BACKGROUND: Chronic spinal pain is the most prevalent chronic disease with employment
of multiple modes of interventional techniques including epidural interventions. Multiple …

The intervertebral disc contributes to motion, weight bearing, and flexibility of the spine, but
is susceptible to damage and morphological changes that contribute to pathology with age …

OBJECTIVE: To develop evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for interventional
techniques in the diagnosis and treatment of chronic spinal pain. METHODOLOGY …

In 1985, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) convened an ad
hoc committee of experts who reviewed the current literature on lifting, recommend criteria …

The aim of this work was to find the conditions for mechanical stability of the human lumbar
spine. Several models of the back are found in the literature, from the simple force couple …

Study Design. We conducted intradiscal pressure measurements with one volunteer
performing various activities normally found in daily life, sports, and spinal therapy …

This second edition of the Bone Mechanics Handbook summarizes the current
understanding of bone mechanics with comprehensive coverage of the histology …

Spinal loads are recognized to play a causative role in back disorders and pain. Knowledge
of lumbar spinal loads is required in proper management of various spinal disorders …

Objective Mitochondrial dysfunction, oxidative stress and nucleus pulposus (NP) cell
apoptosis are important contributors to the development and pathogenesis of intervertebral …

Study Design. This study was a cross-sectional study of 403 industrial jobs from 48
manufacturing companies throughout the midwestern United States. Only repetitive jobs …