Issue 11/2007
Content (28 Articles)
Value of predictive instruments to determine persisting restriction of function in patients with subacute non-specific low back pain. Systematic review
Roger Hilfiker, Lucas M. Bachmann, Carolin A.-M. Heitz, Tobias Lorenz, Harri Joronen, Andreas Klipstein
Effect sizes of non-surgical treatments of non-specific low-back pain
A. Keller, J. Hayden, C. Bombardier, M. van Tulder
Symptomatology of recurrent low back pain in nursing and administrative professions
Peter Schenk, Thomas Läubli, Juerg Hodler, Andreas Klipstein
The assessment of symptoms and functional limitations in low back pain patients: validity and reliability of a new questionnaire
Martin Björklund, Jern Hamberg, Marina Heiden, Margareta Barnekow-Bergkvist
Low back pain in general practice: cost-effectiveness of a minimal psychosocial intervention versus usual care
Petra Jellema, Nicole van der Roer, Daniëlle A. W. M. van der Windt, Maurits W. van Tulder, Henriëtte E. van der Horst, Wim A. B. Stalman, Lex M. Bouter
Determinants of cost-effectiveness in lumbar spinal fusion using the net benefit framework: a 2-year follow-up study among 695 patients
Rikke Soegaard, Cody E. Bünger, Terkel Christiansen, Finn B. Christensen
The impact of surgical wait time on patient-based outcomes in posterior lumbar spinal surgery
Jason Braybrooke, Henry Ahn, Aimee Gallant, Michael Ford, Yigel Bronstein, Joel Finkelstein, Albert Yee
The impact of surgical wait time on patient-based outcomes in posterior lumbar spine surgery (by J. Braybrooke et al.)
Brian J. C. Freeman
The outcome of spinal decompression surgery 5 years on
N. K. Anjarwalla, L. C. Brown, A. H. McGregor
Porous silk scaffolds can be used for tissue engineering annulus fibrosus
G. Chang, H.-J. Kim, D. Kaplan, G. Vunjak-Novakovic, R. A. Kandel
PDGF, bFGF and IGF-I stimulate the proliferation of intervertebral disc cells in vitro via the activation of the ERK and Akt signaling pathways
Harris Pratsinis, Dimitris Kletsas
Kinematics of the lumbar spine in trunk rotation: in vivo three-dimensional analysis using magnetic resonance imaging
Ryutaro Fujii, Hironobu Sakaura, Yoshihiro Mukai, Noboru Hosono, Takahiro Ishii, Motoki Iwasaki, Hideki Yoshikawa, Kazuomi Sugamoto
CT-based classification of long spinal allograft fusion
G. H. Tan, B. G. Goss, P. J. Thorpe, R. P. Williams
Reliability of trunk shape measurements based on 3-D surface reconstructions
Valérie Pazos, Farida Cheriet, Jean Danserau, Janet Ronsky, Ronald F. Zernicke, Hubert Labelle
Material properties in unconfined compression of human nucleus pulposus, injectable hyaluronic acid-based hydrogels and tissue engineering scaffolds
Jordan M. Cloyd, Neil R. Malhotra, Lihui Weng, Weiliam Chen, Robert L. Mauck, Dawn M. Elliott
Biological and mechanical consequences of transient intervertebral disc bending
Charles Court, Jennie R. Chin, Ellen Liebenberg, Olivier K. Colliou, Jeffrey C. Lotz
MRI and 18FDG-PET in the assessment of bone marrow infiltration of the spine in cancer patients
Nadir Alexander Ghanem, Gregor Pache, Christian Lohrmann, Ingo Brink, Thorsten Bley, Elmar Kotter, Thomas Kelly, Mathias Langer
Spinal stenosis: assessment of motor function, VEGF expression and angiogenesis in an experimental model in the rat
Kazuyuki Watanabe, Shin-ichi Konno, Miho Sekiguchi, Shin-ichi Kikuchi
Electrical conductivity measurement: a new technique to detect iatrogenic initial pedicle perforation
Ciaran Bolger, Michael O. Kelleher, Linda McEvoy, M. Brayda-Bruno, A. Kaelin, J. -Y. Lazennec, J. -C. Le Huec, C. Logroscino, P. Mata, P. Moreta, G. Saillant, R. Zeller
Pain regulation and health-related quality of life after thoracolumbar fractures of the spine
Daniel Briem, Aryan Behechtnejad, Alexander Ouchmaev, Matthias Morfeld, Karin Schermelleh-Engel, Michael Amling, Johannes M. Rueger
Low thoracic and lumbar burst fractures: radiographic and functional outcomes
Helton L. A. Defino, Fabiano R.T Canto
Results, experience and technical points learnt with use of the SKy Bone Expander kyphoplasty system for osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures: a prospective study of 40 patients with a minimum of 12 months of follow-up
Leon Siang Shen Foo, William Yeo, Stephanie Fook, Chang Ming Guo, John Li Tat Chen, Wai Mun Yue, Seang Beng Tan
Development of a clinical diagnosis support tool to identify patients with lumbar spinal stenosis
Shinichi Konno, Yasuaki Hayashino, Shunichi Fukuhara, Shinichi Kikuchi, Kiyoshi Kaneda, Atsushi Seichi, Kazuhiro Chiba, Kazuhiko Satomi, Kensei Nagata, Shinya Kawai
Association between the -1306C/T polymorphism of matrix metalloproteinase-2 gene and lumbar disc disease in Chinese young adults
D. M. Dong, M. Yao, B. Liu, C. Y. Sun, Y. Q. Jiang, Y. S. Wang
Health-related quality of life in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis after treatment: short-term effects after brace or surgical treatment, a comment
I. Aprile, A. E. Ruggeri, F. Savi Scarponi, S. Illiano, M. Foschini, G. Vergili, G. Frasca, L. Padua
Answer to the Letter to the Editor of I. Aprile et al. concerning “Health-related quality of life in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis after treatment: short-term effects after brace or surgical treatment” (by Bunge EM et al. Eur Spine J 16: 83–89, 2007)
Eveline M. Bunge, Harry J. de Koning