Study Design. Prospective, match-cohort study of disc degeneration progression over 10
years with and without baseline discography. Objectives. To compare progression of common …

Never before has a technology been so universally accepted as the modern era cell phone,
otherwise known as the smart phone. They are everywhere. Anywhere one looks, a person …

Study Design. Animal study. Objective. Development of an animal model for the study of
biochemical changes that occur in the epidural space after intervertebral disc herniation. …

Purpose To correlate the intraoperative concentrations of 20 synovial fluid biomarkers with
preoperative symptoms, intraoperative findings, and postoperative outcomes in patients …

Objective The study was performed to test the hypothesis that high-frequency alternating
current (HFAC) ranging from 2 to 100 kHz delivered to the spinal dorsal roots reduces activity of …

Background: The diagnosis of clinically important meniscal tears of the knee remains
challenging, and it is unknown why only some injuries become painful. The role of inflammatory …

Background context Provocative discography, an invasive diagnostic procedure involving disc
puncture with pressurization, is a test for presumptive discogenic pain in the lumbar spine. …

Musculoskeletal conditions causing pain are ubiquitous, making up a large percentage of
physician visits each year. Etiology and treatment range widely, and it is not necessarily …

PURPOSE: To evaluate the presence and relative concentrations of cytokines, known to be
involved in the inflammatory cascade, in acute anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury. …

Low back pain (LBP) is often associated with the degeneration of human intervertebral
discs (IVDs). However, the pain-inducing mechanism in degenerating discs remains to be …