Long-term follow-up of lower lumbar fusion patients.

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Prospective inception cohort study. OBJECTIVE:To investigate prospectively whether pain-related fear predicts future perceived disability and participation in patients with acute low back pain (LBP). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:There are indications that fear of movement/(re)injury, as measured by the Tam...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Swinkels-Meewisse IE,Roelofs J,Schouten EG,Verbeek AL,Oostendorp RA,Vlaeyen JW

更新日期：2006-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Trends in rates of low-back strains, low-back impact injuries, and non-low-back injuries among field employees of a petroleum drilling company, 1979-1985, were examined to investigate the relationship between economic factors and the incidence of low-back and other injuries. Economic indicators included the rate of re...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Clemmer DI,Mohr DL

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is a brief review of the life and contributions to neurologic science of Sir William Gowers. He was a neurologist in England in the late 19th century who, before the availability of modern diagnostic aids, established the importance of clinical examination, including history and physical signs, in the diagnosis o...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Mulholland RC

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Prospective cohort study. OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether classification of increased signal intensity (ISI) on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of spinal cord in patients with cervical ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (C-OPLL) reflects severity of myelopathy and surgical outcome. SUM...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Ito K,Imagama S,Ito K,Ito Z,Ando K,Kobayashi K,Hida T,Tsushima M,Ishikawa Y,Matsumoto A,Machino M,Nishida Y,Ishiguro N,Kato F

更新日期：2017-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Case series. OBJECTIVE:To present the difficulty of diagnosing the origin of lower leg pain in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis and hip joint arthritis. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Pain arising from a degenerated hip joint is sometimes localized to the lower leg. Patients with lumbar spinal disease ma...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Saito J,Ohtori S,Kishida S,Nakamura J,Takeshita M,Shigemura T,Takazawa M,Eguchi Y,Inoue G,Orita S,Takaso M,Ochiai N,Kuniyoshi K,Aoki Y,Ishikawa T,Arai G,Miyagi M,Kamoda H,Suzuki M,Sakuma Y,Oikawa Y,Kubota G,In

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Prospective cross-sectional measurement study. OBJECTIVE:To determine the ability of the Scoliosis Research Society (SRS)-22 questionnaire to discriminate among management and scoliosis severity subgroups and to correlate with internal and external measures of curve severity. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:I...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Parent EC,Hill D,Mahood J,Moreau M,Raso J,Lou E

更新日期：2009-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:The lumbar intervertebral discs of 135 subjects after autopsy were immunostained with antihuman heat shock protein 27 (HSP27) monoclonal antibody and antihuman heat shock protein 72 (HSP72) polyclonal antibody. OBJECTIVES:To present the data on metabolic changes that occurred in the chondrocytes of interv...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Takao T,Iwaki T

更新日期：2002-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:The incidence and risk factors of postoperative delirium were retrospectively examined in patients who had spine surgery for degenerative lumbar disease. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study is to examine the incidence, pre- and postoperative risk factors and clinical results of postoperative delirium after sp...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Lee JK,Park YS

更新日期：2010-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective database analysis. OBJECTIVE:A range of patient-reported outcomes were used to measure disability due to low back pain. There is not a single back pain disability measurement commonly used in all randomized controlled trials. We report here our assessment as to whether different disability m...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Morris T,Hee SW,Stallard N,Underwood M,Patel S

更新日期：2015-05-15 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:A matched cohort analysis of long adult deformity fusions according to distal fusion level (L5 vs. S1). OBJECTIVE.: To compare the results of long adult deformity fusions to either L5 or the sacrum in the presence of a "healthy" 5-1 disc using a matched cohort analysis. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:For adul...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Edwards CC 2nd,Bridwell KH,Patel A,Rinella AS,Berra A,Lenke LG

更新日期：2004-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective review of 20 patients treated nonoperatively for burst fractures of the lumbar spine (L2-L5) was performed. All patients were neurologically intact at the time of injury. Follow-up averaged 3.9 years with a range of 2.1 to 9.1 years. Fourteen patients were men and six were women. The average age at inj...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Chan DP,Seng NK,Kaan KT

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Present disability evaluation schedules for the low back are not scientifically based and produce very great interexaminer differences. The authors have developed a new impairment schedule based on a comprehensive review of the medical literature and the collected opinions of a large number of back specialists. Tests ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Clark WL,Haldeman S,Johnson P,Morris J,Schulenberger C,Trauner D,White A

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A prospective cohort study. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effects of epidural steroid injections (ESIs) on blood glucose levels in patients with diabetes mellitus. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:ESIs are commonly used in the treatment of multiple spinal disorders. Corticosteroid injections have been evaluated in...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Even JL,Crosby CG,Song Y,McGirt MJ,Devin CJ

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-four patients with traumatic distractive flexion injuries in the mid to lower cervical spine were treated with posterior wire stabilization without bony fusion from January 1981 through May 1987. Fifteen had cord involvement, and nine had root involvement. Ten were neurologically intact. Thirty patients were fo...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Feldborg Nielsen C,Annertz M,Persson L,Wingstrand H,Säveland H,Brandt L

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Comparative study of prospectively collected radiographic data. OBJECTIVE:To predict physiological alignment of the cervical spine and study its morphology in different postures. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:There is increasing evidence that normal cervical spinal alignment may vary from lordosis to neutra...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Hey HWD,Lau ET,Wong GC,Tan KA,Liu GK,Wong HK

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A retrospective study of 1,090 patients undergoing corrective spinal deformity surgery for scoliosis (n = 920), kyphosis (n = 77), or a combination of the two (n = 93) at one institution. OBJECTIVES:To ascertain the etiologies and incidence of neurologic deficits occurring at the time of surgery. SUMMARY...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Bridwell KH,Lenke LG,Baldus C,Blanke K

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influences of age, sex, disc level, and degree of degenration on the mechanical behavior of 42 fresh cadaver lumbar motion segments are reported. The motions and intradiscal pressure changes that result from the application of flexion, extension, lateral bending, and torsional moments; compression; and anterior, p...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Nachemson AL,Schultz AB,Berkson MH

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Analysis of segmental and total lumbar range of motion (ROM) before and after total lumbar disc replacement. OBJECTIVE:To examine the relationship between absolute segmental and total lumbar ROM and evolution of ROM on clinical outcome. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:At the moment, data are scarce with regar...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Cakir B,Schmidt R,Mattes T,Fraitzl CR,Reichel H,Käfer W

更新日期：2009-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A systematic review. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this review was to evaluate the effectiveness of motor control exercise (MCE) in patients with nonspecific low back pain (LBP). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:MCE is a common form of exercise used for managing LBP. MCE focuses on the activation of the deep trunk musc...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Saragiotto BT,Maher CG,Yamato TP,Costa LOP,Costa LCM,Ostelo RWJG,Macedo LG

更新日期：2016-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A prospective double-blind randomized trial in 31 patients. OBJECTIVES:To assess the clinical efficacy of percutaneous radiofrequency denervation of the lumbar zygapophysial joints in reducing pain, functional disability, and physical impairment in patients with back pain originating from the lumbar zygap...

journal_title：Spine

authors： van Kleef M,Barendse GA,Kessels A,Voets HM,Weber WE,de Lange S

更新日期：1999-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Prospective, randomized, controlled, multicenter clinical trial. OBJECTIVE:To compare outcomes of cervical disc arthroplasty with those of anterior cervical decompression and fusion (ACDF) in a Chinese population. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Cervical disc arthroplasty has been found to be superior to ACDF...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Zhang X,Zhang X,Chen C,Zhang Y,Wang Z,Wang B,Yan W,Li M,Yuan W,Wang Y

更新日期：2012-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Self-assembling peptide gel (SPG-178) provides new evidence for the role of a scaffold for treatment of the spinal cord through induction of neuroprotective factors. OBJECTIVE:To verify the reproducibility of SPG-178 as scaffold after spinal cord injury, we examine the characteristics of SPG-178 and prote...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Ando K,Imagama S,Ito Z,Kobayashi K,Hida T,Nakashima H,Ito K,Tsushima M,Ishikawa Y,Matsumoto A,Nishida K,Nishida Y,Ishiguro N

更新日期：2016-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Case report. OBJECTIVE:To report a case of false-negative intraoperative motor-evoked potentials (MEP) that developed paraplegia after surgery. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Although several false-negative results have been reported with somatosensory-evoked potentials, there is no report noted with MEP. Th...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Modi HN,Suh SW,Yang JH,Yoon JY

更新日期：2009-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Longitudinal study of intraoperative pulmonary function in young children with thoracic hypoplasia and scoliosis undergoing multiple expansion thoracoplasty using the vertical expandable prosthetic titanium ribs (VEPTRs). OBJECTIVE:To test the long-term efficacy of VEPTR multiple expansion thoracoplasty. ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Motoyama EK,Deeney VF,Fine GF,Yang CI,Mutich RL,Walczak SA,Moreland MS

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine the incidence and severity of degenerative changes seen on lateral roentgenograms in 200 asymptomatic men and women in five age groups with an age range of 20-65 years and to determine the normal values of cervical lordosis and spinal canal sagittal diameters and their relati...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Gore DR,Sepic SB,Gardner GM

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Clinical and radiologic assessment derived from a prospective multicenter data base of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) patients. OBJECTIVE:We investigated if "implant density" or the number of screws correlated with the major curve (thoracic or lumbar) correction at 2 years in patients with AIS. We ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Clements DH,Betz RR,Newton PO,Rohmiller M,Marks MC,Bastrom T

更新日期：2009-09-15 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：:An electronic bone growth stimulator (EBGS) had been devised to facilitate lumbosacral fusion in the early 1970s, using a totally implanted device which delivers a steady 5 microA at each of four cathodes. The use of the device is reserved for patients in whom painful and abnormal motion is demonstrated to be the majo...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Kane WJ

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Randomized laboratory cadaver study. OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to determine the accuracy of anterior transpedicular screw placement in the cervical spine using conventional fluoroscopy versus computer-assisted navigation. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Traditionally, global cervical instabili...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Patton AG,Morris RP,Kuo YF,Lindsey RW

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00