European Spine Journal

Spinal balance: the toll of bipedalism or the “French Connection”

R. Gunzburg

Pelvic incidence–lumbar lordosis mismatch results in increased segmental joint loads in the unfused and fused lumbar spine

Marco Senteler, Bernhard Weisse, Jess G. Snedeker, Dominique A. Rothenfluh

Influence of age and sagittal balance of the spine on the value of the pelvic incidence

Legaye Jean

A comparative analysis of sagittal spinopelvic alignment between young and old men without localized disc degeneration

Youngbae B. Kim, Yongjung J. Kim, Young-Joon Ahn, Gyu-Bok Kang, Jae-Hyuk Yang, Hyungtae Lim, Seung-Won Lee

Body posture and backpack loading: an upright magnetic resonance imaging study of the adult lumbar spine

Stephen Shymon, Alan R. Hargens, Lawrence A. Minkoff, Douglas G. Chang

Impact of spinal alignment and back muscle strength on shoulder range of motion in middle-aged and elderly people in a prospective cohort study

Shiro Imagama, Yukiharu Hasegawa, Norimitsu Wakao, Kenichi Hirano, Akio Muramoto, Naoki Ishiguro

Sagittal spinopelvic alignment in adolescents associated with Scheuermann’s kyphosis: a comparison with normal population

Long Jiang, Yong Qiu, Leilei Xu, Zhen Liu, Zhou Wang, Shifu Sha, Zezhang Zhu

Sacrum pubic incidence and sacrum pubic posterior angle: two morphologic radiological parameters in assessing pelvic sagittal alignment in human adults

Weijun Wang, Mingda Wu, Zhen Liu, Leilei Xu, Feng Zhu, Zezhang Zhu, Wenjie Weng, Yong Qiu

Evolution of the ischio-iliac lordosis during natural growth and its relation with the pelvic incidence

Tom P. C. Schlösser, Michiel M. A. Janssen, Tomaž Vrtovec, Franjo Pernuš, F. Cumhur Öner, Max A. Viergever, Koen L. Vincken, René M. Castelein

Cervical spine alignment in the pediatric population: a radiographic normative study of 150 asymptomatic patients

K. Abelin-Genevois, A. Idjerouidene, P. Roussouly, J. M. Vital, C. Garin

Does age affect the response of pelvis and spine to simulated leg length discrepancies? A rasterstereographic pilot study

Michael Wild, Britta Kühlmann, Anna Stauffenberg, Pascal Jungbluth, Mohssen Hakimi, Walter Rapp, Marcel Betsch

Clinical applicability of magnetic resonance imaging in acute spinal cord trauma

Dionei Freitas Morais, João Simão de Melo Neto, Lucas Crociati Meguins, Sara Eleodoro Mussi, José Roberto Lopes Ferraz Filho, Waldir Antônio Tognola

Long-term surgical outcomes of cervical myelopathy with athetoid cerebral palsy

Keung Nyun Kim, Poong Gee Ahn, Mi Jung Ryu, Dong Ah Shin, Seong Yi, Do Heum Yoon, Yoon Ha

Segmental anterior cervical corpectomy and fusion with preservation of middle vertebrae in the surgical management of 4-level cervical spondylotic myelopathy

Zhonghai Li, Zhenggang Guo, Shuxun Hou, Yantao Zhao, Hongbin Zhong, Shunzhi Yu, Tiesheng Hou

The potential role of heat shock proteins in acute spinal cord injury

Yijun Zhou, Leilei Xu, Xinghua Song, Liwen Ding, Jiangtao Chen, Chong Wang, Yuling Gan, Xiaomeng Zhu, Yipin Yu, Qiuzhen Liang

Anterior corpectomy and fusion to C2 for cervical myelopathy: clinical results and complications

Hiroaki Kimura, Jitsuhiko Shikata, Seiichi Odate, Tsunemitsu Soeda

Metastatic spinal cord compression as a result of the unknown primary tumour

N. A. Quraishi, D. Ramoutar, D. Sureshkumar, S. R. Manoharan, A. Spencer, G. Arealis, K. L. Edwards, B. M. Boszczyk

Early neurological recovery course after surgical treatment of cervical spondylotic myelopathy: a prospective study with 2-year follow-up using three different functional assessment tests

Hugues Pascal Moussellard, Alain Meyer, David Biot, Frédéric Khiami, Elhadi Sariali

Dynamic cervical myelopathy in young adults

Lotfi Hattou, Xavier Morandi, Pierre-Jean Le Reste, Raphaël Guillin, Laurent Riffaud, Pierre-Louis Hénaux

Usefulness of diffusion tensor MR imaging in the assessment of intramedullary changes of the cervical spinal cord in different stages of degenerative spine disease

Anna Banaszek, Joanna Bladowska, Paweł Szewczyk, Przemysław Podgórski, Marek Sąsiadek

The pathological changes in the spinal cord after dural tear with and without autologous fascia repair

Yi Song, Shao Li, Bo Song, Yanli Zhang, Wenting Gao, Ning Li, Kai Fan, Jianmei Ma

Is the “snake-eye” MRI sign correlated to anterior spinal artery occlusion on CT angiography in cervical spondylotic myelopathy and amyotrophy?

Zhengfeng Zhang, Honggang Wang

Posterior short-segment instrumentation and limited segmental decompression supplemented with vertebroplasty with calcium sulphate and intermediate screws for thoracolumbar burst fractures

Changbao Chen, Gongyi Lv, Baoshan Xu, Xiaolin Zhang, Xinlong Ma

Comparison of the risk of breakage of two kinds of sacroiliac screws in the treatment of bilateral sacral fractures

Shengqiang Fu, Yong Zhao, Wei Lian, Dexin Zou, Tao Sun, Yuchi Zhao, Jiangwei Tan, Shudong Zhang, Dan Wang

A novel technique for reduction of unreducible lumbar fractures in ankylosing spondylitis

Rajat Mahajan, Abhishek Srivastava, Nishit Patel, Ankur Nanda, Vijayanth Kanagaraju, Vikas Tandon, Harvinder Singh Chhabra

A comparison of spinal anesthesia characteristics following intrathecal bupivacaine or levobupivacaine in lumbar disc surgery

Monica del-Rio-Vellosillo, Jose Javier Garcia-Medina, Maria Dolores Pinazo-Duran, Antonio Abengochea-Cotania

Answer to the letter to the editor of Monica del-Rio-Vellosillo et al. entitled “A comparison of spinal anesthesia characteristics following intrathecal bupivacaine or levobupivacaine in lumbar disc surgery” by Sahin AS, Türker G, Bekar A, Bilgin H, Korfalı G (2013). Eur Spine J 9. doi:10.1007/s00586-013-3082-0

Ayça Sultan Şahin

Letter to the Editor concerning “Range of motion of thoracic spine in sagittal plane”

Johnny Padulo, Luca Paolo Ardigò

Answer to the Letter to the Editor of J. Padulo et al. concerning “Range of motion of thoracic spine in sagittal plane” by D. Morita et al. Eur Spine J (2014) 23:673–678

Daigo Morita

Comment on Guo et al. entitled “A prospective randomized controlled study on the treatment outcome of SpineCor brace versus rigid brace for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis with follow-up according to the SRS standardized criteria”

Tim Cook

Answer to the Letter of the Editor T. Cook concerning “A prospective randomized controlled study on the treatment outcome of SpineCor brace versus rigid brace for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis with follow-up according to the SRS standardized criteria” by Jing Guo et al., Eur Spine J, doi:10.1007/s00586-013-3146-1

Jack Chun Yiu Cheng, Tsz Ping Lam, Man Sang Wong, Jing Guo, Bobby Kin Wah Ng

Erratum to: The growth and increase of the number of journals focusing on Spine: a scientific blessing?

Max Aebi, Marek Szpalski

Erratum to: The potential role of heat shock proteins in acute spinal cord injury

Yijun Zhou, Leilei Xu, Xinghua Song, Liwen Ding, Jiangtao Chen, Chong Wang, Yuling Gan, Xiaomeng Zhu, Yipin Yu, Qiuzhen Liang

Erratum to: Influence of age and sagittal balance of the spine on the value of the pelvic incidence

Jean Legaye

Abstracts for SFCR June 2014

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