Spine
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Comparative Study
The treatment of disc herniation-induced sciatica with infliximab: results of a randomized, controlled, 3-month follow-up study.
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Comparative Study
Biomechanical assessment of the pediatric cervical spine under bending and tensile loading.
Cadaveric head-neck complexes from pediatric donors aged 2-12 years were subjected to a test battery consisting of nondestructive flexion-extension bending, nondestructive tensile step-and-hold tests, and tensile distraction loading to failure. ⋯ The current study provides valuable new information on the response and tolerance of the pediatric cervical spine to quasi-static flexion-extension and tensile distraction loading.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study
Predictors and modifiers of treatment effect influencing sick leave in subacute low back pain patients.
Modifying effects in multivariate analyses of a randomized controlled trial. ⋯ The spine clinic intervention seems to have a main effect on work absenteeism via interacting with the concerns of being unable to work.
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Comparative Study Clinical Trial
Temporary external transpedicular fixation of the lumbosacral spine: a prospective, longitudinal study in 330 patients.
In this study, 330 patients with incapacitating low back pain underwent temporary external transpedicular fixation (TETF) of the lumbosacral spine in a prospective trial. ⋯ In this heterogeneous group of chronic patients with low back pain, TETF of the spine (including a placebo trial) does not appear to be of value in selecting suitable candidates for spinal fusion.