Study Design. This study quantified changes in the size of the stenotic neuroforamen in
degenerative lumbar spines. The volume and area of the neuroforamen were measured before …

Study Design. A surgical simulation study in human cadaver spine specimens was conducted
to evaluate the accuracy of 3 different surgical navigation systems compared to standard …

This study was designed to evaluate the incidence of compartment syndrome (CS) resulting
from the treatment of both-bone forearm fractures in children. A retrospective analysis of 285 …

Thirty eccentric contractions (ECs) were imposed upon rat dorsiflexors ( n= 46 ) by activating
the peroneal nerve and plantarflexing the foot ≈40 deg, corresponding to a sarcomere …

Purpose To evaluate the safety and efficacy of radiofrequency (RF) ablation of the basivertebral
nerve (BVN) for the treatment of chronic low back pain (CLBP) in a Food and Drug …

Abstract Machine learning, as a computational tool for finding mappings between the input
and output data, has been widely used in engineering fields. Researchers have applied …

Background Damaged or degenerated vertebral endplates are a significant cause of
vertebrogenic chronic low back pain (CLBP). Modic changes are one objective MRI biomarker for …

Background: The purpose of the present study is to report the 2-year clinical outcomes for
chronic low back pain (CLBP) patients treated with radiofrequency (RF) ablation of the …

Thermal comfort is of growing interest to academics and practitioners, while the quality of
open urban spaces has received increasing attention in developed countries. Rapid …

A novel method is proposed to optimize the topology of composite structures made of more
than two materials with different mechanical properties in tension and compression. In this …