Costs of school scoliosis screening: a large, population-based study.

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Forty-one patients undergoing lumbar laminectomy for radiculopathy resulting from herniated discs assessed their health status using a generic health outcome instrument (Medical Outcomes Study Short Form 36) before surgery and at an average of 2 years after surgery. OBJECTIVES:To assess whether lumbar lam...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Albert TJ,Mesa JJ,Eng K,McIntosh TC,Balderston RA

更新日期：1996-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinal cord injury was studied using a drop-weight technique in a rat model. A constant weight of 10 g was dropped from 2.5, 5.0 and 17.5 cm heights. The trauma delivered was quantified by biomechanical parameters of weight drop height, maximum force, and impulse, while the functional deficit produced by injury was qu...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Panjabi MM,Wrathall JR

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A consecutive series of female patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis treated between 1968 and 1977, either with distraction and fusion using Harrington rods (n = 145) or with a brace (n = 122), were followed for at least 20 years after completion of the treatment. OBJECTIVES:To determine the long-...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Danielsson AJ,Nachemson AL

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Independent evaluation by two observers of 132 lumbar discs in 45 patients with chronic low back pain investigated by both magnetic resonance imaging and discography. OBJECTIVES:To assess some of the fundamental differences between lumbar disc protrusions, disc bulges, and discs with normal contour but ab...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Milette PC,Fontaine S,Lepanto L,Cardinal E,Breton G

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Cross-sectional study. OBJECTIVE:To assess the inter- and intraobserver reliability of thoracic, spino-pelvic, and rod lengthening measurements made on biplanar spinal stereoradiography (EOS imaging) in children treated with magnetically controlled growing rod (MCGR). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:MCGR trea...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Obid P,Yiu KKL,Cheung KM,Kwan K,Ruf M,Cheung JPY

更新日期：2018-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Patients were assessed by independent research teams in six different spine centers after indication for discectomy was established. Six- and twelve-month follow-ups were performed. OBJECTIVES:Objectives of this study were to determine somatic subjective symptoms, objective signs, sociodemographic, and ps...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Junge A,Dvorak J,Ahrens S

更新日期：1995-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:To perform decompression of the spinal cord and stabilization of the cervical spine in the patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy, subtotal vertebrectomy and spinal fusion of the cervical spine were carried out in 30 patients. In 18 patients, three vertebrectomies and a spinal fusion were carried out, and in 12...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Hanai K,Fujiyoshi F,Kamei K

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A questionnaire survey. OBJECTIVE:To assess the preferred surgical technique, the optimal timing of surgery, and the expectations of different surgical techniques of neurosurgeons in the Netherlands, regarding patients with cervical disc herniation (CDH). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:To treat CDH, multiple...

journal_title：Spine

authors： de Rooij JD,Gadjradj PS,Huygen FJ,Luijsterburg PAJ,Harhangi BS

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Cross-sectional study to evaluate the thoracic and lumbar spine in patients with diastrophic dysplasia (DD). OBJECTIVES:To find the causative factors behind the spinal deformities and restricted mobility of the spine. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Typical findings in this skeletal dysplasia are short-limbed...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Remes V,Tervahartiala P,Poussa M,Peltonen J

更新日期：2001-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to describe trunk strength and lumbar paraspinal muscle activity across five angles of flexion during isometric exercise and rest in chronic low-back pain patients and control subjects. High muscle tension as measured by surface integrated electromyography is predicted by a muscle spasm m...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Cassisi JE,Robinson ME,O'Conner P,MacMillan M

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Prospective study with 8-year follow-up. OBJECTIVE:To describe the evolution of low back pain from adolescence into adulthood. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:High prevalence rates of low back pain among children and adolescents have been demonstrated in several studies, and it has been theorized that low bac...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Hestbaek L,Leboeuf-Yde C,Kyvik KO,Manniche C

更新日期：2006-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A biomechanical cadaveric study in lumbar calf spine. OBJECTIVE:Evaluation of the effects of selected degrees of freedom (df) on the dynamic stabilization of the spine in terms of segmental range of motion (RoM), center of rotation (CoR), and implant loadings. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:For dorsal stabil...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Schulze M,Hartensuer R,Gehweiler D,Vordemvenne T,Raschke MJ,Trautwein F,Heuer F

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic cervical pain is not always attributable to radiculopathy. Pain may derive from peripheral myofascial syndromes and/or central inflammatory root irritation from degradation of discal proteoglycans. This concept is presented with its application in 30 patients with follow-up observations up to 30 months. Twelve...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Rosomoff HL,Fishbain D,Rosomoff RS

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Thirty-nine adults and five children with active spinal tuberculosis and resulting kyphosis of the dorsal and lumbar spine who had combined posterior instrumentation and anterior interbody fusion were observed to determine whether the corrected spinal deformity could be maintained until solid fusion. OBJE...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Moon MS,Woo YK,Lee KS,Ha KY,Kim SS,Sun DH

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:An investigation of the reliability of various factors used to analyze electromyograms of paraspinal muscles of the lumbar spine. OBJECTIVES:To determine the reproducibility of several electromyographic variables over time and to assess the influence of confounding factors. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Pre...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Nargol AV,Jones AP,Kelly PJ,Greenough CG

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Cross-sectional study. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the association between degree of signal changes in the alar ligaments on MRI with respect to pain and disability. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Conflicting evidence exists whether areas of high-signal intensity in the alar ligaments on MRI are associated with pa...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Myran R,Zwart JA,Kvistad KA,Folvik M,Lydersen S,Ro M,Woodhouse A,Nygaard OP

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A prospective comparative imaging study. OBJECTIVE:This study investigated whether postoperative resolution of spinal cord increased signal intensity (ISI) reflected symptom improvement and surgical outcomes in cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) patients. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Although some CSM p...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Machino M,Ando K,Kobayashi K,Ota K,Morozumi M,Tanaka S,Ito K,Kato F,Ishiguro N,Imagama S

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been argued that a clarification of the mechanical causes of low-back pain requires a knowledge of the states of stress and strain throughout the lumbo-sacral spine. Since a purely experimental approach cannot provide this information, analytical model studies, to supplement measurements, are called for. In the...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Shirazi-Adl SA,Shrivastava SC,Ahmed AM

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:The position of a needle tip displayed on a navigation system after transpedicular introduction into a vertebral body is compared with the real position of the needle tip when using a direct navigation coupling between a three-dimensional rotational X-ray (3DRX) system and a navigation system. OBJECTIVES:...

journal_title：Spine

authors： van de Kraats EB,van Walsum T,Verlaan JJ,Voormolen MH,Mali WP,Niessen WJ

更新日期：2006-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:The possible role of phospholipase A2 in an animal model for lumbar radiculopathy and mechanisms of epidural steroid injections were studied. OBJECTIVES:To clarify the pathophysiologic mechanism of the recently proved animal model for lumbar radiculopathy and to characterize further the mechanisms of acti...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Lee HM,Weinstein JN,Meller ST,Hayashi N,Spratt KF,Gebhart GF

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over a 2-year period, 92 patients were submitted as outpatients to lumbar myelography using lopamidol, a new nonionic water-soluble contrast medium. The incidence and severity of adverse reactions associated with myelography in these cases were compared with those in 116 patients who underwent lopamidol myelography as...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Postacchini F,Massobrio M

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Mechanical and microcomputed tomography (micro-CT) study of cadaver spines. OBJECTIVE:To compare porosity and thickness of vertebral endplates with (1) compressive stresses measured in adjacent intervertebral discs and (2) grade of disc degeneration. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Endplate porosity is import...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Zehra U,Robson-Brown K,Adams MA,Dolan P

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Cross-sectional cohort study of chronic low back pain (CLBP) patients and matched controls. OBJECTIVE:To explore the interplay between vertebral endplate damage and adjacent paraspinal muscle (PSM) quality, and to test their association in a cohort of patients with CLBP and matched controls. SUMMARY OF B...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Bailey JF,Fields AJ,Ballatori A,Cohen D,Jain D,Coughlin D,O'Neill C,McCormick Z,Han M,Krug R,Demir-Deviren S,Lotz JC

更新日期：2019-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A systematic review within the Cochrane Collaboration Back Review Group. OBJECTIVES:To assess the effectiveness of back schools for patients with nonspecific low back pain (LBP). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Since the introduction of the Swedish back school in 1969, back schools have frequently been used f...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Heymans MW,van Tulder MW,Esmail R,Bombardier C,Koes BW

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective longitudinal cohort. OBJECTIVE:We investigated opioid prescribing patterns amongst adults in the United States diagnosed with low back or lower extremity pain (LBP/LEP) who underwent spine surgery. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Opioid-based treatment of LBP/LEP and postsurgical pain has separa...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Fatemi P,Zhang Y,Ho A,Lama R,Jin M,Veeravagu A,Desai A,Ratliff JK

更新日期：2020-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Case report. OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility, safety, and accuracy of a new robotic system for performing posterior C1-2 transarticular screw fixation for atlantoaxial instability. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:C1-2 transarticular fixation is a reliable procedure. However, the...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Tian W

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective case series. OBJECTIVE:To determine the incidence of additional vertebral compression fractures diagnosed with repeat MRI immediately before vertebroplasty or kyphoplasty. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Vertebral compression fractures, which occur frequently in the elderly, are more likely in p...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Benz BK,Gemery JM,McIntyre JJ,Eskey CJ

更新日期：2009-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-three patients underwent decompression without fusion at the L4-5 level for spinal stenosis or degenerative spondylolisthesis. Using preoperative and 1-year postoperative lateral lumbar spine radiographs, the incidence of postoperative spondylolisthesis of greater than 5% was found to be 58%. Computed tomograph...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Robertson PA,Grobler LJ,Novotny JE,Katz JN

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Normal, sham, and groups of chickens subjected to pinealectomy from which serum melatonin levels were measured and correlated with scoliosis development in a period of 5 weeks. OBJECTIVES:To measure serum melatonin levels in chickens subjected to pinealectomy and control chickens and correlate findings wi...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Wang X,Moreau M,Raso VJ,Zhao J,Jiang H,Mahood J,Bagnall K

更新日期：1998-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:The study was based on porcine posterolateral fusion model. OBJECTIVE:The study aims to prove that polyelectrolyte complex (PEC) carrier could enhance the efficacy and safety profile of bone morphogenetic protein-2 (BMP-2). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:BMP-2 was introduced to enhance posterolateral fusion;...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Wang M,Lam RWM,Abbah SA,Hu T,Toh SY,Cool S,Bhakoo K,Li J,Goh JCH,Wong HK

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00