Cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) is a degenerative process which may result in clinical signs and symptoms which require surgical intervention. Many treatment options have been proposed with various degrees of technical difficulty and technique sensitive benefits. We review laminoplasty as a motion-sparing posterior decompressive method. Current literature supports the use of laminoplasty ...

I want to thank the Academy executive and those who nominated me for this award and for the opportunity to address you today. I also want to thank my wife Janet for being here today and for being supportive of my professional goals. Although professional mentors have opened many doors for me, Janet’s support and encouragement over the past 19 years has given me the courage to walk through those...

The objectives of this study were: (a) to determine if the control mechanism for interacting with a dynamic real environment is the same as in the virtual reality (VR) studies, and (b) to identify the action control parameters that are modulated to successfully pass through oscillating doors. The participants walked along a 14-m path towards oscillating doors (rate of change in aperture size = ...