Statistical significance versus clinical importance: trials on exercise therapy for chronic low back pain as example.

abstract：:Spinal muscular atrophy patients present with weakness, greater in the proximal muscles, leading to scoliosis and limited upper extremity function. The purpose of this study is to identify unique aspects of these patients and to understand how spinal fusion affects their function. Forty patients underwent Harrington o...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Furumasu J,Swank SM,Brown JC,Gilgoff I,Warath S,Zeller J

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Cross-sectional study. OBJECTIVE:To determine the prevalence of thoracic scoliosis in patients aged 50 years or older and to investigate the association of adult thoracic scoliosis with age, sex, and thoracic sagittal curve. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:The prevalence of adult thoracic scoliosis has not be...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Urrutia J,Zamora T,Klaber I

更新日期：2014-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Multicenter, randomized, patient-assessor blind, sham-controlled clinical trial. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the efficacy of acupuncture treatment with individualized setting for reduction of bothersomeness in participants with chronic low back pain (cLBP). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Low back pain is one of...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Cho YJ,Song YK,Cha YY,Shin BC,Shin IH,Park HJ,Lee HS,Kim KW,Cho JH,Chung WS,Lee JH,Song MY

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between July 1983 and November 1986, 29 patients with thoracolumbar burst fractures underwent a one-stage operation consisting of anterior decompression by subtotal vertebrectomy, reduction, and stabilization with the Slot-Zielke device. The mean follow-up was 3.1 years. Most patients with incomplete neurologic lesion...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Been HD

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A biomechanical calf cadaver study. OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to determine the intradiscal pressure gradient of bridged healthy intervertebral segments in correlation with intraoperative distraction force. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Bisegmental dorsal stabilization and anatomic reduction is...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Spiegl U,Pätzold R,Glasmacher S,Stephan D,Josten C,Bühren V,Gonschorek O,Augat P

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Report of 2 operated cousin cases of the multiple spinal extradural arachnoid cysts. OBJECTIVE:To report the operative findings of cousin cases of the multiple spinal extradural arachnoid cysts and analyze a genetic etiology with the pedigree of all family members. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Spinal extra...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Yabuki S,Kikuchi S

更新日期：2007-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Case report OBJECTIVE.: To report a case of foreign body mimicking spinal tumor. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Gossypiboma or more broadly retained foreign object is a surgical complication resulting from foreign materials such as cotton or gauze pads and surgical sponge, accidentally left inside a patient's...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Meshkini A,Salehpour F,Rezakhah A,Mirzaei F,Kazemzadeh M,Naseri Alavi SA

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrically evoked compound action potentials were used to quantify the neurophysiologic abnormalities caused by application of chymopapain into the lumbar spinal canal in rats. A branch of the sciatic nerve was stimulated with voltage impulses of constant amplitude (40 V) and duration (0.1 msec) at the right externa...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Wehling P,Pak MA,Cleveland SJ,Schulitz KP

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Prospective evaluation of fibrinogen levels before surgery and after surgery in patients with idiopathic scoliosis undergoing posterior spinal fusion (PSF) and segmental spinal instrumentation (SSI) who received Amicar to decrease perioperative blood loss. OBJECTIVES:To assess a possible association betwe...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Thompson GH,Florentino-Pineda I,Armstrong DG,Poe-Kochert C

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:The results from cervical laminoplasty in 18 patients with diabetes mellitus were compared with results from the same procedure in 34 nondiabetic patients matched for age, gender, and disease. OBJECTIVE:To analyze the effects of diabetes mellitus on the surgical outcome after cervical laminoplasty. SUMMA...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Kawaguchi Y,Matsui H,Ishihara H,Gejo R,Yasuda T

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective case review of children completing dual growing rod treatment at our institutions. Patients had a minimum of 2 years follow-up. OBJECTIVE:To identify the factors influencing dual growing rod treatment outcome followed to final fusion. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Published reports on dual gro...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Akbarnia BA,Breakwell LM,Marks DS,McCarthy RE,Thompson AG,Canale SK,Kostial PN,Tambe A,Asher MA,Growing Spine Study Group.

更新日期：2008-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A randomized controlled trial with stratified block design. OBJECTIVES:To evaluate a treatment program focusing on whether specific stabilizing exercises for patients with pelvic girdle pain after pregnancy reduce pain, improve functional status, and improve quality of life. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA. : ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Stuge B,Laerum E,Kirkesola G,Vøllestad N

更新日期：2004-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A retrospective study. OBJECTIVE:To analyze the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak during the thoracic pedicle screw fixation in spinal deformities, the relative intraoperative neuromonitoring changes and the strategy for management. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:CSF leak may occur during the preparation of tra...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Feng B,Shen J,Zhang J,Zhou X,Liang J,Qiu G

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A morphometric analysis, using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies of the lumbar spine. OBJECTIVE:To identify the anatomic position of the ventral root and the retroperitoneal vessels in relation to the vertebral body in normally aligned and deformed spines. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:The lateral ap...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Regev GJ,Chen L,Dhawan M,Lee YP,Garfin SR,Kim CW

更新日期：2009-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective analysis of spine and rods 3D shape in the 2 years after adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) posterior surgical instrumentation. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate spine and rod shape 3D changes in the 2 years after AIS instrumentation with different rod materials. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Postopera...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Le Navéaux F,Labelle H,Parent S,Newton PO,Aubin CE

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Two thousand consecutive idiopathic scoliosis records and radiographs were reviewed for coronal pattern typing and categorization, based on Scoliosis Research Society definitions of the apical vertebra. Apical frequency was determined for each of the patterns identified, and represents a database from a la...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Coonrad RW,Murrell GA,Motley G,Lytle E,Hey LA

更新日期：1998-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Cross-sectional analysis of the Cervical Spine Research Society Outcomes Study, a longitudinal multicenter cohort study. OBJECTIVE:To provide a statistical model for estimating health utility from the Cervical Spine Outcomes Questionnaire (CSOQ) domain scores. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:There is consensu...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Skolasky RL,Carreon LY,Anderson PA,Albert TJ,Riley LH 3rd

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A 5-year clinical follow-up assessment of a prospective randomized study of chemonucleolysis using chymopapain (4000 IU) or collagenase (400 ABC units) was performed. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Intradiscal therapy can be performed for patients with contained discs by chemonucleolysis, percutaneous discect...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Wittenberg RH,Oppel S,Rubenthaler FA,Steffen R

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective case series study of surgical outcome for 21 atlantoaxial subluxation patients treated with a new technique, called cable-dragged reduction/cantilever beam internal fixation. Surgery was performed by a single surgeon. OBJECTIVE:To describe and evaluate the cable-dragged reduction/cantilever ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Liu X,Liu H,Li T,Gong Q,Song Y,Liu L,Shi R,Zhao X,Zhang W,Feng G,Wang B

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Using a rabbit model of postnatal pulmonary hypoplasia, we investigated how expansion thoracoplasty affected growth of the spine and lungs. OBJECTIVE:By constricting the hemithorax in a growing rabbit to create postnatal pulmonary hypoplasia, we quantified how expansion thoracoplasty affects lung volume, ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Mehta HP,Snyder BD,Baldassarri SR,Hayward MJ,Giuffrida MJ,Entezari V,Jackson AC

更新日期：2010-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Case-control study. OBJECTIVE:This study is to replicate the association between the promoter polymorphisms of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-3 (-1171 5A/6A rs3025058) and interleukin (IL)-6 genes (-174G/C rs1800795) and adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) in a Chinese Han population. SUMMARY OF BACKGR...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Liu Z,Tang NL,Cao XB,Liu WJ,Qiu XS,Cheng JC,Qiu Y

更新日期：2010-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Cadaver and preliminary clinical study. OBJECTIVES:To enhance the precision of screw positions for posterior transarticular fixations according to Magerl at C1-C2. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:The vertebral arteries are at risk during the Magerl operation and may be damaged in up to 4.1% of cases. Even int...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Goffin J,Van Brussel K,Martens K,Vander Sloten J,Van Audekercke R,Smet MH

更新日期：2001-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A prospective study was conducted in patients who underwent surgeries for sciatica. The results were compared to those of control subjects. OBJECTIVES:This study expanded knowledge about the pathogenesis of back pain and sciatica in disc herniation. METHODS:Nucleus pulposus, retrieved from 10 patients wh...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Spiliopoulou I,Korovessis P,Konstantinou D,Dimitracopoulos G

更新日期：1994-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective analysis using kinetic magnetic resonance images (MRIs). OBJECTIVE:To investigate the relationship of changes in the sagittal alignment of the cervical spine on the kinematics of the functional motion unit and disc degeneration. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Normal lordotic alignment is one of...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Miyazaki M,Hymanson HJ,Morishita Y,He W,Zhang H,Wu G,Kong MH,Tsumura H,Wang JC

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Case report. OBJECTIVE:To provide additional information on possible relations between uterine and spinal manifestations of leiomyosarcoma. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Spinal metastases and primary spinal manifestation of leiomyosarcoma and other malignant smooth muscle tumors are rarely observed. METHOD...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Nanassis K,Alexiadou-Rudolf C,Tsitsopoulos P

更新日期：1999-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Destructive compression tests and finite element analyses were conducted to investigate the biomechanical strength at the graft-endplate interface in anterior cervical fusion. OBJECTIVES:To investigate the effect of endplate thickness, endplate holes, and bone mineral density of the vertebral body on the ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Lim TH,Kwon H,Jeon CH,Kim JG,Sokolowski M,Natarajan R,An HS,Andersson GB

更新日期：2001-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Randomized, controlled study. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effect of infliximab on herniated nucleus pulposus (HNP) resorption. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Although the effects of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) on HNP resorption are not fully understood, TNF-alpha appears to be an essential mediator...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Autio RA,Karppinen J,Niinimäki J,Ojala R,Veeger N,Korhonen T,Hurri H,Tervonen O

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A case report of dorsally sequestered cervical disc herniation. OBJECTIVE:To present an unusual case of dorsally sequestered cervical disc herniation and to briefly review the literature on this condition. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:There have been few reports of migration of cervical disc herniation to ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Tofuku K,Koga H,Kawabata N,Yuasa S,Yone K,Komiya S

更新日期：2007-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:An in vitro biomechanical study of 3 lumbosacral fixation techniques in human cadaveric lumbar-pelvic spine models. OBJECTIVE:To compare the in vitro biomechanical effect of a novel 4-rod lumbosacral reconstruction technique with conventional techniques in a human cadaveric lumbopelvic model, and to evalu...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Wang T,Liu H,Zheng Z,Li Z,Wang J,Shrivastava SS,Yang H

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective database review. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate whether microscope use during spine procedures is associated with increased operating room times or increased risk of infection. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Operating microscopes are commonly used in spine procedures. It is debated whether the use of an...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Basques BA,Golinvaux NS,Bohl DD,Yacob A,Toy JO,Varthi AG,Grauer JN

更新日期：2014-10-15 00:00:00