STUDY DESIGN Retrospective study. PURPOSE To evaluate the radiological and clinical results of three different methods in the deformity correction of a degenerative flat back. OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE There are no comparative studies about different procedures in the treatment of degenerative flat back. METHODS Sixty-four patients who consecutively underwent corrective surgery for degenerat...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the medium to long-term curative effects of surgical long segmental fixation and fusion in degenerative scoliosis (DS). PATIENTS AND METHODS From January 2001 to December 2011, 56 DS patients underwent long segmental fixation and fusion. Clinical data, including visual analogue scale (VAS) scores, Oswestry disability index (ODI), lumbar lordosis angles, coronary Cobb ang...

OBJECTIVES To identify distinct age-related trajectory classes of body mass index (BMI) z-scores from childhood to adolescence, and to examine the association of these trajectories with measures of standing sagittal spinal alignment at 14 years of age. METHODS Adolescents participating in the Western Australian Pregnancy Cohort (Raine) Study contributed data to the study (n=1 373). Age- and g...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to analyze and compare the surgical data, clinical outcomes, and complications between three-column osteotomy (3-COS) and standard surgical management (SSM) for the treatment of adult spine deformity (ASD). METHODS A total of 112 patients who underwent consecutive 3-COS (n = 48) and SSM (n = 64) procedures for ASD correction at a single institution from 20...

Three-dimensional classification of scoliosis is important. However, analyzing large databases of 3D spine models is a difficult and time consuming task. To facilitate this task a method that automatically extracts the most important deformation modes from a set of 3D spine models is proposed. The 3D spine models are first converted into vertebrae relative positions and orientations. Then, a va...

In order to clarify the anatomical configuration of the spinal column in the supine position, we have examined T1-weighted sagittal midline magnetic resonance images of the spinal column in 20 healthy volunteers (11 men, nine women) in the supine position. The mean maximum angles of decline of the lumbar spinal canal in men and women were 12.6 (SD 3.9) degrees and 13.4 (3.3) degrees in the ceph...

BACKGROUND Comparing movements/postures in people with and without lower back pain (LBP) may assist identifying LBP-specific dysfunction and its relationship to pain or activity limitation. This study compared the consistency in lumbo-pelvic posture and movement (range and pattern) in people with and without chronic LBP (>12 week's duration). METHODS Wireless, wearable, inertial measurement u...

[Purpose] This study developed a modified active leg-raising exercise to decrease lumbar lordosis and assessed its effectiveness in a patient with low back pain and excessive lumbar lordosis. [Subject and Methods] The subject was a 56-year-old woman with excessive lordosis, who complained of continuous severe LBP pain at the L5 level for 1 year. The subject performed the modified active leg-rai...

The Late Upper Paleolithic burial Villabruna 1 (Val Cismon, Belluno, Italy), directly dated to about 14,000 years ago (calibrated chronology), includes a well preserved skeleton accompanied by grave goods and covered with painted stones. The skeleton belongs to an adult male, about twenty-five years old, characterized by a relatively tall stature for the time period, short trunk and more linear...

OBJECTIVES To characterize the association between thoracic (T) and lumbar (L) spinal curvature and pelvic floor (PF) symptoms (pelvic organ prolapse, urinary incontinence [UI], fecal incontinence [FI]). METHODS Of women undergoing a bone mineral density scan from January 2007 to October 2010, patients who completed PF symptom questionnaires and had T and/or L spine radiographs or computed to...