European Spine Journal

The elastic fibre network of the human lumbar anulus fibrosus: architecture, mechanical function and potential role in the progression of intervertebral disc degeneration

Lachlan J. Smith, Nicola L. Fazzalari

Bone graft substitutes in anterior cervical discectomy and fusion

Anthony M. T. Chau, Ralph J. Mobbs

Biomechanical evaluation of segmental instability in degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis

Kazuhiro Hasegewa, Ko Kitahara, Toshiaki Hara, Ko Takano, Haruka Shimoda

Reviewer’s comments concerning “Biomechanical evaluation of segmental instability in degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis” by K. Hasegawa et al. (ESJO-D-08-00441R1)

Keita Ito

Pulsed radiofrequency effects on the lumbar ganglion of the rat dorsal root: a morphological light and transmission electron microscopy study at acute stage

Marina Protasoni, Marcella Reguzzoni, Simone Sangiorgi, Claudio Reverberi, Elisa Borsani, Luigi F. Rodella, Alessandro Dario, Giustino Tomei, Carlo Dell’Orbo

Calcification in the ovine intervertebral disc: a model of hydroxyapatite deposition disease

James Melrose, D. Burkhardt, T. K. F. Taylor, C. T. Dillon, R. Read, M. Cake, C. B. Little

Extraforaminal ligament attachments of the thoracic spinal nerves in humans

G. A. Kraan, P. V. J. M. Hoogland, P. I. J. M. Wuisman

The effect of calmodulin antagonists on scoliosis: bipedal C57BL/6 mice model

Ibrahim Akel, Gokhan Demirkıran, Ahmet Alanay, Sevilay Karahan, Ralph Marcucio, Emre Acaroglu

Long-term follow-up of functioning after spinal surgery in patients with Rett syndrome

Eva-Lena Larsson, Stig Aaro, Peter Ahlinder, Helena Normelli, Hans Tropp, Birgitta Öberg

Gait in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: kinematics and electromyographic analysis

P. Mahaudens, X. Banse, M. Mousny, C. Detrembleur

Surgical assessment of the proximal thoracic curve in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

Panayiotis N. Smyrnis, Nicholas Sekouris, George Papadopoulos

Arthrodesis to L5 versus S1 in long instrumentation and fusion for degenerative lumbar scoliosis

Kyu-Jung Cho, Se-Il Suk, Seung-Rim Park, Jin-Hyok Kim, Sung-Wook Choi, Young-Hyun Yoon, Man-Hee Won

Timing of surgery for sciatica: subgroup analysis alongside a randomized trial

Wilco C. Peul, Mark P. Arts, Ronald Brand, Bart W. Koes

Reduction of radiation dose during facet joint injection using the new image guidance system SabreSource™: a prospective study in 60 patients

Dirk Proschek, K. Kafchitsas, M. A. Rauschmann, A. A. Kurth, T. J. Vogl, Florian Geiger

A clinical prediction rule for classifying patients with low back pain who demonstrate short-term improvement with mechanical lumbar traction

Congcong Cai, Yong Hao Pua, Kian Chong Lim

The demands of professional opera singing on cranio-cervical posture

Gillian Johnson, Margot Skinner

Is extensive cervical laminoplasty an effective treatment for spinal cord sarcoidosis combined with cervical spondylosis?

Keisuke Oe, Minoru Doita, Hiroshi Miyamoto, Fumio Kanda, Masahiro Kurosaka, Masatoshi Sumi

Interobserver reliability and intraobserver reproducibility of powers ratio for assessment of atlanto-occipital junction: comparison of plain radiography and computed tomography

Gang Li, Peter Passias, Michal Kozanek, Brian D. Shannon, Guoan Li, Fernando Villamil, Christopher M. Bono, Mitchel Harris, Kirkham B. Wood

Interobserver reliability and intraobserver reproducibility of Powers ratio for assessment of atlanto-occipital junction: comparison of plain radiography and computer tomography (Kirkham B. Wood; ESJO-D-08-00378R2)

Ian A. Stokes

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