Spine Vol 35 Iss 5 March 2010

Randomized Trial
469-476
Treatment of Chronic Low Back Pain: A Randomized, Clinical Trial Comparing Group-Based Multidisciplinary Biopsychosocial Rehabilitation and Intensive Individual Therapist-Assisted Back Muscle Strengthening Exercises
Ninna Dufour, MD; Gorm Thamsborg, PhD; Alex Oefeldt; Charlotte Lundsgaard, MD; Steen Stender
477
Point of View
Tom G. Mayer, MD
478-482
Twelve-Months Follow-up in Forty-Nine Patients With Acute/Semiacute Osteoporotic Vertebral Fractures Treated Conservatively or With Percutaneous Vertebroplasty: A Clinical Randomized Study
Rikke Rousing, MD; Karina L. Hansen, MD; Mikkel O. Andersen et al
483-496
The Efficacy of a Short Education Program and a Short Physiotherapy Program for Treating Low Back Pain in Primary Care: A Cluster Randomized Trial
Spanish Back Pain Research Network
Basic Science
497-504
Targeted Retrograde Gene Delivery of Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Suppresses Apoptosis of Neurons and Oligodendroglia After Spinal Cord Injury in Rats
Hideaki Nakajima, MD, PhD; Kenzo Uchida, MD, PhD; Takafumi Yayama et al
505-510
Validation of Sodium Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Intervertebral Disc
Chenyang Wang, BS; Erin McArdle, BS; Matthew Fenty et al
511-516
Disproportionate Body Lengths Correlate With Idiopathic-Type Curvature in the Curveback Guppy
Kristen F. Gorman, PhD; Felix Breden, PhD
Biomechanics
517-525
Is Activation of the Back Muscles Impaired by Creep or Muscle Fatigue?
Daniel Sánchez-Zuriaga, PhD; Michael A. Adams, PhD; Patricia Dolan, PhD
526-530
Distractive Force Relative to Initial Graft Compression in an In Vivo Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion Model
Eric I. Francke, MD; Constantine K. Demetropoulos, PhD; Steven S. Agabegi, MD; Eeric Truumees, MD; Harry N. Herkowitz, MD
Clinical Case Series
531-536
The Association Between Lumbar Disc Degeneration and Low Back Pain: The Influence of Age, Gender, and Individual Radiographic Features
Evelien I. T. de Schepper, MD; Jurgen Damen, MD; Joyce B. J. van Meurs et al
Cervical Spine
537-543
Systematic Review of Cohort Studies Comparing Surgical Treatments for Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy
Mary R. A. Cunningham, MD; Stuart Hershman, MD; John Bendo, MD
544-551
Endoscopically Assisted Anterior Release and Reduction Through Anterolateral Retropharyngeal Approach for Fixed Atlantoaxial Dislocation
Guohua Lü, MD; Peter G. Passias, MD; Gang Li, MD; Michal Kozanek et al
552-556
Reliability and Validity of the Finnish Version of the Neck Disability Index and the Modified Neck Pain and Disability Scale
Petri Salo, MSc; Jari Ylinen, MD, PhD; Hannu Kautiainen, BA; Marja Arkela-Kautiainen, PhD; Arja Häkkinen, PhD
Deformity
557-561
Prediction of Scoliosis Correction With Thoracic Segmental Pedicle Screw Constructs Using Fulcrum Bending Radiographs
Wai Yuen Cheung, FRCSE, FHKAM; Lawrence G. Lenke, MD; Keith D. K. Luk, FRCSE, FHKAM
562-567
Correction of Main Thoracic Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Using Pedicle Screw Instrumentation: Does Higher Implant Density Improve Correction?
Gerald M. Y. Quan, PhD, MD, FRCS; Mike J. Gibson, MD, FRCS
Health Services Research
568-577
Score Distribution of the Scoliosis Research Society-22 Questionnaire in Subgroups of Patients of All Ages With Idiopathic Scoliosis
Eric C. Parent, PT, PhD; Rohan Dang; Doug Hill, P.Eng, MBA; Jim Mahood, MD; Marc Moreau, MD; Jim Raso, P.Eng, MASc; Edmond Lou, P.Eng, PhD
578-582
The Costs and Benefits of Nonoperative Management for Adult Scoliosis
Steven D. Glassman, MD; Leah Y. Carreon, MD, MSc; Christopher I. Shaffrey et al
Occupational Health/Ergonomics
583-589
Decrease in Postural Sway and Trunk Stiffness During Cognitive Dual-Task in Nonspecific Chronic Low Back Pain Patients, Performance Compared to Healthy Control Subjects
Ulrike Van Daele, PT, MT; Friso Hagman, PhD; Steven Truijen, PhD; Peter Vorlat, MD; Bart Van Gheluwe, PhD; Peter Vaes, PhD
Surgery
590-595
One-Stage Combined Posterior and Anterior Approaches for Excising Thoracolumbar and Lumbar Tumors: Surgical and Oncological Outcomes
Yongcheng Hu, MD; Qun Xia, MD; Jingtao Ji, MSc; Jun Miao, MD
Erratum
595
Risk of Vertebrobasilar Stroke and Chiropractic Care: Results of a Population-Based Case-Control and Case-Crossover Study: Erratum
Imaging Corner
596
Unknown Case: Part 1
Syed M. Aftab, MBChB, MA Cantab, MRCS; Asif Saifuddin; Sarmad Kazzaz; Adrian T. Casey
Letters to the Editor
597
Letters
Tomislav Smoljanovic, MD, PhD; Ivan Bojanic, MD, PhD; Goran Bicanic, MD, PhD; Domagoj Delimar
597-598
Letters
Jeffrey M. Toth, PhD; Scott D. Boden, MD; J Kenneth Burkus, MD
Case Report
E149-E151
Cervical Intradural Disc Herniation After Spinal Manipulation Therapy in a Patient With Ossification of Posterior Longitudinal Ligament: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
Jung-Hao Hsieh, MD; Chieh-Tsai Wu, MD; Shih-Tseng Lee, MD
E152-E154
Paraganglioma Presenting as Metastatic Lesion in a Cervical Vertebra: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
Jeff A. Lehmen, MD; Daniel M. Babbel, MD; Kaidi Mikhitarian, MD; Theodore J. Choma, MD
E155-E158
Posterior Spinal Artery Infarct due to Patent Foramen Ovale: A Case Report
Marco Petruzzellis, MD, PhD; Angela Fraddosio, MD; Maurizio Giorelli et al
E159-E162
Chronic Myelopathy Associated to Intramedullary Cysticercosis
Fabrício Guimarães Gonçalves, MD; Priscilla Ornellas Neves, MD; Cassio Lemos Jovem, MD; Candice Caetano, MD; Livia Bravo Maia, MD
E163-E166
Coil Embolization of a Lumbar Artery to Control Vascular Injury During Intradiscal Surgery
Eldin E. Karaikovic, MD, PhD; Zachary Rattner, MD; Malcolm M. Bilimoria et al
E167-E171
An Unusual Case of Spondylodiscitis
Luis García-Bordes, MD; Juan A. Aguilera-Repiso, MD; Juan C. Serfaty-Soler et al
E172-E175
Recurrent Primary Spinal Subarachnoid Neurocysticercosis
Jae-Won Jang, MD; Jung-Kil Lee, MD; Jae-Hyun Lee, MD; Bo-Ra Seo, MD; Soo-Han Kim, MD
Online Article Abstracts
A16-A17
Online Article Abstracts