European Spine Journal

Editorial

M. Aebi, R. Gunzburg, K. Olmarker

Internal fixation on the lower cervical spine – biomechanics and clinical practice of procedures and implants

Chr. Ulrich, M. Arand, J. Nothwang

Preoperative and early postoperative three-dimensional changes of the rib cage after posterior instrumentation in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

Sébastien Delorme, Philippe Violas, Jean Dansereau, Jacques de Guise, Carl-Éric Aubin, Hubert Labelle

Acute postural adaptations induced by a shoe lift in idiopathic scoliosis patients

K.F. Zabjek, M.A. Leroux, C. Coillard, X. Martinez, J. Griffet, G. Simard, C.H. Rivard

A new MRI technique for imaging scoliosis in the sagittal plane

Alfred Schmitz, Ursula E. Jaeger, Roy Koenig, Joerg Kandyba, Ulrich A. Wagner, Juergen Giesecke, Ottmar Schmitt

Spine: posture, mobility and pain. A longitudinal study from childhood to adolescence

Torulf Widhe

Topographic relations between the neural and ligamentous structures of the lumbosacral junction: in-vitro investigation

H. Kleihues, S. Albrecht, W. Noack

Comment on topographic relations of neural and ligamentous structures of the lumbosacral junction: in vitro investigation

R. C. Mulholland

Comparison of different operative modalities in post-traumatic syringomyelia: preliminary report

M. Schaan, H. Jaksche

Trapped in the neutral zone: another symptom of whiplash-associated disorder?

Geoffrey N. Klein, Anne F. Mannion, Manohar M. Panjabi, Jiri Dvorak

Slight head extension: does it change the sagittal cervical curve?

Deed E. Harrison, Donald D. Harrison, Tadeusz J. Janik, Burt Holland, Leonard A. Siskin

Traumatic intervertebral disc lesion – magnetic resonance imaging as a criterion for or against intervertebral fusion

Sebastian Fürderer, Klaus Wenda, Norbert Thiem, Rolf Hachenberger, Peer Eysel

Augmentation of mechanical properties in osteoporotic vertebral bones – a biomechanical investigation of vertebroplasty efficacy with different bone cements

Paul F. Heini, Ulrich Berlemann, Manfred Kaufmann, Kurt Lippuner, Christoph Fankhauser, Pascale van Landuyt

Transforming growth factor β receptor induction in herniated intervertebral disc tissue: an immunohistochemical study

Jukka Tolonen, Mats Grönblad, Johanna Virri, Seppo Seitsalo, Tapio Rytömaa, Erkki Karaharju

Letter to the Editor

Robert Ferrari

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Martinus Richter

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