In nowdays digitalized and industrialized society, sitting is the most frequent posture at work, at school and also during the leisure time (surfing on the internet, gaming...). Because of gravity, the erect posture is associated with an increase of the lumbar intra-discal pressure, which has first been evidenced in the in vivo measurements of Nachemson [1-3]. In these studies, the authors depi...

BACKGROUND CONTEXT The prospective, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study design is essential in the interventional spine literature to truly evaluate whether or not a procedure is effective. PURPOSE This article will critically evaluate the highest quality interventional spine literature with strict interpretation of the results of these trials. STUDY DESIGN Review article. ...

Low back pain is a major cause of chronic health problems and often related to loading history. A test rig was developed at the Institute General Mechanics, RWTH Aachen University investigate influence duration intensity spinal using in vitro experiments on cadavers. In this work, several extensions spine are presented: (1) hydraulic cylinder with force measuring unit added apply axial compress...

Fig. 3 Effect of OP-1 on biochemical properties of rabbit IVDs. Fig. 4 Relationship between biochemical and biomechanical properties INTRADISCAL INJECTION OF OSTEOGENIC PROTEIN-1 CAN RESTORE VISCOELASTIC PROPERTIES OF DEGENERATED INTERVERTEBRAL DISCS *Miyamoto, K; +***Masuda, K; Kim, JG; *Inoue, N; *Akeda, K; *Andersson, GBJ; *An, HS Depts. of +*Orthopedic Surgery and **Biochemistry, Rush Unive...

BACKGROUND Increasingly, pain management specialists (P-S) (e.g., anesthesiologists, radiologists, or physiatrists), who are not spinal surgeons, are performing percutaneous endoscopic laser diskectomy (PELD), percutaneous lumbar disc decompression (PLDD), and target percutaneous laser disc decompression (T-PLDD) in patients with minimal/mild disc herniations. Here, theoretically, the laser vap...