Study Design. In patients with sciatica or neurogenic claudication, the structures in and
adjacent to the lumbar spinal canal were observed by computed tomographic myelography or …

Background Various treatment options are available for articular cartilage lesions, but
controversy exists regarding the quality of the repair tissue and the durability of the results …

Study Design. Patients with low back pain, sciatica, and neurogenic claudication were
observed during computed tomographic myelography or magnetic resonance imaging in psoas-…

Study Design. For this study, 43 asymptomatic individuals underwent magnetic resonance
imaging of the lumbar spine in both supine psoas-relaxed position and supine axial …

To evaluate the natural history of spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis, for clinical and
radiological prognostic factors for progression of slip and the need for operative intervention, 47 …

Purpose: To evaluate the effect of compressive axial loading in imaging of the lumbar spine
in patients with clinically suspected spinal stenosis. Material and Methods: A total of 84 …

Study Design. Prospective, patient controlled. Objective. To compare Cobb angles in idiopathic
scoliosis between standing radiographs and a nonradiographic procedure. Summary of …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Previous studies have shown that axial loading can narrow
the spinal canal. However, the clinical significance is unclear. The purpose of this study …

To evaluate the results of posterolateral fusion alone (66 patients) and combined posterolateral
and anterior fusion (39 patients) in situ, 105 consecutive patients younger than 25 years …

In 311 patients (160 girls and women and 151 boys and men) with lumbar spondylolysis/spondylolisthesis
30 years of age or younger at diagnosis and with at least two separate …