Methods. The participants were patients who underwent OLIF surgery under the diagnosis
of degenerative lumbar diseases between April 2013 and May 2015 at 11 affiliated medical …

Study Design. A retrospective, multicenter study. Objective. To investigate the occurrence of
and factors related to postoperative adding-on in Lenke type 1A curve. Summary of …

Elderly postmenopausal women who have osteoporosis sometimes experience low back
pain, however, the relationship between low back pain and osteoporosis in the absence of …

Study Design. The motions of chest wall and diaphragm were measured in patients with
scoliosis and healthy individuals using dynamic breathing magnetic resonance imaging. …

… Toshiaki Kotani, corresponding author 1 Tsutomu Akazawa, 1 Tsuyoshi Sakuma, 1 Kayo
Koyama, 2 Tetsuharu Nemoto, 1 Kento Nawata, 1 Atsuro Yamazaki, 1 and Shohei Minami 1 …

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is the most common pediatric spinal deformity. Several
AIS susceptibility loci have been identified; however, they could explain only a small …

Study Design. A case control study. Objective. To determine the clinical outcome of middle-aged
patients surgically treated for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis and to compare their …

Study Design. Using a retrograde tracing method and immunohistochemistry, we assessed
the expression of activating transcription factor 3 (ATF3), a marker of nerve injury, and growth-…

Background The Japanese Orthopaedic Association (JOA) has investigated the JOA Back
Pain Evaluation Questionnaire (JOABPEQ) to evaluate several aspects of low back pain in …

Objective: In recent years, there has been an increase in research on the therapeutic effects
of exergaming, but there have been few studies on these types of interventions for chronic …