BACKGROUND The mainstay of sacroiliac joint disruption/degenerative sacroiliitis therapy has been nonoperative management. This nonoperative management often includes a regimen of physical therapy, chiropractic treatment, therapeutic injections, and possibly radiofrequency ablation at the discretion of the treating physician. When these clinical treatments fail, sacroiliac joint fusion has been...

In multilevel disc disease, there is still uncertainty regarding whether multiple total disc replacement is more effective and safer than fusion. Our objective was to measure and compare the clinical outcome of multilevel hybrid constructs with stand-alone anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF) using a retrospective analysis. Sixty-four patients with chronic low back pain determined to be from...

AIM To investigate high-intensity zone (HIZ) changes after lumbar posterior dynamic instrumentation. MATERIAL AND METHODS Our study included 53 patients: 27 patients in group 1, 26 patients in group 2. All patients had one or two levels of degenerative disc disease with an HIZ confirmed by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Group 1 underwent one- or two-level dynamic lumbar posterior instrumen...

Purpose To quantify ocular sensory dominance and investigate its relationship to stereopsis. Method A total of 69 subjects participated in the study. Ocular dominance was measured by a continuous flashing technique, with the tested eye viewing a Gabor patch increasing in contrast, and the fellow eye viewing a Mondrian noise decreasing in contrast. In each trial, the log ratio of Mondrian to G...

BACKGROUND Back pain represents one of the most common diseases across various populations of workers worldwide. This study analyzes the prevalence and severity of back pain, based on selected demographic variables, and the relationship with physical activity among school teachers. MATERIAL AND METHODS The study included 998 professionally active teachers (840 females and 158 males) from the ...

BACKGROUND CONTEXT: Lateral approach to lumbar fusion has been gaining popularity in recent years. It utilises a retroperitoneal transpsoas approach to reach the disc space in a minimally invasive fashion. It allows better access for disc clearance and insertion of large foot print cages. PURPOSE: To compare radiographic and clinical results following lateral lumbar interbody fusion (LLIF) and ...

STUDY DESIGN A prospective study. OBJECTIVE To investigate the association between microstructural nerve roots changes on diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and clinical symptoms and their duration in patients with lumbar disc herniation. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA The ability to identify microstructural properties of the nervous system with DTI has been demonstrated in many studies. However, t...

Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) studies of human brain development have consistently shown widespread, but nonlinear increases in white matter anisotropy through childhood, adolescence, and into adulthood. However, despite its sensitivity to changes in tissue microstructure, DTI lacks the specificity to disentangle distinct microstructural features of white and gray matter. Neurite orientation d...

BACKGROUND Disk herniation is the most common cause of radiating low back pain (LBP) in subjects under 60 years of age. The present study aims to compare the effect of dry needling (DN) and a standard conservative approach on the pain and function in subjects with discogenic radiating LBP. MATERIALS AND METHODS Fifty-eight subjects with discogenic radicular LBP were screened and randomized in...

IMPORTANCE It is important to distinguish children with different levels of severity of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) preoperatively using clinical parameters. This can identify children who most need polysomnography (PSG) prior to adenotonsillectomy (AT). OBJECTIVE To assess whether a combination of factors, including demographics, physical examination findings, and caregiver repor...