European Spine Journal

Low back pain: in search of goddess Panacea

R. Gunzburg

Focus article: report of the NIH task force on research standards for chronic low back pain

Richard A. Deyo, Samuel F. Dworkin, Dagmar Amtmann, Gunnar Andersson, David Borenstein, Eugene Carragee, John Carrino, Roger Chou, Karon Cook, Anthony DeLitto, Christine Goertz, Partap Khalsa, John Loeser, Sean Mackey, James Panagis, James Rainville, Tor Tosteson, Dennis Turk, Michael Von Korff, Debra K. Weiner

Low back pain in children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis evaluating the effectiveness of conservative interventions

Zoe A. Michaleff, Steven J. Kamper, Christopher G. Maher, Roni Evans, Carolyn Broderick, Nicholas Henschke

Proportional lumbar spine inter-vertebral motion patterns: a comparison of patients with chronic, non-specific low back pain and healthy controls

Fiona E. Mellor, Peter W. Thomas, Paul Thompson, Alan C. Breen

Comparing the process of creeping substitution between allograft bone and local bone grafting in lumbar interbody fusion

Hui Huang, Chun Jiang, ZhenZhou Feng, Xiaoxing Jiang

Comparison between pain at discography and morphological disc changes at axial loaded MRI in patients with low back pain

Hanna Hebelka, Helena Brisby, Tommy Hansson

Heavy domestic, but not recreational, physical activity is associated with low back pain: Australian Twin low BACK pain (AUTBACK) study

Markus Hübscher, Manuela L. Ferreira, Daniela R. G. Junqueira, Kathryn M. Refshauge, Chris G. Maher, John L. Hopper, Paulo H. Ferreira

The dischargeable cut-off score of Oswestry disability index (ODI) in the inpatient care for low back pain with disability

Sang-won Park, Ye-sle Shin, Hye-jin Kim, Jin-ho Lee, Joon-Shik Shin, In-Hyuk Ha

Validity of the French version of the Core Outcome Measures Index for low back pain patients: a prospective cohort study

Stéphane Genevay, Marc Marty, Delphine S. Courvoisier, Violaine Foltz, Geneviève Mahieu, Christophe Demoulin, Agnieszka Gierasimowicz Fontana, Michael Norberg, Pierre de Goumoëns, Christine Cedraschi, Sylvie Rozenberg

A multidisciplinary rehabilitation programme improves disability, kinesiophobia and walking ability in subjects with chronic low back pain: results of a randomised controlled pilot study

Marco Monticone, Emilia Ambrosini, Barbara Rocca, Silvia Magni, Flavia Brivio, Simona Ferrante

Five-year results of lumbar disc prostheses in the SWISSspine registry

Emin Aghayev, Christian Etter, Christian Bärlocher, Friedrich Sgier, Philippe Otten, Paul Heini, Oliver Hausmann, Gianluca Maestretti, Martin Baur, François Porchet, Thomas M. Markwalder, Stefan Schären, Michal Neukamp, Christoph Röder

Optimizing success with lumbar disc arthroplasty

Matthew F. Gornet, Francine Schranck, Nicholas D. Wharton, Douglas P. Beall, Elizabeth Jones, Mark E. Myers, John A. Hipp

Stand-alone ALIF with integrated intracorporeal anchoring plates in the treatment of degenerative lumbar disc disease: a prospective study on 65 cases

Jérôme Allain, Joël Delecrin, Jacques Beaurain, Alexandre Poignard, Thierry Vila, Charles-Henri Flouzat-Lachaniette

Volumetric change in interbody bone graft after posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF): a prospective study

Zenya Ito, Shiro Imagama, Tokumi Kanemura, Kotaro Satake, Kei Ando, Kazuyoshi Kobayashi, Ryuichi Shinjo, Hideki Yagi, Tetsuro Hida, Kenyu Ito, Yoshimoto Ishikawa, Mikito Tsushima, Akiyuki Matsumoto, Hany El Zahlawy, Hidetoshi Yamaguchi, Yukihiro Matsuyama, Naoki Ishiguro

Comparison of fusion rates following transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion using polyetheretherketone cages or titanium cages with transpedicular instrumentation

Osamu Nemoto, Takashi Asazuma, Yoshiyuki Yato, Hideaki Imabayashi, Hiroki Yasuoka, Akira Fujikawa

A prospective randomised controlled trial to assess the efficacy of dynamic stabilisation of the lumbar spine with the Wallis ligament

Gavin David John Marsh, Shah Mahir, Antonio Leyte

Prospective comparative study between straight and curved probe for pedicle screw insertion

Yogesh K. Pithwa, Kumar Venkatesh

A multicenter study on accuracy and complications of freehand placement of cervical pedicle screws under lateral fluoroscopy in different pathological conditions: CT-based evaluation of more than 1,000 screws

Yoshihiro Hojo, Manabu Ito, Kota Suda, Itaru Oda, Hisashi Yoshimoto, Kuniyoshi Abumi

Radiological studies on the best entry point and trajectory of anterior cervical pedicle screw in the lower cervical spine

Liujun Zhao, Guoqing Li, Jiayong Liu, Gregory M. Benedict, Nabil A. Ebraheim, Weihu Ma, Shaohua Sun, Rongming Xu, Chaoyue Ruan

Free-hand placement of occipital condyle screws: a cadaveric study

Mohamed Ali El-Gaidi, Ehab Mohamed Eissa, Ehab A. A. El-Shaarawy

Screw perforation features in 129 consecutive patients performed computer-guided cervical pedicle screw insertion

Masashi Uehara, Jun Takahashi, Shota Ikegami, Keijiro Mukaiyama, Shugo Kuraishi, Masayuki Shimizu, Toshimasa Futatsugi, Nobuhide Ogihara, Hiroyuki Hashidate, Hiroki Hirabayashi, Hiroyuki Kato

Influence of the screw augmentation technique and a diameter increase on pedicle screw fixation in the osteoporotic spine: pullout versus fatigue testing

Rebecca A. Kueny, Jan P. Kolb, Wolfgang Lehmann, Klaus Püschel, Michael M. Morlock, Gerd Huber

Posterior-only correction of Scheuermann kyphosis using pedicle screws: economical optimization through screw density reduction

Eyal Behrbalk, Ofir Uri, Ruth M. Parks, Michael Paul Grevitt, Marcus Rickert, Bronek Maximilian Boszczyk

Are pedicle screw perforation rates influenced by registered or unregistered vertebrae in multilevel registration using a CT-based navigation system in the setting of scoliosis?

Masayuki Shimizu, Jun Takahashi, Shota Ikegami, Shugo Kuraishi, Toshimasa Futatsugi, Hiroyuki Kato

Letter to the Editor concerning: “Active self-correction and task-oriented exercises reduce spinal deformity and improve quality of life in subjects with mild adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. Results of a randomised controlled trial” by Monticone M, Ambrosini E, Cazzaniga D, Rocca B, Ferrante S (2014). Eur Spine J; DOI:10.1007/s00586-014-3241-y

Stefano Negrini, Josette Bettany-Saltikov, Jean Claude De Mauroy, Jacek Durmala, Theodoros B. Grivas, Patrick Knott, Tomasz Kotwicki, Toru Maruyama, Joseph P. O’Brien, Eric Parent, Manuel Rigo, Michele Romano, Luke Stikeleather, Monica Villagrasa, Fabio Zaina

Answer to the Letter to the Editor of S. Negrini et al. concerning “Active self-correction and task-oriented exercises reduce spinal deformity and improve quality of life in subjects with mild adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. Results of a randomised controlled trial” by Monticone M, Ambrosini E, Cazzaniga D, Rocca B, Ferrante S (2014) Eur Spine J; DOI 10.1007/s00586-014-3241-y

Marco Monticone

Letter to the Editor regarding “Do X-ray-occult fractures play a role in chronic pain following a whiplash injury?” by Hertzum-Larsen R, Petersen H, Kasch H, Bendix T. Eur Spine J. 2014; DOI 10.1007/s00586-014-3362-3

Lars Uhrenholt, Alex Webb, Michael Freeman

Answer to the Letter to the Editor of L. Uhrenholt et al. concerning “Do X-ray-occult fractures play a role in chronic pain following a whiplash injury?” by Hertzum-Larsen R, Petersen H, Kasch H, Bendix T, Eur Spine J, 2014; DOI 10.1007/s00586-014-3362-3

R. Hertzum-Larsen, Henrik Petersen, Helge Kasch, Tom Bendix

Abstracts for GEER-Congreso in Tarragona, Spain, May 2014

Announcements for issue 23-10