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Low back pain in children: a rising concern

Jennifer Hwang, Philip K. Louie, Frank M. Phillips, Howard S. An, Dino Samartzis
February 2019, Volume 28, Issue 2, pp 211 - 213
Editorial
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-018-5844-1
First Online: 30 November 2018

Leptin and the intervertebral disc: a biochemical link exists between obesity, intervertebral disc degeneration and low back pain—an in vitro study in a bovine model

Anand H Segar, Jeremy C T Fairbank, Jill Urban
February 2019, Volume 28, Issue 2, pp 214 - 223
Original Article
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-018-5778-7
First Online: 15 October 2018

Contributions of birthweight, annualised weight gain and BMI to back pain in adults: a population-based co-twin control study of 2754 Australian twins

Hercules R. Leite, Amabile B. Dario, Alison R. Harmer, Vinicius C. Oliveira, Manuela L. Ferreira, Lucas Calais-Ferreira, Paulo H. Ferreira
February 2019, Volume 28, Issue 2, pp 224 - 233
Original Article
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-018-5850-3
First Online: 06 December 2018

Low back pain patients and controls display functional differences in endplates and vertebrae measured with T2-mapping

K. Lagerstrand, H. Hebelka, H. Brisby
February 2019, Volume 28, Issue 2, pp 234 - 240
Original Article
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-018-5824-5
First Online: 17 November 2018

The association of back muscle strength and sarcopenia-related parameters in the patients with spinal disorders

Hiromitsu Toyoda, Masatoshi Hoshino, Shoichiro Ohyama, Hidetomi Terai, Akinobu Suzuki, Kentaro Yamada, Shinji Takahashi, Kazunori Hayashi, Koji Tamai, Yusuke Hori, Hiroaki Nakamura
February 2019, Volume 28, Issue 2, pp 241 - 249
Original Article
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-018-5858-8
First Online: 12 December 2018

Short-term results of intrathecal injection of low-dose bupivacaine in outpatients with chronic low back and lower extremity pain

Akifumi Kanai, Takashi Okamoto, Norihito Hayashi, Junko Shimao, Yuki Nagahara, Kaoru Fujii
February 2019, Volume 28, Issue 2, pp 250 - 258
Original Article
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-018-5801-z
First Online: 26 October 2018

Differential patient responses to spinal manipulative therapy and their relation to spinal degeneration and post-treatment changes in disc diffusion

Arnold Y. L. Wong, Eric C. Parent, Sukhvinder S. Dhillon, Narasimha Prasad, Dino Samartzis, Gregory N. Kawchuk
February 2019, Volume 28, Issue 2, pp 259 - 269
Original Article
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-018-5851-2
First Online: 02 January 2019

Aneurysmal bone cyst of C2 treated with novel anterior reconstruction and stabilization

S. Rajasekaran, Siddharth N. Aiyer, Ajoy Prasad Shetty, Rishi Kanna, Anupama Maheswaran
February 2019, Volume 28, Issue 2, pp 270 - 278
Grand Rounds
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-016-4518-0
First Online: 23 March 2016

Expert's comment concerning Grand Rounds case entitled "Aneurysmal bone cyst of C2 treated with novel anterior reconstruction and stabilization" by S. Rajasekaran et al. (Eur Spine J; 2016: DOI 10.1007/s00586-016-4518-0)

Stefano Boriani
February 2019, Volume 28, Issue 2, pp 279 - 283
Expert’s Comment
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-018-5608-y
First Online: 23 April 2018

Traumatic atlantoaxial rotatory fixation in an adult patient

María A. García-Pallero, Cristina V. Torres, Juan Delgado-Fernández, R. G. Sola
February 2019, Volume 28, Issue 2, pp 284 - 289
Grand Rounds
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-016-4916-3
First Online: 11 January 2017