses the conservative (non-surgical) treatment options for degenerative disc disease.
• Surgery Indications
  • discusses the indications for surgery in degenerative disc disease and mentions some surgical options.

FEATURES

• each movie has a photo library from the movie.
• movies reside on device for instant access
• free upgrades
• English voice-over

Legend for movies:

Movie 1: Annulus Tears
Shows how small annulus tears can accumulate to weaken the annulus fibrosus of the intervertebral disc.

Movie 2: Disc Collapse
Shows how nucleus damage and dehydration leads to intervertebral disc height collapse.

Movie 3: Pain Control
Discusses the irreversibility of degenerative disc disease, and the option of pain control.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

For any questions, or suggestions on how we can improve or add to our content or functions, please let us know via admin10 AT anatomate-apps.net

1. What devices will iLumbarDegenerativeDiscDisease run on?
    
   iLumbarDegenerativeDiscDisease will only run on Apple iPad with 0S 3.2 or later, Apple iPhone with OS 3.0 or later, and Apple iPod Touch with OS 3.0 or later
    
   
2. Where else can I get iLumbarDegenerativeDiscDisease?
    
   iLumbarDegenerativeDiscDisease is only available through the iTunes App Store
    
   
3. Will free upgrades be provided?
    
   Yes. We rely in our customer's feedback to determine our product development so as to maximize clinical usefulness.
    
   
4. I just purchased the application. How do I install it on my device?
    
   To install iLumbarDegenerativeDiscDisease, connect your device to your computer. In iTunes, select your device in the source list. The preferences pane for that device will appear. Click the Applications tab. Select Sync applications. Click All applications or Selected applications. If you click Selected applications, also select the applications you want to sync. Click Apply.
    
5. Will iLumbarDegenerativeDiscDisease run on my computer?
    
   No. iLumbarDegenerativeDiscDisease is designed exclusively for use on the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch.
    
6. How can I remove iLumbarDegenerativeDiscDisease from my device?
    
   Select your device in the iTunes source pane. Click the Applications tab. Select Sync applications. Click the Selected applications button. Deselect the application you wish to remove. Click Apply.
    
7. How can I change the audio volume?
    
   1. Use the hard buttons on the device.
   2. Tap once on the movie to reveal the audio volume scroll bar.
    
8. How can I fastforward or rewind through a movie?
    
   Tap once on the movie to reveal the movie scroll bar.
    
9. The maximize / minimize button on the movie scroll bar doesn't do anything.
    
   That's correct. Currently the Operating System doesn't support this function on movies, but we can't remove it from the movie scroll bar.
    
10. The video won't rotate
     
    That's correct. The device video player doesn’t allow videos to rotate out of the landscape view.
     
11. I can't zoom in on the movies.
     
    That's correct. The device video player doesn't allow you to zoom in or out on movies. When this function becomes available on a future Operating System update, we will release an application update to accommodate.
     
12. The 'jump back' and 'jump forward' buttons on the audio volume scroll bar only jump back to the menu.
     
    That's correct. This is set by the device's video player. The only way to rewind or fast-forward is to use the movie scroll button. This button is easiest to pick up with a light touch.