The patient-specific functional ...
The primary objective of this study was to determine which questionnaire, the Roland Morris disability questionnaire (RMDQ) or the patient-specific ...
Prevalence of sleep disturbance ...
Low back pain (LBP) is a common health condition that is often associated with disability, psychological distress and work loss. Worldwide, billions ...
Disc degeneration of cervical s ...
An association between progression of cervical disc degeneration and that of lumbar disc degeneration has been considered to exist. To date, however ...
Yoga and disc degenerative dise ...
The objective of the current study was to find out whether yoga practice was beneficial to the spine by comparing degenerative disc disease in the s ...
The cutaneous silent period is ...
Electromyographic (EMG) activity from voluntarily contracting hand muscles undergoes transient suppression following nociceptive fingertip stimulati ...
Non-traumatic posterior atlanto ...
This report presents a case of non-traumatic posterior atlanto-occipital dislocation. A 36-year-old female was referred with a history of numbness o ...
Full-endoscopic technique for a ...
With minimally invasive technique becoming more popular, endoscopic operations such as arthroscopy or laparoscopy have become the standard of care i ...
Early retirement and the financ ...
This paper quantifies the relationship between early retirement due to back problems and wealth, and contributes to a more complete picture of the f ...
The relationship between degree ...
Facet tropism has been investigated as a predisposing factor for degenerative changes in the lumbar spine; however, no prior study has evaluated the ...
Do early stages of lumbar inter ...
Early stages of intervertebral disc degeneration are postulated to cause instability. In the literature, however, some authors report the opposite. ...
Delayed presentation and diagno ...
Patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) are vulnerable to cervical spine fractures. Long-standing pain may mask the symptoms of the fracture. Radi ...
Anterior versus posterior surge ...
The objective of the study is to perform a systematic review to compare the clinical outcomes and complications of anterior surgery with posterior s ...
Unilateral isolated dislocation ...
The description of the unusual mechanism of the trauma to lumbosacral junction is given based on the analysis of the clinical case. The injury of a ...
A late neurological complicatio ...
Though a possible cause of late neurological deficits after posterior cervical reconstruction surgery was reported to be an iatrogenic foraminal ste ...
Study of the information delive ...
Providing information to patients regarding appropriate management of LBP is a crucial component of primary care and treatment of low back pain (LBP ...
Brown-Sequard syndrome revealin ...
Brown-Sequard syndrome (BSS) is a rare form of severe myelopathy characterised by a clinical picture reflecting hemisection of the spinal cord. This ...
Single-nucleotide polymorphism ...
Spinal osteoarthritis including disc degeneration is a very common condition in the axial skeletons of aged people. Recently, spinal osteoarthritis ...
Mid-term results of PLIF/TLIF i ...
Treatment of thoracolumbar fractures is still controversial. Several treatment options are reported to yield satisfactory results. There is no evide ...
Clinical analysis of thoracic o ...
The aim of this study was to analyze the clinical characteristics of thoracic ossified ligamentum flavum (OLF) and to elucidate prognostic factors a ...
Lumbopelvic stabilization with ...
A case of caudal regression syndrome in which rehabilitation was obtained by lumbopelvic distraction and stabilization with external fixation Orthof ...
Sensitivity to change of the Ne ...
The Neck Pain and Disability Scale (NPAD) is a 20-item instrument to measure neck pain and related disability. The aim of this study was to assess s ...
Sagittal spinopelvic alignment ...
The sagittal orientation and osteoarthritis of facet joints, paravertebral muscular dystrophy and loss of ligament strength represent mechanical fac ...
Dural tears in percutaneous end ...
The objective of the study was to demonstrate the clinical characteristics of dural tears during percutaneous endoscopic lumbar discectomy (PELD) an ...
The mechanical response of the ...
Degeneration of the intervertebral disc is related to progressive changes in the disc tissue composition and morphology, such as water loss, disc he ...
Posterior approach for cervical ...
In the treatment algorithm for cervical spine fracture–dislocations, the recommended approach for treatment if there is a disc fragment in the canal ...