Spine July 2009 Vol 34 Iss 16

Basic Science
1631-1637
The Effects of Inflammation on Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein Expression in Satellite Cells of the Dorsal Root Ganglion
Krzysztof Siemionow, MD; Aleksandra Klimczak, PhD et al

1638-1643
Intra-Arterial Injection in the Rat Brain: Evaluation of Steroids Used for Transforaminal Epidurals
Joshua D. Dawley, MD; Tobias Moeller-Bertram, MD; Mark S. Wallace, MD, MAS; Piyush M. Patel, MD

1644-1649
Evidence of Enhanced Expression of Osteopontin in Spinal Hyperostosis of the Twy Mouse
Atsuomi Aiba, MD; Arata Nakajima, MD, PhD et al

Cervical Spine
1650-1657
Pediatric and Adult Three-Dimensional Cervical Spine Kinematics: Effect of Age and Sex Through Overall Motion
Laura L. Greaves, MASc; Carolyn Van Toen, MASc; Angela Melnyk et al

1658-1662
The Influence of Cervical Traction, Compression, and Spurling Test on Cervical Intervertebral Foramen Size
Hiroshi Takasaki, PT, MSc; Toby Hall, PT, MSc, FACP et al

Clinical Case Series
1663-1668
Bone Graft Volumetric Changes and Clinical Outcomes After Instrumented Lumbar or Lumbosacral Fusion: A Prospective Cohort Study With a Five-Year Follow-up
Kee-Yong Ha, MD; Jun-Seok Lee, MD; Ki-Won Kim, MD

Cochrane Collaboration
1669-1684
Massage for Low Back Pain: An Updated Systematic Review Within the Framework of the Cochrane Back Review Group
Andrea D. Furlan, MD, PhD; Marta Imamura, MD, PhD; Trish Dryden, RMT, MEd; Emma Irvin, BA

1685-1692
Empirical Evidence of an Association Between Internal Validity and Effect Size in Randomized Controlled Trials of Low-Back Pain
Maurits W. van Tulder, PhD; Marika Suttorp, MSc; Sally Morton, PhD; Lex M. Bouter, PhD; Paul Shekelle, MD, PhD

Deformity
1693-1698
Operative Versus Nonoperative Treatment of Leg Pain in Adults With Scoliosis: A Retrospective Review of a Prospective Multicenter Database With Two-Year Follow-up
the Spinal Deformity Study Group

1699-1705
Factors Related to Progression of Thoracolumbar Kyphosis in Children With Achondroplasia: A Retrospective Cohort Study of Forty-Eight Children Treated in a Comprehensive Orthopaedic Center
Battugs Borkhuu, MD; Durga K. Nagaraju, MD; Gilbert Chan, MD; Larry Holmes, Jr, PhD; William G. Mackenzie, MD

1706-1710
Pelvic Fixation of Growing Rods: Comparison of Constructs
Paul D. Sponseller, MD; Justin S. Yang, BS; George H. Thompson, MD et al

1711-1715
Growing Rods for Infantile Scoliosis in Marfan Syndrome
Paul D. Sponseller, MD; George H. Thompson, MD; Behrooz A. Akbarnia, et al

Diagnostics
1716-1721
Prevalence of Degenerative Imaging Findings in Lumbar Magnetic Resonance Imaging Among Young Adults
Jani Takatalo, MSc; Jaro Karppinen, MD, PhD; Jaakko Niinimäki, MD et al

Health Services Research
1722-1731
Patient-Level Minimal Clinically Important Difference Based on Clinical Judgment and Minimally Detectable Measurement Difference: A Rationale for the SF-36 Physical Function Scale in the SPORT Intervertebral Disc Herniation Cohort
Kevin F. Spratt, PhD

1732-1735
The Cultural Adaptation, Reliability, and Validity of Neck Disability Index in Patients With Neck Pain: A Turkish Version Study
Emine Aslan Telci, PT, PhD; Ayse Karaduman, PT, PhD et al

Historical Perspective
1736-1739
The History of the Halo Skeletal Fixator
Patrick W. O’Donnell, MD, PhD; Jack Anavian, MD; Julie A. Switzer, MD; Robert A. Morgan, MD

Letters
1740
Letters
Ronald H.M.A. Bartels, MD, PhD

1740-1741
Letters
Maria J. Colomina, MD; Joan Bagó, MD; Inmaculada Fuentes, MD

1741
Letters
Sherif Elwatidy, FRCS(SN), MD

Randomized Trial
E544-E551
Neck/Shoulder Exercise for Neck Pain in Air Force Helicopter Pilots: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Björn O. Äng, PT, PhD; Andreas Monnier, PT, MSc; Karin Harms-Ringdahl, PT, PhD

Basic Science
E552-E557
Matrix Metalloproteinase-3 on Ligamentum Flavum in Degenerative Lumbar Spondylolisthesis
In-Soo Oh, MD; Kee-Yong Ha, MD

E558-E564
Relative Efficacy of Transcranial Motor Evoked Potentials, Mechanically-Elicited Electromyography, and Evoked EMG to Assess Nerve Root Function During Sustained Retraction in a Porcine Model
Russ Lyon, MS, DABNM; Jeremy A. Lieberman, MD; John Feiner, MD; Shane Burch, MD

Biomechanics
E565-E572
Effect of Iliac Screw Insertion Depth on the Stability and Strength of Lumbo-Iliac Fixation Constructs: An Anatomical and Biomechanical Study
Zhao-Min Zheng, MD, PhD; Bin-Sheng Yu, MD, PhD; Hui Chen, MD et al

E573-E578
Biomechanical Effects of Laminoplasty Versus Laminectomy: Stenosis and Stability
Venkat Subramaniam, BS; Robert H. Chamberlain, MS; Nicholas Theodore, MD et al

Clinical Case Series
E579-E585
Facet Orientation and Tropism: Associations With Facet Joint Osteoarthritis and Degeneratives
Leonid Kalichman, PT, PhD; Pradeep Suri, MD; Ali Guermazi, MD; Ling Li, MPH; David J. Hunter, MBBS, PhD

Case Report
E586-E590
Pathological Vertebral Compression Fracture of C3 Due to a Breast Cancer Metastasis in a Male Patient
Vicente Jesús López-O’Rourke, MD; Felip Orient-López, MD et al