The aims of spinal tuberculosis treatment are to eradicate the disease, to prevent the development of paraplegia and kyphotic deformity, to manage the existing deformity and neurological deficit, to allow early ambulation and to return the patient back to daily life. Methods for the treatment of tuberculosis of vertebra are still controversial. Conservative treatment includes medical therapy as...

Eighteen Functional Spinal Units (FSU), representing three levels of human lumbar and lumbosacral spine, were tested using preload forces that corresponded to the clinical situation of a person lying supine or standing while subjected to maximum physiologic flexion or extension forces. Sagittal plane displacements were measured using linear variable differential transformers (LVDTs) and a MINC-...

STUDY DESIGN Spine loads associated with lifting a 9-kg weight were estimated at three torso flexion angles (0 degrees, 22.5 degrees, and 45 degrees), and lumbosacral motion segments were cyclically loaded using these loads until failure or to a maximum of 10,020 cycles. OBJECTIVES To simulate the postures and loads experienced by the lumbar spine during repetitive lifting of moderate weights...

BACKGROUND Lumbosacral transitional vertebrae (LSTV) are increasingly recognized as a common anatomical variant associated with altered patterns of degenerative spine changes. This review will focus on the clinical significance of LSTV, disruptions in normal spine biomechanics, imaging techniques, diagnosis, and treatment. METHODS A Pubmed search using the specific key words "LSTV," "lumbosac...