Introduction: In vitro biomechanical testing of the spine is a well established method to analyze, compare and evaluate different strategies in treatment of spinal fractures [1-3]. Fracture morphology has an important influence on the clinical decision making process of its treatment. By investigating spinal fracture care in vitro, the different types of fractures leading to distinct treatment ...

BACKGROUND Although upper cervical and upper thoracic spine mobilization plus therapeutic exercises are common interventions for the management of forward head posture (FHP), no study has directly compared the effectiveness of cervical spine mobilization and stabilization exercise with that of thoracic spine mobilization and mobility exercise in individuals with FHP. METHODS Thirty-two partic...

STUDY DESIGN Randomized clinical trial. OBJECTIVE To investigate the short-term effects of thoracic spine thrust manipulation combined with cervical spine nonthrust manipulation (experimental group) versus cervical spine nonthrust manipulation alone (comparison group) in individuals with mechanical neck pain. BACKGROUND Research has demonstrated improved outcomes with both nonthrust manipul...

objective: to determine the prevalence of fractures and associated risk factors in healthy iranian children and adolescents. methods: in this cross sectional population based study, 478 healthy iranian children and adolescents aged 9–18 years old participated. baseline data and bone mineral content and density have been determined. one questionnaire was completed for all individuals including p...

STUDY DESIGN: A description of pedicle subtraction osteotomy for correction of kyphotic deformity of the cervical-thoracic spine and a prospective evaluation of the surgical outcomes. OBJECTIVES: To describe the surgical technique and the postoperative results of pedicle subtraction osteotomy in the upper thoracic spine and the cervical-thoracic junction. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: Pedicle sub...

The purpose of this study was to survey the prevalence of pain in the cervical and thoracic spine (C2-T7) in persons with and without lateral elbow pain. Thirty-one subjects with lateral elbow pain and 31 healthy controls participated in the study. The assessment comprised a pain drawing, provocation tests of the cervical and thoracic spine, a neurodynamic test of the radial nerve, and active c...

Osteoporosis causes bone to become fragile. Pharmacological treatments of osteoporosis are burdened with adverse effects and increase bone mineral density (BMD) only between 1% and 15% depending on the drug and time used. Thus non pharmacological treatments are needed to complement pharmacological ones. Physical activity is a non pharmacological treatment of osteoporosis and is essential for ma...

BACKGROUND Right thoracic curvature, rib cage deformities and aortic left shift are features of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis that are correlated with each other. We recently reported that disturbance of ribcage development results in progressive thoracic scoliosis in mice. Recently, it has been confirmed that the normal spine exhibits right thoracic curvature and rib cage deformities and tha...

background: spine of an adult is made up of five areas that include 7 cervical vertebrae, 12 thoracic vertebrae, 5 lumbar vertebrae, sacrum and finally coccyx. selecting appropriate assumptions for modeling and biological analysis of the spine components has a significant impact on the accuracy of results in biomechanical simulation for different modes. methods: in the present study, biomechani...

STUDY HYPOTHESIS Cervical-spine radiography does not need to be performed on selected blunt trauma patients who are awake, alert, nonintoxicated, do not complain of midline neck pain, and have no tenderness over the bony cervical spine. STUDY POPULATION One thousand consecutive patients seen in the UCLA Emergency Medicine Center with a chief complaint of blunt trauma, for whom cervical-spine ...