European Spine Journal

Are non-invasive interventions effective for the management of headaches associated with neck pain? An update of the Bone and Joint Decade Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders by the Ontario Protocol for Traffic Injury Management (OPTIMa) Collaboration

Sharanya Varatharajan, Brad Ferguson, Karen Chrobak, Yaadwinder Shergill, Pierre Côté, Jessica J. Wong, Hainan Yu, Heather M. Shearer, Danielle Southerst, Deborah Sutton, Kristi Randhawa, Craig Jacobs, Sean Abdulla, Erin Woitzik, Andrée-Anne Marchand, Gabrielle van der Velde, Linda J. Carroll, Margareta Nordin, Carlo Ammendolia, Silvano Mior, Arthur Ameis, Maja Stupar, Anne Taylor-Vaisey

Management of neck pain and associated disorders: A clinical practice guideline from the Ontario Protocol for Traffic Injury Management (OPTIMa) Collaboration

Pierre Côté, Jessica J. Wong, Deborah Sutton, Heather M. Shearer, Silvano Mior, Kristi Randhawa, Arthur Ameis, Linda J. Carroll, Margareta Nordin, Hainan Yu, Gail M. Lindsay, Danielle Southerst, Sharanya Varatharajan, Craig Jacobs, Maja Stupar, Anne Taylor-Vaisey, Gabrielle van der Velde, Douglas P. Gross, Robert J. Brison, Mike Paulden, Carlo Ammendolia, J. David Cassidy, Patrick Loisel, Shawn Marshall, Richard N. Bohay, John Stapleton, Michel Lacerte, Murray Krahn, Roger Salhany

The ability of external immobilizers to restrict movement of the cervical spine: a systematic review

Micha Holla, Joske M. R. Huisman, Nico Verdonschot, Jon Goosen, Allard J. F. Hosman, Gerjon Hannink

Esophageal perforation after anterior cervical surgery: a review of the literature for over half a century with a demonstrative case and a proposed novel algorithm

Ferhat Harman, Erkan Kaptanoglu, Askin Esen Hasturk

C5 nerve root palsy following decompression of cervical spine with anterior versus posterior types of procedures in patients with cervical myelopathy

Recep Basaran, Tuncay Kaner

C5 nerve palsy after posterior reconstruction surgery: predictive risk factors of the incidence and critical range of correction for kyphosis

Takuto Kurakawa, Hiroshi Miyamoto, Shuichi Kaneyama, Masatoshi Sumi, Koki Uno

A cohort study of the morbidity of combined anterior-posterior cervical spinal fusions: incidence and predictors of postoperative dysphagia

Kevin A. Reinard, Diana M. Cook, Hesham M. Zakaria, Azam M. Basheer, Victor W. Chang, Muwaffak M. Abdulhak

Confirmatory factor analysis of the neck disability index, comparing patients with whiplash associated disorders to a control group with non-specific neck pain

Charles Philip Gabel, Antonio Cuesta-Vargas, Sebastian Barr, Stephanie Winkeljohn Black, Jason W. Osborne, Markus Melloh

Cost-effectiveness of manual therapy versus physiotherapy in patients with sub-acute and chronic neck pain: a randomised controlled trial

J. M. van Dongen, R. Groeneweg, S. M. Rubinstein, J. E. Bosmans, R. A. B. Oostendorp, R. W. J. G. Ostelo, M. W. van Tulder

Intraspinal canal rod migration causing late-onset paraparesis 8 years after scoliosis surgery

Ibrahim Obeid, Jean-Marc Vital, Nicolas Aurouer, Steve Hansen, Nicolas Gangnet, Vincent Pointillart, Olivier Gille, Louis Boissiere, Nasir A. Quraishi

Expert’s comment concerning Grand Rounds case entitled “Intraspinal canal rod migration causing late-onset paraparesis 8 years after scoliosis surgery” (I. Obeid et al. Eur Spine J; 2014, DOI 10.1007/s00586-014-3367-y)

H. Pascal-Moussellard, E. Ferrero, J. Dubousset, L. Miladi

The surgical management of atlanto-axial subluxation in juvenile rheumatoid arthritis

Khalid M. I. Salem, Ajay Radhakrishnan, Eyal Behrbalk, B. M. Boszczyk

Expert’s comment concerning Grand Rounds case entitled “The surgical management of atlanto-axial subluxation in juvenile rheumatoid arthritis” (Khalid M. I. Salem et al. Eur Spine J; 2014, DOI 10.1007/s00586-014-3648-5)

Kishore Chandran Warrier

Cervical subtotal en-bloc spondylectomy of C6 mesenchymal chondrosarcoma

Chang-Hwa Lee, Woo-Kie Min

Expert’s comment concerning Grand Rounds case entitled “Cervical subtotal en-bloc spondylectomy of C6 mesenchymal chondrosarcoma” (Chang-Hwa Lee and Woo-Kie Min); Eur Spine J (2015): DOI 10.1007/s00586-015-4297-z

Bronek Boszczyk

Mechanical role of the posterior column components in the cervical spine

Robert A. Hartman, Robert E. Tisherman, Cheng Wang, Kevin M. Bell, Joon Y. Lee, Gwendolyn A. Sowa, James D. Kang

Neck motion kinematics: an inter-tester reliability study using an interactive neck VR assessment in asymptomatic individuals

Hilla Sarig Bahat, Elliot Sprecher, Itamar Sela, Julia Treleaven

Narrow cervical canal in 1211 asymptomatic healthy subjects: the relationship with spinal cord compression on MRI

Hiroaki Nakashima, Yasutsugu Yukawa, Kota Suda, Masatsune Yamagata, Takayoshi Ueta, Fumihiko Kato

Dimensions of the cervical neural foramen in conditions of spinal deformity: an ex vivo biomechanical investigation using specimen-specific CT imaging

Zachary A. Smith, Saeed Khayatzadeh, Joshua Bakhsheshian, Michael Harvey, Robert M. Havey, Leonard I. Voronov, Muturi G. Muriuki, Avinash G. Patwardhan

Kinematic analysis of cervical spine canal diameter and its association with grade of degeneration

Xin Jiang, Dong Chen, Yahao Lou, Zhongshi Li

AOSpine subaxial cervical spine injury classification system

Alexander R. Vaccaro, John D. Koerner, Kris E. Radcliff, F. Cumhur Oner, Maximilian Reinhold, Klaus J. Schnake, Frank Kandziora, Michael G. Fehlings, Marcel F. Dvorak, Bizhan Aarabi, Shanmuganathan Rajasekaran, Gregory D. Schroeder, Christopher K. Kepler, Luiz R. Vialle

A comparative agreement evaluation of two subaxial cervical spine injury classification systems: the AOSpine and the Allen and Ferguson schemes

Julio Urrutia, Tomas Zamora, Mauricio Campos, Ratko Yurac, Joaquin Palma, Sebastian Mobarec, Carlos Prada

Cervical spine injuries, mechanisms, stability and AIS scores from vertical loading applied to military environments

Narayan Yoganandan, Frank A. Pintar, John R. Humm, Dennis J. Maiman, Liming Voo, Andrew Merkle

Morphometric features of posterior cranial fossa are different between Chiari I malformation with and without syringomyelia

Huang Yan, Xiao Han, Mengran Jin, Zhen Liu, Dingding Xie, Shifu Sha, Yong Qiu, Zezhang Zhu

Anterior transarticular atlantoaxial screw fixation in combination with dens screw fixation for type II odontoid fractures with associated atlanto-odontoid osteoarthritis

Christoph Josten, Jan-Sven Jarvers, Stefan Glasmacher, Christoph-Eckhard Heyde, Ulrich J. Spiegl

Morphological studies of cartilage endplates in subaxial cervical region

Songchuan Zhao, Dingjun Hao, Yonghong Jiang, Dageng Huang, Chaoyuan Ge, Hang Feng

Sequential alignment change of the cervical spine after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion in the lower cervical spine

Jong Tae Kim, Ho Jin Lee, Doo Yong Choi, Myoung Hoon Shin, Jae Taek Hong

A prospective clinical and radiographic 12-month outcome study of patients undergoing single-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion for symptomatic cervical degenerative disc disease utilizing a novel viable allogeneic, cancellous, bone matrix (trinity evolution™) with a comparison to historical controls

Jed Vanichkachorn, Timothy Peppers, Dennis Bullard, Scott K. Stanley, Raymond J. Linovitz, James T. Ryaby

Surgical planning, manufacturing and implantation of an individualized cervical fusion titanium cage using patient-specific data

Uwe Spetzger, Miles Frasca, Stefan Alexander König

In vitro investigation of a new dynamic cervical implant: comparison to spinal fusion and total disc replacement

Bastian Welke, Michael Schwarze, Christof Hurschler, Thorsten Book, Stephan Magdu, Dorothea Daentzer

A comparison of anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) using self-locking stand-alone polyetheretherketone (PEEK) cage with ACDF using cage and plate in the treatment of three-level cervical degenerative spondylopathy: a retrospective study with 2-year follow-up

Yuqiao Chen, Guohua Lü, Bing Wang, Lei Li, Lei Kuang

A RCT comparing 7-year clinical outcomes of one level symptomatic cervical disc disease (SCDD) following ProDisc-C total disc arthroplasty (TDA) versus anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF)

Thomas P. Loumeau, Bruce V. Darden, Thomas J. Kesman, Susan M. Odum, Bryce A. Van Doren, Eric B. Laxer, Daniel B. Murrey

Heterotopic ossification and clinical outcome in nonconstrained cervical arthroplasty 2 years after surgery: the Norwegian Cervical Arthroplasty Trial (NORCAT)

Jarle Sundseth, Eva Astrid Jacobsen, Frode Kolstad, Ruth O. Sletteberg, Oystein P. Nygaard, Lars Gunnar Johnsen, Are Hugo Pripp, Hege Andresen, Oddrun Anita Fredriksli, Erling Myrseth, John A. Zwart

Cervical cages placed bilaterally in the facet joints from a posterior approach significantly increase foraminal area

Kris Siemionow, Piotr Janusz, Pawel Glowka

A retrospective study to reveal the effect of surgical correction of cervical kyphosis on thoraco-lumbo-pelvic sagittal alignment

Dong-Ho Lee, Jung-Ki Ha, Jae-Hak Chung, Chang Ju Hwang, Choon Sung Lee, Jae Hwan Cho

Comparison of clinical outcomes between laminoplasty, posterior decompression with instrumented fusion, and anterior decompression with fusion for K-line (–) cervical ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament

Masao Koda, Makondo Mochizuki, Hiroaki Konishi, Atsuomi Aiba, Ryo Kadota, Taigo Inada, Koshiro Kamiya, Mitsutoshi Ota, Satoshi Maki, Kazuhisa Takahashi, Masashi Yamazaki, Chikato Mannoji, Takeo Furuya

Prevalence of axial symptoms after posterior cervical decompression: a meta-analysis

Miao Wang, Xiao Ji Luo, Qian Xing Deng, Jia Hong Li, Nan Wang

Publication rate of paper and podium presentations from the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society Annual Meeting

T. Janssen, R. Bartels, B. Lind, C. Villas Tome, C. L. A. Vleggeert-Lankamp

Abstracts for SFCR-August 2016

Announcements for issue 7, 2016