Spine August 2008, Volume 33, Issue 17

Imagery
A16
Damascus Gate to the Old City of Jerusalem

Randomized Trial
1813-1820
Cervical Medial Branch Blocks for Chronic Cervical Facet Joint Pain: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Controlled Trial With One-Year Follow-up
Laxmaiah Manchikanti; Vijay Singh; Frank J. E. Falco et al

Basic Science
1821-1828
Characterization of Intervertebral Disc Aging: Longitudinal Analysis of a Rabbit Model by Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Histology, and Gene Expression
Gwendolyn Sowa; Gianluca Vadalà; Rebecca Studer

1829-1835
Gene Expression Changes in Dorsal Root Ganglion of Rat Experimental Lumber Disc Herniation Models
Bunji Takayama; Miho Sekiguchi; Shoji Yabuki

1836-1842
Tumor Necrosis Factor-Alpha in the Nucleus Pulposus Mediates Radicular Pain, but Not Increase of Inflammatory Peptide, Associated With Nerve Damage in Mice
Masaomi Yamashita; Seiji Ohtori; Takana Koshi; Gen Inoue

1843-1849
Behavior of Mesenchymal Stem Cells in the Chemical Microenvironment of the Intervertebral Disc
Karin Wuertz; Karolyn Godburn; Cornelia Neidlinger-Wilke

1850-1855
Biologic Response of Human Intervertebral Disc Cells to Gene Therapy Cocktail
Seong-Hwan Moon, MD; Kotaro Nishida, MD; Lars G. Gilbertson, PhD; Hwan-Mo Lee

Biomechanics
1856-1862
Preventing Fall-Related Vertebral Fractures: Effect of Floor Stiffness on Peak Impact Forces During Backward Falls
Meena M. Sran, PT, PhD; Stephen N. Robinovitch, PhD

1863-1869
Rest Cannot Always Recover the Dynamic Properties of Fatigue-Loaded Intervertebral Disc
Jaw-Lin Wang, PhD; Tai-Kuan Wu, BS; Tzu-Cheng Lin

1870-1875
Comparing the Fixation of a Novel Hollow Screw Versus a Conventional Solid Screw in Human Sacra Under Cyclic Loading
Stewart D. McLachlin, BESc; Brendon J. B. Beaton, MESc; Marlis T. Sabo

1876-1881
Comparison of Computed Tomography Based Parametric and Patient-Specific Finite Element Models of the Healthy and Metastatic Spine Using a Mesh-Morphing Algorithm
Meaghan Anne O’Reilly, BSc; Cari Marisa Whyne, PhD

Cervical Spine
1882-1888
Annual Frequency and Magnitude of Neck Motion in Healthy Individuals
Andrew C. Sterling, BS; Daniel G. Cobian, BS; Paul A. Anderson, MD; Bryan C. Heiderscheit

Clinical Case Series
1889-1897
Chronic Widespread Pain in Patients With Occupational Spinal Disorders: Prevalence, Psychiatric Comorbidity, and Association With Outcomes
Tom G. Mayer, MD; Benjamin L. Towns, MS; Randy Neblett

1898-1904
Intraoperative Radiotherapy Combined With Posterior Decompression and Stabilization for Non-Ambulant Paralytic Patients due to Spinal Metastasis
Taiji Kondo, MD; Takahiro Hozumi, MD; Takahiro Goto, MD; Atsushi Seichi

Health Services Research
1905-1912
Costs and State-Specific Rates of Thoracic and Lumbar Vertebroplasty, 2001–2005
Darryl T. Gray, MD, ScD; William Hollingworth, PhD; Nneka Onwudiwe

Surgery
1913-1917
Sterility of C-arm Fluoroscopy During Spinal Surgery
Debdut Biswas, BA; Jesse E. Bible, BS; Peter G. Whang

Basic Science
E576-E579
Inhibition of MMP2/MMP9 After Spinal Cord Trauma Reduces Apoptosis
Alexis B. C. Dang, MD; Bobby K.-B. Tay, MD; Hubert T. Kim, MD, PhD; Aaron Nauth

E580-E588
The Effect of Cerebrospinal Fluid on the Biomechanics of Spinal Cord: An Ex Vivo Bovine Model Using Bovine and Physical Surrogate Spinal Cord
Claire F. Jones, MSc; Shannon G. Kroeker, MASc; Peter A. Cripton, PhD; Richard M. Hall, PhD

Biomechanics
E589-E594
Validation of a Novel Minimally Invasive Intervertebral Disc Pressure Sensor Utilizing In-Fiber Bragg Gratings in a Porcine Model: An Ex Vivo Study
Christopher R. Dennison, B.Eng.; Peter M. Wild, PhD; Marcel F. Dvorak

Health Services Research
E595-E601
Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Validation of the Norwegian Version of the Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia
Anne Julsrud Haugen, MD; Lars Grøvle, MD; Anne Keller; Margreth Grotle

Surgery
E602-E606
Effect of Ramosetron on Patient-Controlled Analgesia Related Nausea and Vomiting After Spine Surgery in Highly Susceptible Patients: Comparison With Ondansetron
Yong Seon Choi, MD; Jae Kwang Shim, MD; Do Heum Yoon, MD, PhD; Duck Heeh Jeon

Case Reports
E607-E610
The Role of Exercising in a Pair of Female Monozygotic (High-Class Athletes) Twins Discordant for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
Michael E. Potoupnis, MD; Eustathios Kenanidis et al

E611-E613
The Long-term Follow-up of Surgical Treatment for Cervical Myelopathy With Severe Nape and Upper Arm Pain Caused by the Anomalous Vertebral Artery: Case Report
Hiroshi Takei, MD, PhD; Masaaki Sagae, MD, PhD; Katsushi Chiba et al

E614-E619
Clinical Approach and Surgical Strategy for Spinal Diseases in Pregnant Women: A Report of Ten Cases
In-Ho Han, MD; Sung-Uk Kuh, MD, PhD; Jae-Hoon Kim, MD; Dong-Kyu Chin

E620-E623
Coccydynia Related to Calcium Crystal Deposition
Pascal Richette, MD, PhD; Jean-Yves Maigne, MD; Thomas Bardin, MD

Online Article Abstracts
A12-A14
Online Article Abstracts