Whiplash and the compensation hypothesis.

abstract：:Painless transcranial magnetic stimulation has been performed on 53 healthy adults in order to obtain normal values of central motor pathway conduction times to cervical segments innervating upper limb muscles. Central motor latency was 5.1 msec when recording from the biceps brachii and 5.2 msec when recording from t...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Dvorák J,Herdmann J,Theiler R

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An analysis of indications, techniques, results of stabilization and decompression of 100 consecutive spinal tumour cases was carried out. Localized metastatic disease is best operated anteriorly. Primary malignancies are best treated with en bloc resection. Pain relief in metastatic disease is achieved by rigid stabi...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Kostuik JP,Errico TJ,Gleason TF,Errico CC

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A genetic association study of estrogen receptor 2 gene (ESR2) polymorphisms in idiopathic scoliosis (IS). OBJECTIVE:To investigate association of the ESR2 polymorphisms with either predisposition to or progression of IS in Central European population. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:In ESR2 the rs1256120 pol...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Kotwicki T,Janusz P,Andrusiewicz M,Chmielewska M,Kotwicka M

更新日期：2014-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Case report. OBJECTIVE:To describe a sudden spinal cord injury in a girl with Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) 1 week after posterior T2-L3 fusion. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:PWS is a genetic disorder characterized by several features including growth deficiency, hypotonia, obesity, and spinal deformities. In...

journal_title：Spine

authors： de Baat P,van Tankeren E,de Lind van Wijngaarden RF,de Klerk LW

更新日期：2011-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A retrospective, multicenter, case-controlled study. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical and radiographical differences between thoracic idiopathic spinal cord herniation (ISCH) and spinal arachnoid cyst (SAC). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:ISCH and SAC are relatively rare diseas...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Nakashima H,Imagama S,Yagi H,Kato F,Kanemura T,Sato K,Kawakami N,Kamiya M,Yoshihara H,Ito K,Matsuyama Y,Nishida Y,Ishiguro N

更新日期：2017-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Test reactivity is the based on the idea that experience with a test may affect performance on subsequent tests, independent of what the test purports to measure. The reactivity of a test of lift capacity was studied in a single-blind randomized clinical trial was studied in a single-blind randomized clini...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Matheson LN,Mooney V,Holmes D,Leggett S,Grant JE,Negri S,Holmes B

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A retrospective study of 78 patients with right thoracic idiopathic scoliosis was done. OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the reliability of the integrated Shape Imaging System scan (Oxford Metrics Ltd, Oxford, UK) in detecting progression of scoliosis and the use of back shape data in predicting scoliosis progressi...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Theologis TN,Fairbank JC,Turner-Smith AR,Pantazopoulos T

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Multicenter, retrospective, consecutive case series. OBJECTIVE:This study aims to identify demographic and radiographical characteristics that influence the decision to perform revision surgery among patients with proximal junctional failure (PJF). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Revision rates after PJF rema...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Hart R,McCarthy I,Oʼbrien M,Bess S,Line B,Adjei OB,Burton D,Gupta M,Ames C,Deviren V,Kebaish K,Shaffrey C,Wood K,Hostin R,International Spine Study Group.

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A retrospective review of 34 patients with juvenile idiopathic scoliosis (JIS) treated with a nighttime bending brace. OBJECTIVE:To determine the effectiveness of part-time bracing in JIS. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Although previous bracing studies have focused on adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, no aut...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Jarvis J,Garbedian S,Swamy G

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifteen cervical spines from cadavers were used to compare the rotational and translational stability of the Brooks fusion, a fusion construct using Halifax interlaminar clamps, and the Gallie fusion. The Brooks and Halifax clamp constructs exhibited significantly greater rotational and translational stiffness than th...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Hajek PD,Lipka J,Hartline P,Saha S,Albright JA

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinal cord injury continues to be a major cause of morbidity, particularly among young people involved in vehicle-related trauma, falls, and sports injuries. Although research advances are still a long way from clinical treatments, recent studies on animals have indicated new possibilities for recovery of function. I...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Lu J,Waite P

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Improving spinal fusion by optimizing scaffold and surface engineering is a topic of interest for both surgeons and researchers. Concerns regarding patient safety with off-label use of bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) have increased, and patients are choosing minimally invasive spine surgery to lessen morbidity by avo...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Chaput CD

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Cadaveric biomechanical study. OBJECTIVE:To quantify the effects of vertebral body augmentation on biomechanics under axial compression by a total disc replacement (TDR) implant. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:TDR is a surgical alternative to lumbar spinal fusion to treat degenerative disc disease. Osteoporo...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Yoder JH,Auerbach JD,Maurer PM,Erbe EM,Entrekin D,Balderston RA,Bertagnoli R,Elliott DM

更新日期：2010-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A cross-sectional telephone survey was conducted using a two-stage randomization process. OBJECTIVES:The objectives of this paper were to investigate the prevalence of neck pain and their consequences and risk groups in the Hong Kong population. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:There has been a lack of recent ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Chiu TT,Leung AS

更新日期：2006-07-15 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：:A retrospective review was carried out on 40 patients who met the criteria of 1) having a significant lumbar scoliosis associated with spinal stenosis, with symptoms of neurogenic claudication; and 2) having been treated with posterior decompression and pedicular screw fixation techniques. The average age of the patie...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Simmons ED Jr,Simmons EH

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Biomechanical and radiographical study. OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that stiffness and strength at discrete sites of human lumbar vertebrae depend on the 3-dimentional structure and density of the vertebral-body bone elements, and can be evaluated using models based on vertebral bone characteristics ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Noshchenko A,Plaseied A,Patel VV,Burger E,Baldini T,Yun L

更新日期：2013-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes the clinical sign of anterior tenderness of the lumbar spine in patients with low-back pain, the method of examination recommended, and the possible significance of such tenderness. The precise mechanism of this tenderness is not clear because of a lack of knowledge of the neuroanatomy of the ante...

journal_title：Spine

authors： O'Brien JP

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective review. OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to assess the preoperative neurologic risk in a consecutive series of spinal deformity patients undergoing correction surgery at one institution. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:During spinal deformity correction surgery, neurologic monitoring tech...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Kamerlink JR,Errico T,Xavier S,Patel A,Patel A,Cohen A,Reiger M,Dryer J,Feldman D,Lonner B,Beric A,Schwab F

更新日期：2010-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：METHODS:Eleven patients with paralysis, secondary to rheumatoid arthritis of the cervical spine were analyzed postmortem. Neurologic classification (Ranawat) included one Class 2, four Class IIIA, and six Class IIIB. Rheumatologic changes included atlantoaxial subluxation, basilar invagination, and subaxial subluxation...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Delamarter RB,Bohlman HH

更新日期：1994-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A combined experimental and theoretical biomechanical study to quantify the mechanical properties of living cells of the porcine intervertebral disc. OBJECTIVES:To quantify zonal variations in the mechanical properties and morphology of cells isolated from the intervertebral disc. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND D...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Guilak F,Ting-Beall HP,Baer AE,Trickey WR,Erickson GR,Setton LA

更新日期：1999-12-01 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:Measurement of radiation dose from C-arm fluoroscopy during a simulated intraoperative use in spine surgery. OBJECTIVE.: To investigate scatter radiation doses to specific organs of surgeons during intraoperative use of C-arm fluoroscopy in spine surgery and to provide practical intraoperative guidelines. ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Lee K,Lee KM,Park MS,Lee B,Kwon DG,Chung CY

更新日期：2012-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A new screening test and operative technique for the relief of intractable pain in the failed back syndrome has been devised and has yielded a 72% success rate on short-term follow-up (9--30 months) in 26 patients. This syndrome is thought to represent pain emanating from permanently damaged nerve roots and not from t...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Hoppenstein R

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:The lumbar vertebral canal was measured in two cohorts of 10-year-old children (n = 161) using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and compared with obstetric records. OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether there are identifiable obstetric factors that determine the size of the lumbar vertebral canal. SUMMARY OF ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Jeffrey JE,Campbell DM,Golden MH,Smith FW,Porter RW

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The evaluation of the clinical utility of the clinical diagnostic tests and procedures, what works in spinal disorders, and for whom and how treatment affects a patient's symptoms and function are key questions of outcomes research. This paper describes the advantages and limitations of the main study approaches used....

journal_title：Spine

authors： Liang MH,Andersson G,Bombardier C,Cherkin DC,Deyo RA,Keller RB,Lee CK,Lipscomb B,Shekelle P,Spratt KF

更新日期：1994-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of mathematical and other types of models for the study of the biomechanics of scoliosis is reviewed in this article. The article is based on a talk presented at the 1987 Meeting of the Scoliosis Research Society. ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Schultz AB

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective review. OBJECTIVE:To assess the relationship between age and complications, and report age-stratified complication rates for the surgical treatment of adult scoliosis. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Literature examining age and complication rates for adult scoliosis surgery is conflicting. The ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Shaw R,Skovrlj B,Cho SK

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Human lumbar intervertebral discs from individuals of varying ages were obtained at autopsy and analyzed for collagen crosslinks. OBJECTIVES:To analyze alterations in collagen crosslinks in human lumbar intervertebral discs with aging and disc degeneration. Crosslinks studied were pyridinoline, which is a...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Pokharna HK,Phillips FM

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Prospective field study of work exposure and changes in back function. OBJECTIVE:Quantify dynamic physical exposures in the workplace and their association with decreases in kinematic back function (indicative of low back pain [LBP]). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Previous epidemiologic studies of work have...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Marras WS,Lavender SA,Ferguson SA,Splittstoesser RE,Yang G

更新日期：2010-04-15 00:00:00