o bjective: to describe the epidemiological characteristics of patients with cervical spine injury admitted to rajaee hospital, shiraz, iran. m e thods: this cross-sectional study includes all patients admitted with impression of cervical column injury with or without cervical cord injury from october 2009 to march 2012 to our level i trauma center in shiraz. we recorded the patients’ character...

BACKGROUND A cautious outlook towards neck injuries has been the norm to avoid missing cervical spine injuries. Consequently there has been an increased use of cervical spine radiography. The Canadian Cervical Spine rule was proposed to reduce unnecessary use of cervical spine radiography in alert and stable patients. Our aim was to see whether applying the Canadian Cervical Spine rule reduced ...

In the book ”Contemporary Endoscopic Spine Surgery”, edited by Kai-Uwe Lewandrowski, Jorge Felipe Ramírez León, and Anthony Yeung, information on history of spinal endoscopy is provided. A number aspects surgery are covered, in particular pain, preoperative examination, indications for endoscopic surgery, anesthesia, outpatient surgery. New technologies described. Leading scientists presented c...

A 7 year-old girl patient was referred from pediatric emergency department (ED) to our emergency department due to cervical pain and neck stiffness. On her physical examination, torticollis was found in the neck. There was no history of trauma. Physical examination showed no focal neurological deficits. On further anamnestic evaluation the patient's parents revealed that she had presented to pa...

In developing nations like Nepal, spinal cord injury has Background: multispectral consequences for both the patient and their family members. It has the tendency to cripple and handicap the patients, and burn out their caretakers, both physically and mentally. Furthermore, the centralization of health care with only a handful of dedicated rehabilitation centers throughout Nepal further places ...

Background: In developing nations like Nepal, spinal cord injury has multispectral consequences for both the patient and their family members. It has the tendency to cripple and handicap the patients, and burn out their caretakers, both physically and mentally. Furthermore, the centralization of health care with only a handful of dedicated rehabilitation centers throughout Nepal further places ...

OBJECTIVE This article presents a personal view of the historical evolution of theories of subluxation in the chiropractic profession. DISCUSSION TWO MAJOR THEMES EMERGE FROM THIS REVIEW: those related to the mechanical behavior of the spine and those related to the neurologic implications of these mechanical issues. Chiropractic subluxation theory is one of the few health-related theories wh...

Flexion-extension x-rays are almost exclusively employed to analyze cervical spine kinematics. Yet, 2D radiographic measures of key vertebral metrics used to evaluate cervical stability are limited by x-ray source beam divergence, magnification errors and off-axis image acquisition. Three-dimensional CT images can be used to accurately measure these parameters, however flexion-extension CT scan...

background: forward head posture (fhp) is recognized as a common postural disorder of modern societies. increase in anterior cervical convexity and anterior displacement of the line of gravity of head in individuals with fhp is assumed to result in altered moment arms and muscle activity on cervical spine. measurement of muscle thickness seems to be an appropriate index for muscle activity. thi...

background: the cervical spine is the most vulnerable part of the vertebral column and the rotational movements are the most dangerous movements which may cause damages to cervical spine. a good treatment option for the cervical disc disease is the replacement of a damaged disc with an artificial disc that has shown satisfactory clinical results. methods: the c4 to c6 vertebrae of a normal subj...