European Spine Journal

A novel tool to provide predictable alignment data irrespective of source and image quality acquired on mobile phones: what engineers can offer clinicians

Teng Zhang, Chuang Zhu, Qiaoyun Lu, Jun Liu, Ashish Diwan, Jason Pui Yin Cheung

Age-based normal sagittal alignment in Chinese asymptomatic adults: establishment of the relationships between pelvic incidence and other parameters

Siyu Zhou, Fei Xu, Wei Wang, Da Zou, Zhuoran Sun, Weishi Li

The standing and sitting sagittal spinopelvic alignment of Chinese young and elderly population: does age influence the differences between the two positions?

Siyu Zhou, Zhuoran Sun, Wei Li, Wei Wang, Tong Su, Chengbo Du, Weishi Li

Relationship between cervical and global sagittal balance in patients with dropped head syndrome

Kazuma Murata, Kenji Endo, Takato Aihara, Hidekazu Suzuki, Yuji Matsuoka, Hirosuke Nishimura, Taichiro Takamatsu, Takuya Kusakabe, Asato Maekawa, Kengo Yamamoto

Correlation between the apex of lumbar lordosis and pelvic incidence in asymptomatic adult

Changyu Pan, Guodong Wang, Jianmin Sun

Analysis of pelvic compensation for dynamic sagittal imbalance using motion analysis

Ho-Joong Kim, Heoung-Jae Chun, Feng Shen, Kyoung-Tak Kang, Bong-Soon Chang, Choon-Ki Lee, Jin S. Yeom

The effect of sagittal hip angle on lumbar and hip coordination and pelvic posterior shift during forward bending

Sun-shil Shin, Won-gyu Yoo

Relative position of sacral base in the pelvis and its correlation with spino-pelvic parameters

Masashi Okamoto, Kazuhiro Hasegawa, Shun Hatsushikano, Kei Watanabe, Haruka Shimoda, Koichi Kobayashi, Makoto Sakamoto

Influence of body position and axial load on spinal stiffness in healthy young adults

Melanie Häusler, Léonie Hofstetter, Petra Schweinhardt, Jaap Swanenburg

Journal impact factor is associated with PRISMA endorsement, but not with the methodological quality of low back pain systematic reviews: a methodological review

Dafne Port Nascimento, Gabrielle Zoldan Gonzalez, Amanda Costa Araujo, Leonardo Oliveira Pena Costa

Chronic physical illnesses, mental health disorders, and psychological features as potential risk factors for back pain from childhood to young adulthood: a systematic review with meta-analysis

Amber M. Beynon, Jeffrey J. Hebert, Christopher J. Hodgetts, Leah M. Boulos, Bruce F. Walker

Reduction mammoplasty and back pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Shan Mian, Edward Dyson, Christian Ulbricht

Low back pain: critical assessment of various scales

Amit Garg, Hardik Pathak, Maxim V. Churyukanov, Rajendra B. Uppin, Tatyana M. Slobodin

Defining and measuring imaging appropriateness in low back pain studies: a scoping review

Mark Yates, Crystian B. Oliveira, James B. Galloway, Chris G. Maher

The Italian version of the Quebec Back Pain Disability Scale: cross-cultural adaptation, reliability and validity in patients with chronic low back pain

Marco Monticone, Luca Frigau, Francesco Mola, Barbara Rocca, Franco Franchignoni, Salvatore Simone Vullo, Calogero Foti, Alessandro Chiarotto

Baseline musculoskeletal pain and impaired sleep related to school pressure influence the development of musculoskeletal pain in N = 107 adolescents in a 5-year longitudinal study

C. Rolli Salathé, W. Kälin, S. Zilse, A. Elfering

Inflammatory mediators and the risk of falls among older women with acute low back pain: data from Back Complaints in the Elders (BACE)—Brazil

Bárbara Zille de Queiroz, Nayza Maciel de Britto Rosa, Daniele Sirineu Pereira, Renata Antunes Lopes, Amanda Aparecida Oliveira Leopoldino, Ronaldo Luiz Thomasini, Diogo Carvalho Felício, Lygia Paccini Lustosa, Leani Souza Máximo Pereira

Subjective recovery from pregnancy-related pelvic girdle pain the first 6 weeks after delivery: a prospective longitudinal cohort study

Anne Marie Gausel, Stefan Malmqvist, Knut Andersen, Inger Kjærmann, Jan Petter Larsen, Ingvild Dalen, Inger Økland

Multiple injections for low back pain: What’s the future?

Oluwatobi O Onafowokan, Nicola F. Fine, Francis Brooks, Oliver M. Stokes, Timothy WR Briggs, Mike Hutton

Associated factors for and progression rate of sacroiliac joint degeneration in subjects undergoing comprehensive medical checkups

Yusuke Sato, Kosuke Kashiwabara, Yuki Taniguchi, Yoshitaka Matsubayashi, So Kato, Toru Doi, Shima Hirai, Naohiro Tachibana, Hiroyuki Hasebe, Koji Nakajima, Naoto Hayashi, Sakae Tanaka, Yasushi Oshima

Efficacy of an integrated, active rehabilitation protocol in patients ≥ 65 years of age with chronic mechanical low back pain

Gautam M. Shetty, Umesh Solanki, Shikha Jain, Sanya Linjhara, Garima Anandani, C. S. Ram, Harshad Thakur

Association of vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms with disc degeneration

Adam Biczo, Julia Szita, Iain McCall, Peter Pal Varga, Aron Lazary

Expression and activity of hyaluronidases HYAL-1, HYAL-2 and HYAL-3 in the human intervertebral disc

Olga Krupkova, Helen Greutert, Norbert Boos, Johannes Lemcke, Thomas Liebscher, Karin Wuertz-Kozak

Safe range of shortening the middle thoracic spine, an experimental study in canine

Le Ji, Xiaoying Ma, Wenchen Ji, Shengli Huang, Min Feng, Jingyuan Li, Lisong Heng, Yajuan Huang, Binshang Lan

Letter to the Editor concerning “Bacteria: back pain, leg pain and Modic sign: a surgical multicenter comparative study” by Fritzell, P., Welinder-Olsson, C., Jönsson, B. et al. Eur Spine J (2019)

Manu N. Capoor, Andrew McDowell, Christof Birkenmaier, Fahad S. Ahmed, Erin Coscia, Assaf Raz, Konstantinos Mavrommatis, Vincent A. Fischetti, Ondrej Slaby

Answer to the Letter to the Editor of M. Capoor et al. concerning “Bacteria: back pain, leg pain and Modic sign—a surgical multicenter comparative study” by Fritzell P, Welinder-Olsson C, Jönsson B, et al. Eur Spine J (2019)

Peter Fritzell

Letter to the Editor concerning “Thoracolumbar corpectomy/spondylectomy for spinal metastasis: a pooled analysis comparing the outcome of seven different surgical approaches” by Spiessberger A, Arvind V, Gruter B, Cho SK [Eur Spine J (2019): doi: 10.1007/s00586-019-06179-8]

Tao Yang, Chi Zhang, Yu Zhang

Answer to the Letter to the Editor of T. Yang et al. concerning “Thoracolumbar corpectomy/spondylectomy for spinal metastasis: a pooled analysis comparing the outcome of seven different surgical approaches” by Spiessberger A, Arvind V, Gruter B, Cho SK [Eur Spine J (2019): doi: 10.1007/s00586-019-06179-8

Alexander Spiessberger

Letter to the Editor concerning “Comparison of cervical sagittal parameters among patients with neck pain and healthy controls: a comparative cross-sectional study” by Jouibari MF, et al. (Eur Spine J; 2019: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-019-06117-8

Zhian He, Bo Hou, Yufu Ou, Xiaoping Mu

Answer to the Letter to the Editor of Z. He et al. concerning “Comparison of cervical sagittal parameters among patients with neck pain and healthy controls: a comparative cross-sectional study” by Jouibari MF et al. (Eur Spine J; 2019: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-019-06117-8)

Mohsen Rostami

Letter to the editor concerning “Providence nighttime bracing is effective in treatment for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis even in curves larger than 35°” by Simony A, Beuschau I, Quisth L, et al. (Eur Spine J; [2019]: doi:10.1007/s00586-019-06077-z)

Matthew A. Potts

Answer to the Letter to the Editor of M. A. Potts concerning “Providence nighttime bracing is effective in treatment for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis even in curves larger than 35°” by Simony A, Beuschau I, Quisth L, et al. [Eur Spine J; (2019): https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-019-06077-z]

Ane Simony

Correction to: Disc inflammation and Modic changes show an interaction effect on recovery after surgery for lumbar disc herniation

Niek Djuric, Xiaoyu Yang, Raymond W. J. G. Ostelo, Sjoerd G. van Duinen, Geert J. Lycklama à Nijeholt, Bas F. W. van der Kallen, Wilco C. Peul, Carmen L. A. Vleggeert-Lankamp

Correction to: Radiation exposure to the surgeon during minimally invasive spine procedures is directly estimated by patient dose

S. Harrison Farber, Gautam Nayar, Rupen Desai, Elizabeth W. Reiser, Sarah A. Byrd, Deborah Chi, Cary Idler, Robert E. Isaacs

Correction to: Association of vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms with disc degeneration

Adam Biczo, Julia Szita, Iain McCall, Peter Pal Varga, Aron Lazary

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