Metaplastic proliferative fibrocartilage as an alternative concept to herniated intervertebral disc.

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:Repeated measures experimental study of the effect of flexion-relaxation, recovery, and gender on paraspinal reflex dynamics. OBJECTIVE:To determine the effect of prolonged flexion-relaxation and recovery time on reflex behavior in human subjects. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Prolonged spinal flexion has b...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Rogers EL,Granata KP

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A structured literature review. SUMMARY OF THE BACKGROUND DATA:Widely recognized classification criteria for rheumatologic disorders have resulted in well-defined patient populations for clinical investigation. OBJECTIVE:We sought to determine whether similar criteria were needed for back pain disorders ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Genevay S,Atlas SJ,Katz JN

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Comparative 3-dimensional biomechanical testing. OBJECTIVE:To compare 5 fixation techniques, 3 using screws or screw and plates and 2 spinal, used for stabilization of complete unilateral sacroiliac dislocation in composite models. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Harrington compression rods have been used for...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Korovessis PG,Magnissalis EA,Deligianni D

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Postal questionnaire to individuals with back pain. OBJECTIVE:To assess the acceptability, validity, and reliability of two existing back pain outcome measures, the Roland-Morris Questionnaire and the Von Korff scales, modified to measure the preceding 4 weeks. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:The ideal outcom...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Underwood MR,Barnett AG,Vickers MR

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors have tested 51 instrumented calf spines in vitro, using a scoliosis simulator, to evaluate the adequacy of fixation and nature of acute failure seen with various methods of scoliosis instrumentation. Tests were performed in compressive loading, rotation, and forward bending on the following instrumentation...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Wenger DR,Carollo JJ,Wilkerson JA Jr,Wauters K,Herring JA

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:In vitro experimental study. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effect of low-intensity pulsed ultrasound (LIPUS) on the extracellular matrix (ECM) synthesis of degenerative human nucleus pulposus cells and explore the molecular mechanism. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:LIPUS has been used successfully for bone fr...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Zhang X,Hu Z,Hao J,Shen J

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:An in vivo model of scoliosis was established in immature goats. OBJECTIVE:To assess the feasibility, reliability, and complications of the innovative animal model. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Among the methods of creating a scoliotic model, posterior asymmetric tethering of spine yielded encouraging resu...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Zhang YG,Zheng GQ,Zhang XS,Wang Y

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective cohort comparative study. OBJECTIVE:To determine the prevalence of major complications, identify risk factors, and assess long-term clinical benefit after revision adult spinal deformity surgery. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:No study has analyzed risk factors for major complications in long r...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Cho SK,Bridwell KH,Lenke LG,Yi JS,Pahys JM,Zebala LP,Kang MM,Cho W,Baldus CR

更新日期：2012-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective comparative cohort study. OBJECTIVE:Examine the impact of multilevel fusion on return to work (RTW) status and compare RTW status after multi- versus single-level cervical fusion for patients with work-related injury. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Patients with work-related injuries in the wor...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Faour M,Anderson JT,Haas AR,Percy R,Woods ST,Ahn UM,Ahn NU

更新日期：2017-01-15 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:During vertebroplasty (VP), polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) may leak into the posterior epidural venus plexus, provoking symptoms ranging from radicular pain to medullar compression. OBJECTIVES:To propose and test the feasibility of a procedure (cooling system) to prevent radicular irritation caused by fora...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Kelekis AD,Martin JB,Somon T,Wetzel SG,Dietrich PY,Ruefenacht DA

更新日期：2003-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:This is a biomechanical study using sheep thoracic spine to investigate the probability of mechanical failure of the thoracic spine with various sizes or locations of tumor metastasis. OBJECTIVE:The objectives of this study were to investigate biomechanical effects of not only tumor sizes within the thora...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Ebihara H,Ito M,Abumi K,Taneichi H,Kotani Y,Minami A,Kaneda K

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:STUDY DESIGN A prospective, observational, human, study was conducted. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the incidence of vascular penetration during fluoroscopically guided, contrast-enhanced transforaminal cervical epidural steroid injections, and to determine whether the observation of blood in the needle hub can be used to p...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Furman MB,Giovanniello MT,O'Brien EM

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Decisions about when to operate should be based on more than just an arbitrary Cobb measurement. The patient's skeletal maturity, balance, and other parameters of curve size also should be considered. Although it is desirable to fuse as few segments as possible, there is no benefit to fusing short if the top and botto...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Bridwell KH

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In review of 871 lumbar fusion procedures performed during the last 8 years, the theoretical advantages of lumbar spinal instrumentation are not borne out in simple discogenic disease. Four groups of 30-35 patients without previous surgery who underwent fusion by different techniques were matched for age, sex, length ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Zucherman J,Hsu K,Picetti G 3rd,White A,Wynne G,Taylor L

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:This case study describes the usefulness of high-resolution 18F-2-fluoro-deoxy-D-glucose (18FDG)-positron emission tomography (PET) for metabolic neuroimaging of the cervical spinal cord in patients with compressive myelopathy. OBJECTIVE:To examine whether 18FDG-PET imaging could visualize deterioration o...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Baba H,Uchida K,Sadato N,Yonekura Y,Kamoto Y,Maezawa Y,Furusawa N,Abe Y

更新日期：1999-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A prospective single blinded placebo controlled study was conducted. OBJECTIVE:To assess the effectiveness of spinal manipulation therapy (SMT) for the management of chronic nonspecific low back pain (LBP) and to determine the effectiveness of maintenance SMT in long-term reduction of pain and disability ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Senna MK,Machaly SA

更新日期：2011-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A retrospective study by an independent observer of a consecutive series of 67 cases of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis presenting with a King II curve pattern. OBJECTIVES:To demonstrate the validity of a selective thoracic fusion as a treatment of King II curves with special attention to immediate postop...

journal_title：Spine

authors： McCance SE,Denis F,Lonstein JE,Winter RB

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Pedicle screw fixation for unstable thoracolumbar spine injuries is relatively new. The effect of one or two crosslinks on rotational and lateral bending stiffness was studied. OBJECTIVE:To determine the rotational and bending stiffness values of thoracolumbar fractures fixed by the AO's internal fixation...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Lynn G,Mukherjee DP,Kruse RN,Sadasivan KK,Albright JA

更新日期：1997-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Cadaveric dissections were used to study muscle morphometry. OBJECTIVE:To describe systematically the musculotendinous lengths, fascicle lengths, pennation angles, and physiologic cross-sectional areas of neck and shoulder muscles implicated in head movement. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:In previous studie...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Kamibayashi LK,Richmond FJ

更新日期：1998-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A cross-sectional survey among health professionals working in a Kuwait hospital. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the prevalence and factors associated with low back pain (LBP). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:The literature suggests that health professionals are exposed to occupational risk factors that predispose ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Landry MD,Raman SR,Sulway C,Golightly YM,Hamdan E

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:The pretension of the Dynesys cord was varied to evaluate its effects on both tissue responses and screw-spacer behaviors by the finite-element method. OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to provide detailed information about the motion-preserving and load-shielding mechanisms of the Dynesys screw-spacer joint. S...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Chien CY,Tan CH,Lu TH,Lin SC,Chuang WH,Chiang MC,Luh YP,Chen YJ

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:An in vitro biomechanical investigation to quantify the endplates resistance to compressive loads, in the thoracic and lumbar spine. Comparisons were made to determine the regional strength of the endplate, the optimal size and geometry of interbody support, and the effects of endplate removal on structura...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Lowe TG,Hashim S,Wilson LA,O'Brien MF,Smith DA,Diekmann MJ,Trommeter J

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Case study. OBJECTIVE:To present three complicated cases of giant cell tumor of the spine treated with sodium ibandronate. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Spinal giant cell tumors are a rare clinical entity with a high recurrence rate after operation. Furthermore, complete resection of such lesions remains a ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Zhang W,Zhang Y,Li P,Rhodesm SD,Wang Y,Xue X,Dong Y,Ding W,Shen Y,Zhang B

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Animal experimental study with intervention. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to elucidate therapeutic effects of delayed granulocyte colony-stimulating factor treatment for mechanical allodynia induced by chronic constriction injury (CCI) of the sciatic nerve in rats. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Granu...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Koda M,Furuya T,Kato K,Mannoji C,Hashimoto M,Inada T,Kamiya K,Ota M,Maki S,Okawa A,Takahashi K,Ishikawa T,Yamazaki M

更新日期：2014-02-01 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:A roentgen stereophotogrammetric (RS) technique using metallic markers was used to determine in vivo three-dimensional (3-D) motion data in the post-operative cervical spine. Two patients were examined with RS following fusion for up to 12 months at scheduled intervals. OBJECTIVES:The study was designed t...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Lee S,Harris KG,Goel VK,Clark CR

更新日期：1994-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:When the published data on the radial disc bulge in relation to the axial compression of the motion segment are compared to a simple mechanical model, it follows that an axial inward bulge of the vertebral endplates should occur during compression. The model predicts that the disc height at its center should remain pr...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Brinckmann P,Frobin W,Hierholzer E,Horst M

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:This was a review of criteria-based meta-analyses. OBJECTIVES:To assess the methodological quality of published randomized clinical trials on the efficacy of commonly used interventions in low back pain. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:During the last several decades, the number of published randomized clinic...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Koes BW,Bouter LM,van der Heijden GJ

更新日期：1995-01-15 00:00:00