Pain in the thoracic region of the spine is a common complaint, which can be as disabling as cervical and lumbar pain (Edmonston & Singer 1997). There are reports in the literature of presentations involving acute cervical ‘locked facet joints’ as well as acute lumbar ‘locked facet joints’ (Maitland 1978; Exelby 2001). Although there are a multitude of conditions that can arise from the thoraci...

BACKGROUND The minimally invasive lateral interbody fusion (MIS LIF) in the lumbar spine can correct coronal Cobb angles, but the effect on sagittal plane correction is unclear. METHODS A retrospective review of thirty-five patients with lumbar degenerative disease who underwent MIS LIF without supplemental posterior instrumentation was undertaken to study the radiographic effect on the resto...

The goal of this study was to quantify the relative contributions of each muscle group surrounding the spine to vertebral joint rotational stiffness (VJRS) during the push-up exercise. Upper-body kinematics, three-dimensional hand forces and lumbar spine postures, and 14 channels (bilaterally from rectus abdominis, external oblique, internal oblique, latissimus dorsi, thoracic erector spinae, l...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the value of spinal and paraspinal anatomic markers in both the diagnosis of lumbosacral transitional vertebrae (LSTVs) and identification of vertebral levels on lumbar MRI. MATERIALS AND METHODS Lumbar MRI from 1049 adult patients were studied. By comparing with the whole-spine localizer, the diagnostic errors in numbering vertebral segments on lumbar MRI were evaluated...

Se presentan los resultados del estudio bioarqueológico y contexto de inhumación un individuo masculino adulto L2, hallado en el sitio Tres Cruces I, que se estima vivió durante la segunda mitad primer milenio AD. Desde enfoque ostebiográfico, enfatiza las patologías observadas entorno social, busca conocer su trayectoria vida, a partir misma, discutir aspectos vinculados con uso cuerpo, cuidad...

Spinal cords from 2- to 8-day-old rats, maintained in vitro, were used to investigate the effects of discrete electrical stimuli applied to the ventrolateral funiculus (VLF) on motor neuron activity recorded from the lumbar ventral roots. Short trains of stimuli (1-3 s) delivered to one VLF in the low cervical region elicited rhythmic activity that persisted for up to 30 s. Responses consisted ...

Background: To determine the relationship between lipid profile and bone turnover in pre and postmenopausal women. Methods: In a cross-sectional study, 279 women referred to Bone Mineral Densitometry (BMD) center of endocrinology and Metabolism research center for premenopausal evaluation were assessed for serum osteoporotegerin, receptor activator of nuclear factor kB (NF-kB) ligand (RANKL) an...

AIMS To compare the levels of conus medullaris in preterm and term neonates; to show the time of ascent to normal; and to evaluate the babies with low conus medullaris levels for tethered cord syndrome. METHODS Levels were assessed using ultrasonography in 41 preterm and 64 term neonates. RESULTS In the preterm group the conus medullaris level in one infant (2.4%) was below L4. In three inf...

This retrospective study was designed to determine the location of the conus medullaris in normal children by reviewing a series of MR images of the lumbar spine. The study group consisted of 184 children ranging in age from newborn to 20 years who had a normal conus level as reported by the radiologist of record. The range of conus levels for the entire group of normal children was T12 to L3. ...

Objectives: Studies in the past were not able to find any definitive correlation between disc parameters and LBP. The objectives of current study evaluate association lumbar with LBP quantitative differences discs patients healthy individuals. Methodology: Fifty chronic (group A) 25 individuals B) subjected magnetic resonance imaging spine. Disc orientation size estimated. Results: There was a ...