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The Spine Journal
Volume 10, Issue 6, Pages 463-574 (June 2010)
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Clinical Studies


Cost and use of conservative management of lumbar disc herniation before surgical discectomy, 02 April 2010
Scott D. Daffner, Henry J. Hymanson, Jeffrey C. Wang
pages 463-468
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Neck Disability Index, short form-36 physical component summary, and pain scales for neck and arm pain: the minimum clinically important difference and substantial clinical benefit after cervical spine fusion, 02 April 2010
Leah Y. Carreon, Steven D. Glassman, Mitchell J. Campbell, Paul A. Anderson
pages 469-474
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Comparison of prognostic value of different MRI classifications of signal intensity change in cervical spondylotic myelopathy
Ashwin Avadhani, S. Rajasekaran, Ajoy P. Shetty
pages 475-485
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Basic Science


Cryopreserved intervertebral disc with injected bone marrow–derived stromal cells: a feasibility study using organ culture, 22 February 2010
Samantha C.W. Chan, Benjamin Gantenbein-Ritter, Victor Y.L. Leung, Danny Chan, Kenneth M.C. Cheung, Keita Ito
pages 486-496
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Three-dimensional dynamic in vivo motion of the cervical spine: assessment of measurement accuracy and preliminary findings, 02 April 2010
Colin P. McDonald, Casey C. Bachison, Victor Chang, Stephen W. Bartol, Michael J. Bey
pages 497-504
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Commentaries


Considering value
Matthew Smuck
pages 505-506
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Methodological problems associated with the present conceptualization of the minimum clinically important difference and substantial clinical benefit
Brian R. Theodore
pages 507-509
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Magnetic resonance imaging signal change patterns and prognosis for myelopathy
Daniel K. Resnick
pages 510-511
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Clinical practice guidelines versus systematic reviews; which serve as the best basis for evidence-based spine medicine?
Michael D. Freeman
pages 512-513
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Review Articles


Synthesis of recommendations for the assessment and management of low back pain from recent clinical practice guidelines
Simon Dagenais, Andrea C. Tricco, Scott Haldeman
pages 514-529
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Contemporary management of isthmic spondylolisthesis: pediatric and adult, 12 April 2010
Steven S. Agabegi, Jeffrey S. Fischgrund
pages 530-543
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Causal assessment of occupational pushing or pulling and low back pain: results of a systematic review
Darren M. Roffey, Eugene K. Wai, Paul Bishop, Brian K. Kwon, Simon Dagenais
pages 544-553
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Causal assessment of occupational lifting and low back pain: results of a systematic review
Eugene K. Wai, Darren M. Roffey, Paul Bishop, Brian K. Kwon, Simon Dagenais
pages 554-566
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Journal Reports


Factors defining care-seeking in low back pain - A meta-analysis of population based surveys. Ferreira ML, Machado G, Latimer J, Maher C, Ferreira PH, Smeets RJ. Eur J Pain 2009 Dec 23. (Epub ahead of print)
page 567
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Acupuncture treatment for pain: systematic review of randomised clinical trials with acupuncture, placebo acupuncture, and no acupuncture groups. Madsen MV, Gøtzsche PC, Hróbjartsson A. BMJ 2009;338:a3115.
page 567
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Exercise prescription for chronic back or neck pain: who prescribes it? who gets it? what is prescribed? Freburger JK, Carey TS, Holmes GM, et al. Arthritis Rheum 2009;61(2):192–200.
pages 567-568
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A surgical safety checklist to reduce morbidity and mortality in a global population. Haynes AB, Weiser TG, Berry WR, et al. N Engl J Med 2009;360(5):491–9. Epub 2009 Jan 14.
page 568
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Overtreating chronic back pain: time to back off? Deyo RA, Mirza SK, Turner JA, Martin BI. J Am Board Fam Med 2009;22(1):62–8.
page 568
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Inpatient care intensity and patients' ratings of their hospital experiences. Wennberg JE, Bronner K, Skinner JS, Fisher ES, Goodman DC. Health Aff (Millwood) 2009;28(1):103–12.
page 568
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Predictors of long-term opioid use among patients with painful lumbar spine conditions. Krebs EE, Lurie JD, Fanciullo G, et al. J Pain 2010;11(1):44–52. Epub 2009 Jul 22.
page 569
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Letters to the Editor


Challenging the cumulative injury model: positive effects of greater body mass on disc degeneration. Spine J 2010;10:26–31
M. Solomonow
page 570
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Reply
Tapio Videman, Laura E. Gibbons, Jaakko Kaprio, Michele C. Battié
pages 570-571
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A response to Videman et al., “Challenging the cumulative injury model: positive effects of greater body mass on disc degeneration”
F.M.K. Williams, M. Popham, G. Livshits, P.N. Sambrook, T.D. Spector, A.J. MacGregor
pages 571-572
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Reply
Tapio Videman, Laura E. Gibbons, Jaakko Kaprio, Michele C. Battié
page 572
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Meetings Calendar
page 573
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Case Reports


Large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the lung metastatic to the cauda equina Online Only
Asterios Tsimpas, Nicholas H. Post, Yaron Moshel, Anthony K. Frempong-Boadu
pages e1-e5
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Long-term follow-up of the surgical management of neuropathic arthropathy of the spine Online Only
Brian M. Haus, Andrew R. Hsu, Eugene S. Yim, Jeffrey J. Meter, Lawrence A. Rinsky
pages e6-e16
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Absence of bone morphogenetic protein-2 in human breast milk after spinal surgery Online Only
Shiau-Tzu Tzeng, Jen-Chung Liao, Samuel S. Murray, Elsa J. Brochmann, Gregory D. Carlson, Jeffrey C. Wang
pages e17-e20
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Frontmatter


Editorial Board
page A1
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Table of Contents
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