abstract objective: diabetes mellitus (dm) is a systemic disease affecting different tissues. hyperglycemia due to dm can lead to degenerative changes in spinal tissue. also low data have examined the prevalence of diabetes mellitus in lumbar spinal canal stenosis individuals. therefore the purpose of this study was determining the frequency of dm in lumbar spinal canal stenosis patients. mater...

studying csf (cerebro spinal fluid) is a simple and fast measure for diagnosing meningitis in children. for this reason, lp [umbar puncture] is used to treat csf.  regarding the side effects of lp, we decided to determine the positive points observed in the patients’ files than total patients confined to bed in our selected population. in this study conducted by descriptive retrospective method...

lumbar puncture (lp) is a procedure for obtaining spinal fluid from spinal meningeal spaces this can be done as a diagnostic or therapeutic procedure which can result in to a typical positional headache named as post lumbar puncture headache .this can cause a lot of discomforts for patients and makes fear from the procedure. this study designed to evaluate the effect of resting position after l...

how to cite this article: fallah r, habibian s, noori-shadkam m. efficacy and safety of single low dose intravenous fentanyl in pain reduction of lumbar puncture in near term neonates by a randomized clinical trial. iran j child neurol. spring 2016; 10(2):60-66. abstract objective reduction of pain of invasive procedures in neonates can prevent pain side effects. the purpose of present study wa...

background & aim: to assess functionality status and surgical outcome of fenestration versus laminotomy technique based on core outcome measures index (comi) in patients with lumbar disc hernia (ldh). methods & materials/patients: a cross-sectional study was performed between january 2007 and april 2012. a total of 108 patients with a single-level disc herniation were asked to respond to the os...

purpose: low back pain is one of the most common musculoskeletal disorders, and lifting is one of its risk factors. the activities of lumbar muscles as the main muscles involved in lifting are important with regard to identification of the allowable limits and the injury mechanisms as well as the motor control aspects. this study aimed to investigate the effects of the lifting speed on the lumb...

the cadaver spine motion segment behavior under torsional load was evaluated with the disc intact, with partial anterior discectomy and with spacer insertion. the results of this study explain how anterior lumbar discectomy and interbody fusion (alif) affects the torsional stability of the motion segment. the pseudarthrosis rate of the anterior lumbar discectomy and interbody fusion (alif) is k...

background: excessive lumbar vertebrae translation and rotation in sagittal plane has been attributed as an associated factor of lumbar segmental instability (lsi) and low back pain (lbp). reduction of these abnormalities improves back pain. the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of core stability exercise on the translation and rotation of lumbar vertebrae in sagittal plane in pat...