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Analysis of the impact of the course of hydration on the mechanical properties of the annulus fibrosus of the intervertebral disc

Małgorzata Żak, Celina Pezowicz

September 2016, Volume 25, Issue 9, pp 2681 - 2690

Original Article

First Online: 13 July 2016

Distinguishing characteristics of stem cells derived from different anatomical regions of human degenerated intervertebral discs

Hai Wang, Yue Zhou, Tong-Wei Chu, Chang-Qing Li, Jian Wang, Zheng-Feng Zhang, Bo Huang

September 2016, Volume 25, Issue 9, pp 2691 - 2704

Original Article

First Online: 16 March 2016

The effects of intervertebral disc degeneration combined with osteoporosis on vascularization and microarchitecture of the endplate in rhesus monkeys

Rui Zhong, Fuxin Wei, Le Wang, Shangbin Cui, Ningning Chen, Shaoyu Liu, Xuenong Zou

September 2016, Volume 25, Issue 9, pp 2705 - 2715

Original Article

First Online: 24 May 2016

Does type 2 diabetes mellitus promote intervertebral disc degeneration?

Stella Maris Fabiane, Kirsten J. Ward, James C. Iatridis, Frances M. K. Williams

September 2016, Volume 25, Issue 9, pp 2716 - 2720

Original Article

First Online: 06 June 2016

Intervertebral disc classification by its degree of degeneration from T2-weighted magnetic resonance images

Isaac Castro-Mateos, Rui Hua, Jose M. Pozo, Aron Lazary, Alejandro F. Frangi

September 2016, Volume 25, Issue 9, pp 2721 - 2727

Original Article

First Online: 07 July 2016

The Pfirrmann classification of lumbar intervertebral disc degeneration: an independent inter- and intra-observer agreement assessment

Julio Urrutia, Pablo Besa, Mauricio Campos, Pablo Cikutovic, Mario Cabezon, Marcelo Molina, Juan Pablo Cruz

September 2016, Volume 25, Issue 9, pp 2728 - 2733

Original Article

First Online: 15 February 2016

Reliability among clinicians diagnosing low back-related leg pain

Siobhán Stynes, Kika Konstantinou, Kate M. Dunn, Martyn Lewis, Elaine M. Hay

September 2016, Volume 25, Issue 9, pp 2734 - 2740

Original Article

First Online: 24 December 2015

Validity and responsiveness of the French version of the Örebro Musculoskeletal Pain Screening Questionnaire in chronic low back pain

R. Hilfiker, I. A. Knutti, B. Raval-Roland, G. Rivier, G. Crombez, Emmanuelle Opsommer

September 2016, Volume 25, Issue 9, pp 2741 - 2749

Original Article

First Online: 07 June 2016

Effect of depression and neuropathic pain using questionnaires on quality of life in patients with low back pain; cross-sectional retrospective study

Akihiko Hiyama, Masahiko Watanabe, Hiroyuki Katoh, Masato Sato, Daisuke Sakai, Joji Mochida

September 2016, Volume 25, Issue 9, pp 2750 - 2760

Original Article

First Online: 13 February 2016

Patients with chronic non-specific low back pain who reported reduction in pain and improvement in function also demonstrated an improvement in gait pattern

Yair Barzilay, Ganit Segal, Raphael Lotan, Gilad Regev, Yiftah Beer, Baron S. Lonner, Amit Mor, Avi Elbaz

September 2016, Volume 25, Issue 9, pp 2761 - 2766

Original Article

First Online: 16 May 2015

Emotional distress drives health services overuse in patients with acute low back pain: a longitudinal observational study

Adrian C. Traeger, Markus Hübscher, Nicholas Henschke, Christopher M. Williams, Christopher G. Maher, G. Lorimer Moseley, Hopin Lee, James H. McAuley

September 2016, Volume 25, Issue 9, pp 2767 - 2773

Original Article

First Online: 03 March 2016

Do number of days with low back pain and patterns of episodes of pain have similar outcomes in a biopsychosocial prediction model?

N. Lemeunier, C. Leboeuf-Yde, O. Gagey, N. Wedderkopp, P. Kjaer

September 2016, Volume 25, Issue 9, pp 2774 - 2787

Original Article

First Online: 28 March 2016

Red flags presented in current low back pain guidelines: a review

Arianne P. Verhagen, Aron Downie, Nahid Popal, Chris Maher, Bart W. Koes

September 2016, Volume 25, Issue 9, pp 2788 - 2802

Original Article

First Online: 04 July 2016

Development and psychometric evaluation of a health questionnaire on back care knowledge in daily life physical activities for adolescent students

M. Monfort-Pañego, J. Molina-García, V. Miñana-Signes, A. H. Bosch-Biviá, A. Gómez-López, D. Munguía-Izquierdo

September 2016, Volume 25, Issue 9, pp 2803 - 2808

Original Article

First Online: 01 June 2016

Multivariable modeling of factors associated with spinal pain in young adolescence

Mieke Dolphens, Stijn Vansteelandt, Barbara Cagnie, Andry Vleeming, Jo Nijs, Guy Vanderstraeten, Lieven Danneels

September 2016, Volume 25, Issue 9, pp 2809 - 2821

Original Article

First Online: 08 June 2016

Low back pain and health-related quality of life in community-dwelling older adults

C. Cedraschi, C. Luthy, A. F. Allaz, F. R. Herrmann, C. Ludwig

September 2016, Volume 25, Issue 9, pp 2822 - 2832

Original Article

First Online: 07 March 2016

Effects of volitional spine stabilization on lifting task in recurrent low back pain population

Ram Haddas, James Yang, Isador Lieberman

September 2016, Volume 25, Issue 9, pp 2833 - 2841

Original Article

First Online: 09 May 2016

The role of intense athletic activity on structural lumbar abnormalities in adolescent patients with symptomatic low back pain

Gregory D. Schroeder, Cynthia R. LaBella, Marco Mendoza, Erika L. Daley, Jason W. Savage, Alpesh A. Patel, Wellington K. Hsu

September 2016, Volume 25, Issue 9, pp 2842 - 2848

Original Article

First Online: 13 June 2016

Does elite swimming accelerate lumbar intervertebral disc degeneration and increase low back pain? A cross-sectional comparison

Steffen Folkvardsen, Erland Magnussen, Jaro Karppinen, Juha Auvinen, Rasmus Hertzum Larsen, Christian Wong, Tom Bendix

September 2016, Volume 25, Issue 9, pp 2849 - 2855

Original Article

First Online: 11 June 2016

Axial loading during MRI influences T2-mapping values of lumbar discs: a feasibility study on patients with low back pain

Martin Nilsson, K. Lagerstrand, I. Kasperska, H. Brisby, H. Hebelka

September 2016, Volume 25, Issue 9, pp 2856 - 2863

Original Article

First Online: 24 June 2016

Magnetic resonance imaging of lumbar trunk parameters in chronic low backache patients and healthy population: a comparative study

Roop Singh, Sushil Kumar Yadav, Sushma Sood, Rohtas Kumar Yadav, Ravi Rohilla

September 2016, Volume 25, Issue 9, pp 2864 - 2872

Original Article

First Online: 15 July 2016

Chronic low back pain in relation to Modic changes, bony endplate lesions, and disc degeneration in a prospective MRI study

Katariina Luoma, Tapio Vehmas, Liisa Kerttula, Mats Grönblad, Eeva Rinne

September 2016, Volume 25, Issue 9, pp 2873 - 2881

Original Article

First Online: 01 August 2016

Responsiveness of the Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia in Italian subjects with chronic low back pain undergoing motor and cognitive rehabilitation

Marco Monticone, Emilia Ambrosini, Barbara Rocca, Calogero Foti, Simona Ferrante

September 2016, Volume 25, Issue 9, pp 2882 - 2888

Original Article

First Online: 29 June 2016

The effect of simulated microgravity on lumbar spine biomechanics: an in vitro study

Cory J. Laws, Britta Berg-Johansen, Alan R. Hargens, Jeffrey C. Lotz

September 2016, Volume 25, Issue 9, pp 2889 - 2897

Original Article

First Online: 24 September 2015

Development of an ex vivo cavity model to study repair strategies in loaded intervertebral discs

Zhen Li, Patrick Lezuo, Girish Pattappa, Estelle Collin, Mauro Alini, Sibylle Grad, Marianna Peroglio

September 2016, Volume 25, Issue 9, pp 2898 - 2908

Original Article

First Online: 01 April 2016

Preclinical evaluation of posterior spine stabilization devices: can the current standards represent basic everyday life activities?

Luigi La Barbera, Fabio Galbusera, Hans-Joachim Wilke, Tomaso Villa

September 2016, Volume 25, Issue 9, pp 2909 - 2918

Original Article

First Online: 28 May 2016

A pedicle screw system and a lamina hook system provide similar primary and long-term stability: a biomechanical in vitro study with quasi-static and dynamic loading conditions

Hans-Joachim Wilke, Dominik Kaiser, David Volkheimer, Carsten Hackenbroch, Klaus Püschel, Michael Rauschmann

September 2016, Volume 25, Issue 9, pp 2919 - 2928

Original Article

First Online: 12 July 2016

Role of muscle damage on loading at the level adjacent to a lumbar spine fusion: a biomechanical analysis

Masoud Malakoutian, John Street, Hans-Joachim Wilke, Ian Stavness, Marcel Dvorak, Sidney Fels, Thomas Oxland

September 2016, Volume 25, Issue 9, pp 2929 - 2937

Original Article

First Online: 27 July 2016

Tennis is not dangerous for the spine during growth: results of a cross-sectional study

Fabio Zaina, Sabrina Donzelli, Monia Lusini, Claudia Fusco, Salvatore Minnella, Stefano Negrini

September 2016, Volume 25, Issue 9, pp 2938 - 2944

Original Article

First Online: 26 February 2016

Discussing reproductive health in spinal care, part II: fertility issues

N. S. Korse, M. P. J. Nicolai, S. Both, C. L. A. Vleggeert-Lankamp, H. W. Elzevier

September 2016, Volume 25, Issue 9, pp 2945 - 2951

Original Article

First Online: 01 April 2016

Development of the Italian version of the modified Japanese orthopaedic association score (mJOA-IT): cross-cultural adaptation, reliability, validity and responsiveness

Umile Giuseppe Longo, Alessandra Berton, Luca Denaro, Giuseppe Salvatore, Vincenzo Denaro

September 2016, Volume 25, Issue 9, pp 2952 - 2957

Original Article

First Online: 09 March 2016

Implantation of juvenile human chondrocytes demonstrates no adverse effect on spinal nerve tissue in rats

Fabrice A. Külling, Jane J. Liu, Ellen Liebenberg, Jeffrey C. Lotz

September 2016, Volume 25, Issue 9, pp 2958 - 2966

Original Article

First Online: 11 May 2016

Novel COL2A1 mutations causing spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita in three unrelated Chinese families

Limin Liu, QianQian Pang, Yan Jiang, Mei Li, Ou Wang, Weibo Xia

September 2016, Volume 25, Issue 9, pp 2967 - 2974

Original Article

First Online: 08 April 2016

Spinal shape modulation in a porcine model by a highly flexible and extendable non-fusion implant system

Martijn Wessels, Edsko E. G. Hekman, Moyo C. Kruyt, René M. Castelein, Jasper J. Homminga, Gijsbertus J. Verkerke

September 2016, Volume 25, Issue 9, pp 2975 - 2983

Original Article

First Online: 28 April 2016

Spine Tango registry data collection in a conservative spinal service: a feasibility study

Samuel Morris, James Booth, James Hegarty

September 2016, Volume 25, Issue 9, pp 2984 - 2992

Original Article

First Online: 20 July 2016

Market approval processes for new types of spinal devices: challenges and recommendations for improvement

Arno Bisschop, Maurits W. van Tulder

September 2016, Volume 25, Issue 9, pp 2993 - 3003

Health Technology Assessment & Transfer

First Online: 27 May 2016

Letter to the editor concerning "Pelvic incidence: an anatomic investigation of 880 cadaveric specimens" by Weinberg DS, Morris WZ, Gebhart JJ, Liu RW: Eur Spine J (2015), doi: 10.1007/s00586-015-4317-z

Tom P. C. Schlösser, Michiel M. A. Janssen, Tomaž Vrtovec, René M. Castelein

September 2016, Volume 25, Issue 9, pp 3004 - 3005

Letter to the Editor

First Online: 05 January 2016

Reply to the Letter to the Editor of T.P. Schlösser et al. concerning "Pelvic incidence: an anatomic investigation of 880 cadaveric specimens" by Weinberg DS, Morris WZ, Gebhart JJ, Liu RW: Eur Spine J (2015); DOI 10.1007/s00586-015-4317-z

D. S. Weinberg

September 2016, Volume 25, Issue 9, pp 3006 - 3006

Authors Reply

First Online: 10 December 2015

Comments on Ren et al.: Is duration of preoperative anti-tuberculosis treatment a risk factor for postoperative relapse or non-healing of spinal tuberculosis?

Fangfan Ye, HaiBo Li, Jia Huang

September 2016, Volume 25, Issue 9, pp 3007 - 3007

Letter to the Editor

First Online: 12 May 2016

Is duration of preoperative anti-tuberculosis treatment a risk factor for postoperative relapse or non-healing of spinal tuberculosis: response to comments by Li et al.

Hai-Long Ren

September 2016, Volume 25, Issue 9, pp 3008 - 3009

Letter to the Editor

First Online: 20 April 2016

Letter to the Editor concerning "Virtually bloodless posterior midline exposure of the lumbar spine using the ‘paramidline' fatty plane" by Moghimi MH, Leonard DA, Cho CH, et al. (Eur Spine J (2016) 25;956-962)

Mathew David Sewell, Michael McCarthy, Oliver M. Stokes, Daniel Chan

September 2016, Volume 25, Issue 9, pp 3010 - 3011

Letter to the Editor

First Online: 26 April 2016

Answer to the Letter to the Editor of M. D. Sewell et al. concerning "Virtually bloodless posterior midline exposure of the lumbar spine using the ‘para-midline' fatty plane" by Moghimi MH, Leonard DA, Cho CH, Schoenfeld AJ, Phan P, Harris MB, Bono CM: Eu

Michael H. Moghimi, Dana A. Leonard, Charles H. Cho, Andrew J. Schoenfeld, Philippe Phan, Mitchel B. Harris, Christopher M. Bono

September 2016, Volume 25, Issue 9, pp 3012 - 3013

Authors Reply

First Online: 09 May 2016

Letter to the Editor concerning "Particulate and non-particulate steroids in spinal epidurals: a systematic review and meta-analysis" by Feeley IH, Healy EF, Noel J, Kiely PJ, and Murphy TM (Eur Spine J; 2016): DOI 10.1007/s00586-016-4437-0

Harsha Shanthanna, Kamath Sriganesh

September 2016, Volume 25, Issue 9, pp 3014 - 3014

Letter to the Editor

First Online: 19 May 2016

Answers to the Letter to the Editor of H. Shantanna et al. concerning "Particulate and non-particulate steroids in spinal epidurals: a systematic review and meta-analysis" by Feeley IH, Healy EF, Noel J, Kiely PJ, Murphy TM (Eur Spine J; 2016): DOI 10.100

Iain Feeley

September 2016, Volume 25, Issue 9, pp 3015 - 3016

Authors Reply

First Online: 19 May 2016

Letter to the Editor concerning "Validity and reliability of photographic measures to evaluate waistline asymmetry in idiopathic scoliosis" by Matamalas A, Bagó J, D Agata E, Pellisé F (2016) Eur Spine J. 2016 Mar 14 [Epub ahead of print]

Johnny Padulo, Mirjana Milic, Igor Jelaska, Luca Paolo Ardigò

September 2016, Volume 25, Issue 9, pp 3017 - 3018

Letter to the Editor

First Online: 15 July 2016

Answer to the Letter to the Editor of L. P. Ardigò et al. concerning "Validity and reliability of photographic measures to evaluate waistline asymmetry in idiopathic scoliosis" by Matamalas A, Bagó J, D Agata E, Pellisé F (2016) Eur Spine J; 2016 Mar 14 [

Antonia Matamalas Adrover

September 2016, Volume 25, Issue 9, pp 3019 - 3020

Letter to the Editor

First Online: 15 July 2016

Letter to the Editor concerning "Accurate prediction of height loss in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: Cobb angle alone is insufficient" by Shi B, Mao S, Xu L, Sun X, Liu Z, Cheng JCY, Zhu Z and Qiu Y (2016) Eur Spine J; In Press; DOI 10.1007/s00586-016-

Fiona Berryman, Adrian Gardner

September 2016, Volume 25, Issue 9, pp 3021 - 3022

Letter to the Editor

First Online: 21 July 2016

Answer to the Letter to the Editor of F. Berryman et al. concerning "Accurate prediction of height loss in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: Cobb angle alone is insufficient" by Shi B, Mao S, Xu L, Sun X, Liu Z, Cheng JCY, Zhu Z, and Qiu Y (2016) Eur Spine

Zezhang Zhu, Benlong Shi

September 2016, Volume 25, Issue 9, pp 3023 - 3024

Letter to the Editor

First Online: 21 July 2016

Announcements for issue 9, 2016

September 2016, Volume 25, Issue 9, pp 3025 - 3025

Announcements

First Online: 11 August 2016