Spine
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This study measured active cervical spine range of motion (ROM) in children ages 3-12 years using 2 methodologies: (1) a cervical spine ROM instrument, and (2) a digital videography based technique. ⋯ This study contributes valuable normative data for pediatric cervical spine ROM in children that can be used as a clinical reference and for biomechanical applications. In children 3-12 years of age, both flexion and rotation increased slightly with age. Of interest, there were no differences in ROM with gender, which contradicts adult literature where females have been shown to have more cervical spine ROM than males.
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Clinical Trial
Provocative discography and lumbar fusion: is preoperative assessment of adjacent discs useful?
A cohort study of clinical outcomes of lumbar fusion patients with preoperative assessment of adjacent levels by provocative discography. ⋯ In this cohort study of chronic LBP patients with an uncertain indication for lumbar fusion, the preoperative status of adjacent levels as assessed by provocative discography did not appear to be related to the clinical outcome after fusion.
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Validation study to define validity and reliability of an adapted and translated questionnaire. ⋯ Both cultural adaptation and linguistic translation are essential in any attempt to use a HRQL questionnaire across cultures. The Chinese version of the SRS-22 outcome instrument has satisfactory internal consistency and excellent reproducibility. It is ready for use in clinical studies on idiopathic scoliosis in Chinese-speaking societies.
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Case report with review of literature. ⋯ Combination of scoliosis correction and tumor mass resection was a successful treatment for this kind of clinicopathological entity.