Spine
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Laboratory based controlled in vivo study. ⋯ These data demonstrate that the net effect on matrix in an animal model in vivo, as measured by gene expression, magnetic resonance imaging, histology, and total proteoglycan is antianabolic. This raises concern about this commonly used supplement, and future research is needed to establish the clinical relevance of these findings.
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Multicenter Study
Current practice of methylprednisolone administration for acute spinal cord injury in Germany: a national survey.
Written mail-out survey. ⋯ 3.
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Multicenter Study Clinical Trial
Impact of initial conservative treatment interventions on the outcomes of patients with osteoporotic vertebral fractures.
Prospective multicenter study. ⋯ 2.
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Multicenter Study
Predictors of treatment outcomes in geriatric patients with odontoid fractures: AOSpine North America multi-centre prospective GOF study.
Multicenter prospective cohort study. ⋯ Older age, initial nonsurgical treatment, and male sex are associated with failure of treatment in patients with geriatric odontoid fractures.