A novel approach to preemployment worker fitness evaluations in a material-handling industry.

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A case of spinal chronic subdural hematoma (SCSDH) in association with anticoagulant therapy was treated surgically. OBJECTIVE:To clarify the etiopathogenesis, clinical presentation, and surgical outcomes of SCSDH. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Intracranial chronic subdural hematoma is a well-recognized com...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Jimbo H,Asamoto S,Mitsuyama T,Hatayama K,Iwasaki Y,Fukui Y

更新日期：2006-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:The efficacy of intrathecal (spinal) morphine in the treatment of pain after posterior spinal fusions was assessed. OBJECTIVE:To investigate improved posterior pain control with fewer side effects in patients with posterior spinal fusions. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:After multilevel spinal fusion with in...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Urban MK,Jules-Elysee K,Urquhart B,Cammisa FP,Boachie-Adjei O

更新日期：2002-03-01 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：:In nine patients who underwent anterior cervical fusions for cervical spondylosis, preoperative cervical spine films were compared with radiographs taken seven to 15 years after fusion. Eight of the nine patients were found to have radiographic evidence of increased degenerative diseases located primarily below the le...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Hunter LY,Braunstein EM,Bailey RW

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective clinical study. OBJECTIVE:To assess the accuracy of multilevel registration for skip pedicle screw placement during image-guided, computer-assisted spine surgery, in the setting of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Computerized frameless stereotactic image-gu...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Takahashi J,Hirabayashi H,Hashidate H,Ogihara N,Kato H

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A clinical trial, aimed at secondary prevention of low-back pain, was performed in 142 hospital employees reporting at least three annual episodes of this condition. Participants were randomly assigned to one of three groups: a calisthenics program (CAL) for 3 months with biweekly sessions of flexion exercises, a back...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Donchin M,Woolf O,Kaplan L,Floman Y

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventeen patients were identified with concomitant thoracolumbar and sacral fractures representing 26% of sacral fractures and 7.7% of pelvic fractures. The thirteen men and four women exhibited a bimodal age distribution. There were thirteen vertical compression thoracolumbar fractures, three transverse process frac...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Albert TJ,Levine MJ,An HS,Cotler JM,Balderston RA

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Care must be exercised in interpreting the clinical and radiologic findings when assessing patients with cervical spondylosis and involvement of neural structures for surgery. If the clinical picture cannot logically be explained by the radiologic findings, further investigation is indicated to exclude a coexistent di...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Dvorák J,Janssen B,Grob D

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Coil springs were stretched and attached to produce a compressive force across the lumbar intervertebral discs of dogs for up to 53 weeks. OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that compressive forces applied to the intervertebral disc for a long period of time cause disc degeneration in vivo in a dog model. ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Hutton WC,Ganey TM,Elmer WA,Kozlowska E,Ugbo JL,Doh ES,Whitesides TE Jr

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Three segment (L3-L5) pedicle screw constructs were implanted in caprine spines, and the resulting ankylosis evaluated mechanically and compared 12 weeks after surgery. OBJECTIVES:To determine if a construct of maximal stiffness could impair the biologic process of spinal arthrodesis by "stress-shielding....

journal_title：Spine

authors： Johnston CE 2nd,Welch RD,Baker KJ,Ashman RB

更新日期：1995-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Metabolic changes induced by axial vibratory load to the spine were investigated based on water metabolism in normal intervertebral discs of rabbits with or without pentobarbital anesthesia. Tritiated water concentration in the intervertebral discs of unanesthetized rabbits was reduced remarkably by axial vibration fo...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Hirano N,Tsuji H,Ohshima H,Kitano S,Itoh T,Sano A

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Dallas Pain Questionnaire (DPQ) was developed to assess the amount of chronic spinal pain that affects four aspects (daily and work-leisure activities, anxiety-depression, and social interest) of the patients' lives. Results of the DPQ's statistical properties suggest that the DPQ is an externally reliable instrum...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Lawlis GF,Cuencas R,Selby D,McCoy CE

更新日期：1989-05-01 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:A study was performed to measure the vertebral body depths in different locations from C2 to C7. OBJECTIVES:To measure the vertebral body depths in 10 linear dimension from C2 to C7. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Anterior plate-screw fixation of the cervical spine has been the common surgical procedure for ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Ebraheim NA,Fow J,Xu R,Yeasting RA

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective study of 20 consecutive patients who underwent en bloc tumor excision of sacral chordomas and chondrosarcomas. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the functional and oncological outcomes following en bloc tumor excision for sacral chordomas and chondrosarcomas. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Chordomas and ch...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Hsieh PC,Xu R,Sciubba DM,McGirt MJ,Nelson C,Witham TF,Wolinksy JP,Gokaslan ZL

更新日期：2009-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A case report. OBJECTIVE:To describe an effective surgical option for sacral tuberculosis (TB). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Sacral TB is a rare cause of low back pain. A differential diagnosis of TB should always be made, especially in India where TB cases are on a rampant rise with increasing drug resist...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Shah SP,Kulkarni AG

更新日期：2012-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Longitudinal prospective study on a sample of 41 consecutive disc prosthesis patients, covering a postoperative time period of at least 2 years. OBJECTIVES:To document the rotational and translational range of segmental motion of patients instrumented with ProDisc II prostheses in the lumbar spine and to ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Leivseth G,Braaten S,Frobin W,Brinckmann P

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective review of records and radiographs with postoperative questionnaire of patients with Marfan syndrome receiving surgical correction for spinal deformity. OBJECTIVE:To characterize and analyze the challenges of surgical correction for spinal deformity in Marfan syndrome and to present recommend...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Jones KB,Erkula G,Sponseller PD,Dormans JP

更新日期：2002-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective analysis of prospectively collected multicenter series. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the sagittal profile of surgically treated adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) patients. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:With the increasing popularity of segmental pedicle screw spinal instrumentation, thoracic kyph...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Newton PO,Yaszay B,Upasani VV,Pawelek JB,Bastrom TP,Lenke LG,Lowe T,Crawford A,Betz R,Lonner B,Harms Study Group.

更新日期：2010-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Prospective, randomized, multicenter, Food and Drug Administration Investigational Device Exemption trial. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the safety and efficacy of Coflex interlaminar stabilization compared with posterior spinal fusion in the treatment of 1- and 2-level spinal stenosis and degenerative spondyloli...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Davis RJ,Errico TJ,Bae H,Auerbach JD

更新日期：2013-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:The intervertebral stability of bony consolidated anteroposterior lumbosacral spondylodesis is evaluated by roentgen stereophotogrammetric analysis and direct surgical exploration before and after removal of the internal fixator. OBJECTIVES:To determine the remaining in vivo stability of spinal arthrodesi...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Pape D,Fritsch E,Kelm J,Müller K,Georg T,Kohn D,Adam F

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Report of three cases of severe congenital scoliosis corrected by a new device. OBJECTIVES:To show a new, safe alternative for treatment to achieve and maintain correction of the most severe spinal deformity. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Because of neurologic risk, severe congenital scoliosis is usually no...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Grass PJ,Soto AV,Araya HP

更新日期：1997-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective cohort study OBJECTIVE.: To determine the rate of venous thromboembolism event (VTE) and risk factors for their occurrence in patients with vertebral fractures. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism (VTE) events are a significant source of potentially preventa...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Samuel AM,Diaz-Collado PJ,Gala RJ,Webb ML,Lukasiewicz AM,Basques BA,Bohl DD,Kim HJ,Grauer JN

更新日期：2018-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Analysis of preoperative, 8-week, 1-year, and 2-year data from patients with right thoracic adolescent idiopathic scoliosis treated by posterior Universal Spine System (Stratec Medical, Oberdorf, Switzerland). OBJECTIVE:Report 2-year results and the association between back surface and radiographic assess...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Pratt RK,Webb JK,Burwell RG,Cole AA

更新日期：2001-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective review of a prospectively collected database. OBJECTIVE:The Scoliosis Research Society (SRS) collects morbidity and mortality (M and M) data from its members. Our objectives were to assess complication rates for 3 common spine procedures, compare these results with prior literature as a mean...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Smith JS,Fu KM,Polly DW Jr,Sansur CA,Berven SH,Broadstone PA,Choma TJ,Goytan MJ,Noordeen HH,Knapp DR Jr,Hart RA,Donaldson WF 3rd,Perra JH,Boachie-Adjei O,Shaffrey CI

更新日期：2010-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper described 27 patients who had seemingly stable compression cervical vertebral fractures. All were treated in cervicothoracic orthoses. None was initially treated in a Halo device or with surgery. Twenty patients were stable and healed without progressive displacement, angulation, or pain. One patient demons...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Mazur JM,Stauffer ES

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A retrospective, cohort study of the kinematics of the lumbar spine of patients with spondylolisthesis compared with asymptomatic normal subjects. OBJECTIVE:To determine if abnormal motion could be detected in the radiographs of patients with spondylolisthesis. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Contrary to the ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Schneider G,Pearcy MJ,Bogduk N

更新日期：2005-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Four cases of patients with normal magnetic resonance (MR) studies of the lumbar spine and abnormal discography are presented to illustrate that normal lumbar disc signal intensity does not necessarily rule out disc degeneration. ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Kornberg M

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective propensity score-matched analysis on a national database (MarketScan) between 2006 and 2010. OBJECTIVE:To compare rates of neurological deficits after elective single-level spinal procedures with and without intraoperative neuromonitoring, as well as associated payment differences and geogra...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Cole T,Veeravagu A,Zhang M,Li A,Ratliff JK

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Multicenter review of prospectively collected data. OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the incidence of distal adding-on and associated risk factors in each of the 2 Lenke 1A curve patterns. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Previous work has demonstrated 2 distinct Lenke 1A curve patterns on t...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Cho RH,Yaszay B,Bartley CE,Bastrom TP,Newton PO

更新日期：2012-07-15 00:00:00