European Spine Journal

The Roland–Morris Disability Questionnaire: one or more dimensions?

Tiê Parma Yamato, Chris G. Maher, Bruno T. Saragiotto, Mark J. Catley, James H. McAuley

German validation of the BIDQ-S questionnaire on body image disturbance in idiopathic scoliosis

Mark Wetterkamp, Meinald T. Thielsch, Georg Gosheger, Patrick Boertz, Jan Henrik Terheyden, Tobias L. Schulte

Psychometric properties of the Swedish version of the Treatment Outcome Satisfaction Questionnaire

Riccardo Lo Martire, Angela Lis, Eva Skillgate, Eva Rasmussen-Barr

The clinical course of pain and disability following surgery for spinal stenosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies

Carolina G. Fritsch, Manuela L. Ferreira, Christopher G. Maher, Robert D. Herbert, Rafael Z. Pinto, Bart Koes, Paulo H. Ferreira

Particulate and non-particulate steroids in spinal epidurals: a systematic review and meta-analysis

I. H. Feeley, E. F. Healy, J. Noel, P. J. Kiely, T. M. Murphy

Dimensional changes of cervical and lumbar bony spinal canals in one generation in Western Switzerland: a computed tomography study

Arnaud Monier, Patrick Omoumi, Stéphanie Schizas, Fabio Becce, Constantin Schizas

Degenerative lumbar spinal canal stenosis: intra- and inter-reader agreement for magnetic resonance imaging parameters

Sebastian Winklhofer, Ulrike Held, Jakob M. Burgstaller, Tim Finkenstaedt, Nicolae Bolog, Nils Ulrich, Johann Steurer, Gustav Andreisek, Filippo Del Grande

Radiographic assessment of degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis: is MRI superior to CT?

Khalid Alsaleh, Derek Ho, M. Patricia Rosas-Arellano, Tanya Charyk Stewart, Kevin Roger Gurr, Christopher Stewart Bailey

A novel MRI classification system for congenital functional lumbar spinal stenosis predicts the risk for tandem cervical spinal stenosis

Carola F. van Eck, Nicholas T. Spina III, Joon Y. Lee

One-staged combined decompression for the patients with cervico-thoracic tandem spinal stenosis

Panpan Hu, Miao Yu, Xiaoguang Liu, Zhongjun Liu, Liang Jiang, Zhongqiang Chen

Morphology and clinical importance of epidural membrane and periradicular fibrous tissue in lumbar spinal stenosis

Akira Miyauchi, Tadayoshi Sumida, Mayumi Kaneko, Hideki Manabe, Nobuo Adachi

Unilateral tubular approach for bilateral laminotomy: effect on ipsilateral and contralateral buttock and leg pain

Marjan Alimi, Christoph P. Hofstetter, Jose M. Torres-Campa, Rodrigo Navarro-Ramirez, Guang-Ting Cong, Innocent Njoku Jr., Roger Härtl

Endoscope-assisted oblique lumbar interbody fusion for the treatment of cauda equina syndrome: a technical note

Jin-Sung Kim, Ji-Hoon Seong

The effectiveness of decompression alone compared with additional fusion for lumbar spinal stenosis with degenerative spondylolisthesis: a pragmatic comparative non-inferiority observational study from the Norwegian Registry for Spine Surgery

Ivar M. Austevoll, Rolf Gjestad, Jens Ivar Brox, Tore K. Solberg, Kjersti Storheim, Frode Rekeland, Erland Hermansen, Kari Indrekvam, Christian Hellum

The outcome of decompression alone for lumbar spinal stenosis with degenerative spondylolisthesis

Sarfraz Ahmad, Abdulkader Hamad, Amit Bhalla, Sarah Turner, Birender Balain, David Jaffray

Does surgical technique influence clinical outcome after lumbar spinal stenosis decompression? A comparative effectiveness study from the Norwegian Registry for Spine Surgery

Erland Hermansen, Ulla Kristina Romild, Ivar Magne Austevoll, Tore Solberg, Kjersti Storheim, Jens Ivar Brox, Christian Hellum, Kari Indrekvam

The impact of pelvic balance, physical activity, and fear-avoidance on the outcome after decompression and instrumented fusion for degenerative lumbar stenosis

P. Donnarumma, F. Presaghi, R. Tarantino, M. Fragale, M. Rullo, R. Delfini

Efficacy of intraoperative direct electrical stimulation of the spinal root and measurement of distal motor latency in lumbar spinal stenosis

Takao Murohashi, Mitsunori Yoshimoto, Tsuneo Takebayashi, Shuichi Hashimoto, Shouto Yamada, Hiroyuki Takashima, Toshihiko Yamashita

A novel use of the Spine Tango registry to evaluate selection bias in patient recruitment into clinical studies: an analysis of patients participating in the Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Outcome Study (LSOS)

H.-J. Becker, S. Nauer, F. Porchet, F. S. Kleinstück, D. Haschtmann, T. F. Fekete, J. Steurer, A. F. Mannion

A comparison between different outcome measures based on “meaningful important differences” in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis

Maria M. Wertli, Franziska Christina Buletti, Ulrike Held, Eva Rasmussen-Barr, Sherri Weiser, Jakob M. Burgstaller, Johann Steurer

Predictors of improvement in quality of life and pain relief in lumbar spinal stenosis relative to patient age: a study based on the Spine Tango registry

Rolf Sobottke, Christian Herren, Jan Siewe, Anne F. Mannion, Christoph Röder, Emin Aghayev

Determinants of patient satisfaction after surgery for central spinal stenosis without concomitant spondylolisthesis: a register study of 5100 patients

Freyr Gauti Sigmundsson, Bo Jönsson, Björn Strömqvist

Only walking matters—assessment following lumbar stenosis decompression

S. Budithi, Rohit Dhawan, Andrew Cattell, Birender Balain, David Jaffray

Is the duration of pre-operative conservative treatment associated with the clinical outcome following surgical decompression for lumbar spinal stenosis? A study based on the Spine Tango Registry

Thomas Zweig, Juliane Enke, Anne F. Mannion, Rolf Sobottke, Markus Melloh, Brian J. C. Freeman, Emin Aghayev

Cost-effectiveness of conservative versus surgical treatment strategies of lumbar spinal stenosis in the Swiss setting: analysis of the prospective multicenter Lumbar Stenosis Outcome Study (LSOS)

A. Aichmair, J. M. Burgstaller, M. Schwenkglenks, J. Steurer, F. Porchet, F. Brunner, M. Farshad

Diagnostic value of trunk flexion–extension testing in old chronic low back pain patients

Thomas Kienbacher, Elisabeth Fehrmann, Richard Habenicht, Christian Oeffel, Josef Kollmitzer, Patrick Mair, Gerold Ebenbichler

Analysis of relative kinematic index with normalized standing time between subjects with and without recurrent low back pain

Paul S. Sung, Pamela Danial

Comparison of MRI-defined back muscles volume between patients with ankylosing spondylitis and control patients with chronic back pain: age and spinopelvic alignment matched study

Doo Hee Bok, Jihye Kim, Tae-Hwan Kim

Is physiotherapy integrated virtual walking effective on pain, function, and kinesiophobia in patients with non-specific low-back pain? Randomised controlled trial

Gul Deniz Yilmaz Yelvar, Yasemin Çırak, Murat Dalkılınç, Yasemin Parlak Demir, Zeynep Guner, Ayşenur Boydak

Treating multi-level cervical disc disease with hybrid surgery compared to anterior cervical discectomy and fusion: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Victor M. Lu, Lucy Zhang, Daniel B. Scherman, Prashanth J. Rao, Ralph J. Mobbs, Kevin Phan

Letter to the Editor concerning “Reliability and reproducibility analysis of the AOSpine thoracolumbar spine injury classification system by Chinese spinal surgeons” by J. Cheng et al. (Eur Spine J; 2016: doi:10.1007/s00586-016-4842-4)

Siamak Sabour

Answer to the Letter to the Editor of S. Sabour concerning “Reliability and reproducibility analysis of the AOSpine thoracolumbar spine injury classification system by Chinese spinal surgeons” by J. Cheng et al. (Eur Spine J; 2016: DOI 10.1007/s00586-016-4842-4)

Peng Liu

Erratum to: Posterior implant removal in patients with thoracolumbar spine fractures: long-term results

A. J. Smits, L. den Ouden, A. Jonkergouw, J. Deunk, F. W. Bloemers

Abstracts for GEER-Congress in Toledo, Spain, June 2016

Announcments for issue 02, 2017