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Are non-invasive interventions effective for the management of headaches associated with neck pain? An update of the Bone and Joint Decade Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders by the Ontario Protocol for Traffic Injury Management (OPTIMa)

Sharanya Varatharajan, Brad Ferguson, Karen Chrobak, Yaadwinder Shergill, Pierre Côté, Jessica J. Wong, Hainan Yu, Heather M. Shearer, Danielle Southerst, Deborah Sutton, Kristi Randhawa, Craig Jacobs, Sean Abdulla, Erin Woitzik, Andrée-Anne Marchand, Gabrielle van der Velde, Linda J. Carroll, Margareta Nordin, Carlo Ammendolia, Silvano Mior, Arthur Ameis, Maja Stupar, Anne Taylor-Vaisey

June 2016, Volume 25, Issue 7, pp 1971 - 1999

Review Article

First Online: 06 February 2016

Management of neck pain and associated disorders: A clinical practice guideline from the Ontario Protocol for Traffic Injury Management (OPTIMa) Collaboration

Pierre Côté, Jessica J. Wong, Deborah Sutton, Heather M. Shearer, Silvano Mior, Kristi Randhawa, Arthur Ameis, Linda J. Carroll, Margareta Nordin, Hainan Yu, Gail M. Lindsay, Danielle Southerst, Sharanya Varatharajan, Craig Jacobs, Maja Stupar, Anne Taylor-Vaisey, Gabrielle van der Velde, Douglas P. Gross, Robert J. Brison, Mike Paulden, Carlo Ammendolia, J. David Cassidy, Patrick Loisel, Shawn Marshall, Richard N. Bohay, John Stapleton, Michel Lacerte, Murray Krahn, Roger Salhany

June 2016, Volume 25, Issue 7, pp 2000 - 2022

Review Article

First Online: 16 March 2016

The ability of external immobilizers to restrict movement of the cervical spine: a systematic review

Micha Holla, Joske M. R. Huisman, Nico Verdonschot, Jon Goosen, Allard J. F. Hosman, Gerjon Hannink

June 2016, Volume 25, Issue 7, pp 2023 - 2036

Review Article

First Online: 31 March 2016

Esophageal perforation after anterior cervical surgery: a review of the literature for over half a century with a demonstrative case and a proposed novel algorithm

Ferhat Harman, Erkan Kaptanoglu, Askin Esen Hasturk

June 2016, Volume 25, Issue 7, pp 2037 - 2049

Review Article

First Online: 02 February 2016

C5 nerve root palsy following decompression of cervical spine with anterior versus posterior types of procedures in patients with cervical myelopathy

Recep Basaran, Tuncay Kaner

June 2016, Volume 25, Issue 7, pp 2050 - 2059

Review Article

First Online: 19 April 2016

C5 nerve palsy after posterior reconstruction surgery: predictive risk factors of the incidence and critical range of correction for kyphosis

Takuto Kurakawa, Hiroshi Miyamoto, Shuichi Kaneyama, Masatoshi Sumi, Koki Uno

June 2016, Volume 25, Issue 7, pp 2060 - 2067

Original Article

First Online: 07 April 2016

A cohort study of the morbidity of combined anterior-posterior cervical spinal fusions: incidence and predictors of postoperative dysphagia

Kevin A. Reinard, Diana M. Cook, Hesham M. Zakaria, Azam M. Basheer, Victor W. Chang, Muwaffak M. Abdulhak

June 2016, Volume 25, Issue 7, pp 2068 - 2077

Original Article

First Online: 14 March 2016

Confirmatory factor analysis of the neck disability index, comparing patients with whiplash associated disorders to a control group with non-specific neck pain

Charles Philip Gabel, Antonio Cuesta-Vargas, Sebastian Barr, Stephanie Winkeljohn Black, Jason W. Osborne, Markus Melloh

June 2016, Volume 25, Issue 7, pp 2078 - 2086

Original Article

First Online: 04 April 2016

Cost-effectiveness of manual therapy versus physiotherapy in patients with sub-acute and chronic neck pain: a randomised controlled trial

J. M. van Dongen, R. Groeneweg, S. M. Rubinstein, J. E. Bosmans, R. A. B. Oostendorp, R. W. J. G. Ostelo, M. W. van Tulder

June 2016, Volume 25, Issue 7, pp 2087 - 2096

Original Article

First Online: 21 March 2016

Intraspinal canal rod migration causing late-onset paraparesis 8 years after scoliosis surgery

Ibrahim Obeid, Jean-Marc Vital, Nicolas Aurouer, Steve Hansen, Nicolas Gangnet, Vincent Pointillart, Olivier Gille, Louis Boissiere, Nasir A. Quraishi

June 2016, Volume 25, Issue 7, pp 2097 - 2101

Grand Rounds

First Online: 06 June 2014

Expert's comment concerning Grand Rounds case entitled "Intraspinal canal rod migration causing late-onset paraparesis 8 years after scoliosis surgery" (I. Obeid et al. Eur Spine J; 2014, DOI 10.1007/s00586-014-3367-y)

H. Pascal-Moussellard, E. Ferrero, J. Dubousset, L. Miladi

June 2016, Volume 25, Issue 7, pp 2102 - 2107

Grand Rounds

First Online: 16 December 2015

The surgical management of atlanto-axial subluxation in juvenile rheumatoid arthritis

Khalid M. I. Salem, Ajay Radhakrishnan, Eyal Behrbalk, B. M. Boszczyk

June 2016, Volume 25, Issue 7, pp 2108 - 2114

Grand Rounds

First Online: 27 November 2014

Expert's comment concerning Grand Rounds case entitled "The surgical management of atlanto-axial subluxation in juvenile rheumatoid arthritis" (Khalid M. I. Salem et al. Eur Spine J; 2014, DOI 10.1007/s00586-014-3648-5)

Kishore Chandran Warrier

June 2016, Volume 25, Issue 7, pp 2115 - 2116

Grand Rounds

First Online: 21 January 2016

Cervical subtotal en-bloc spondylectomy of C6 mesenchymal chondrosarcoma

Chang-Hwa Lee, Woo-Kie Min

June 2016, Volume 25, Issue 7, pp 2117 - 2123

Grand Rounds

First Online: 10 November 2015

Expert's comment concerning Grand Rounds case entitled "Cervical subtotal en-bloc spondylectomy of C6 mesenchymal chondrosarcoma" (Chang-Hwa Lee and Woo-Kie Min); Eur Spine J (2015): DOI 10.1007/s00586-015-4297-z

Bronek Boszczyk

June 2016, Volume 25, Issue 7, pp 2124 - 2128

Grand Rounds

First Online: 05 April 2016

Mechanical role of the posterior column components in the cervical spine

Robert A. Hartman, Robert E. Tisherman, Cheng Wang, Kevin M. Bell, Joon Y. Lee, Gwendolyn A. Sowa, James D. Kang

June 2016, Volume 25, Issue 7, pp 2129 - 2138

Original Article

First Online: 06 April 2016

Neck motion kinematics: an inter-tester reliability study using an interactive neck VR assessment in asymptomatic individuals

Hilla Sarig Bahat, Elliot Sprecher, Itamar Sela, Julia Treleaven

June 2016, Volume 25, Issue 7, pp 2139 - 2148

Original Article

First Online: 30 January 2016

Narrow cervical canal in 1211 asymptomatic healthy subjects: the relationship with spinal cord compression on MRI

Hiroaki Nakashima, Yasutsugu Yukawa, Kota Suda, Masatsune Yamagata, Takayoshi Ueta, Fumihiko Kato

June 2016, Volume 25, Issue 7, pp 2149 - 2154

Original Article

First Online: 26 May 2016

Dimensions of the cervical neural foramen in conditions of spinal deformity: an ex vivo biomechanical investigation using specimen-specific CT imaging

Zachary A. Smith, Saeed Khayatzadeh, Joshua Bakhsheshian, Michael Harvey, Robert M. Havey, Leonard I. Voronov, Muturi G. Muriuki, Avinash G. Patwardhan

June 2016, Volume 25, Issue 7, pp 2155 - 2165

Original Article

First Online: 01 February 2016

Kinematic analysis of cervical spine canal diameter and its association with grade of degeneration

Xin Jiang, Dong Chen, Yahao Lou, Zhongshi Li

June 2016, Volume 25, Issue 7, pp 2166 - 2172

Original Article

First Online: 28 May 2016

AOSpine subaxial cervical spine injury classification system

Alexander R. Vaccaro, John D. Koerner, Kris E. Radcliff, F. Cumhur Oner, Maximilian Reinhold, Klaus J. Schnake, Frank Kandziora, Michael G. Fehlings, Marcel F. Dvorak, Bizhan Aarabi, Shanmuganathan Rajasekaran, Gregory D. Schroeder, Christopher K. Kepler, Luiz R. Vialle

June 2016, Volume 25, Issue 7, pp 2173 - 2184

Original Article

First Online: 26 February 2015

A comparative agreement evaluation of two subaxial cervical spine injury classification systems: the AOSpine and the Allen and Ferguson schemes

Julio Urrutia, Tomas Zamora, Mauricio Campos, Ratko Yurac, Joaquin Palma, Sebastian Mobarec, Carlos Prada

June 2016, Volume 25, Issue 7, pp 2185 - 2192

Original Article

First Online: 05 March 2016

Cervical spine injuries, mechanisms, stability and AIS scores from vertical loading applied to military environments

Narayan Yoganandan, Frank A. Pintar, John R. Humm, Dennis J. Maiman, Liming Voo, Andrew Merkle

June 2016, Volume 25, Issue 7, pp 2193 - 2201

Original Article

First Online: 04 April 2016

Morphometric features of posterior cranial fossa are different between Chiari I malformation with and without syringomyelia

Huang Yan, Xiao Han, Mengran Jin, Zhen Liu, Dingding Xie, Shifu Sha, Yong Qiu, Zezhang Zhu

June 2016, Volume 25, Issue 7, pp 2202 - 2209

Original Article

First Online: 28 January 2016

Anterior transarticular atlantoaxial screw fixation in combination with dens screw fixation for type II odontoid fractures with associated atlanto-odontoid osteoarthritis

Christoph Josten, Jan-Sven Jarvers, Stefan Glasmacher, Christoph-Eckhard Heyde, Ulrich J. Spiegl

June 2016, Volume 25, Issue 7, pp 2210 - 2217

Original Article

First Online: 10 March 2016

Morphological studies of cartilage endplates in subaxial cervical region

Songchuan Zhao, Dingjun Hao, Yonghong Jiang, Dageng Huang, Chaoyuan Ge, Hang Feng

June 2016, Volume 25, Issue 7, pp 2218 - 2222

Original Article

First Online: 26 November 2015

Sequential alignment change of the cervical spine after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion in the lower cervical spine

Jong Tae Kim, Ho Jin Lee, Doo Yong Choi, Myoung Hoon Shin, Jae Taek Hong

June 2016, Volume 25, Issue 7, pp 2223 - 2232

Original Article

First Online: 28 January 2016

A prospective clinical and radiographic 12-month outcome study of patients undergoing single-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion for symptomatic cervical degenerative disc disease utilizing a novel viable allogeneic, cancellous, bone matrix (tri

Jed Vanichkachorn, Timothy Peppers, Dennis Bullard, Scott K. Stanley, Raymond J. Linovitz, James T. Ryaby

June 2016, Volume 25, Issue 7, pp 2233 - 2238

Original Article

First Online: 05 February 2016

Surgical planning, manufacturing and implantation of an individualized cervical fusion titanium cage using patient-specific data

Uwe Spetzger, Miles Frasca, Stefan Alexander König

June 2016, Volume 25, Issue 7, pp 2239 - 2246

Ideas and Technical Innovations

First Online: 01 March 2016

In vitro investigation of a new dynamic cervical implant: comparison to spinal fusion and total disc replacement

Bastian Welke, Michael Schwarze, Christof Hurschler, Thorsten Book, Stephan Magdu, Dorothea Daentzer

June 2016, Volume 25, Issue 7, pp 2247 - 2254

Original Article

First Online: 18 December 2015

A comparison of anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) using self-locking stand-alone polyetheretherketone (PEEK) cage with ACDF using cage and plate in the treatment of three-level cervical degenerative spondylopathy: a retrospective study with 2

Yuqiao Chen, Guohua Lü, Bing Wang, Lei Li, Lei Kuang

June 2016, Volume 25, Issue 7, pp 2255 - 2262

Original Article

First Online: 23 February 2016

A RCT comparing 7-year clinical outcomes of one level symptomatic cervical disc disease (SCDD) following ProDisc-C total disc arthroplasty (TDA) versus anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF)

Thomas P. Loumeau MD, Bruce V. Darden MD, Thomas J. Kesman MD, Susan M. Odum PhD, Bryce A. Van Doren MPA, MPH, Eric B. Laxer MD, Daniel B. Murrey MD, MPP

June 2016, Volume 25, Issue 7, pp 2263 - 2270

Original Article

First Online: 11 February 2016

Heterotopic ossification and clinical outcome in nonconstrained cervical arthroplasty 2 years after surgery: the Norwegian Cervical Arthroplasty Trial (NORCAT)

Jarle Sundseth, Eva Astrid Jacobsen, Frode Kolstad, Ruth O. Sletteberg, Oystein P. Nygaard, Lars Gunnar Johnsen, Are Hugo Pripp, Hege Andresen, Oddrun Anita Fredriksli, Erling Myrseth, John A. Zwart

June 2016, Volume 25, Issue 7, pp 2271 - 2278

Original Article

First Online: 09 April 2016

Cervical cages placed bilaterally in the facet joints from a posterior approach significantly increase foraminal area

Kris Siemionow, Piotr Janusz, Pawel Glowka

June 2016, Volume 25, Issue 7, pp 2279 - 2285

Original Article

First Online: 11 February 2016

A retrospective study to reveal the effect of surgical correction of cervical kyphosis on thoraco-lumbo-pelvic sagittal alignment

Dong-Ho Lee, Jung-Ki Ha, Jae-Hak Chung, Chang Ju Hwang, Choon Sung Lee, Jae Hwan Cho

June 2016, Volume 25, Issue 7, pp 2286 - 2293

Original Article

First Online: 25 January 2016

Comparison of clinical outcomes between laminoplasty, posterior decompression with instrumented fusion, and anterior decompression with fusion for K-line (-) cervical ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament

Masao Koda, Makondo Mochizuki, Hiroaki Konishi, Atsuomi Aiba, Ryo Kadota, Taigo Inada, Koshiro Kamiya, Mitsutoshi Ota, Satoshi Maki, Kazuhisa Takahashi, Masashi Yamazaki, Chikato Mannoji, Takeo Furuya

June 2016, Volume 25, Issue 7, pp 2294 - 2301

Original Article

First Online: 13 April 2016