Lumbar Degenerative Disease Part 1: Anatomy and Pathophysiology of Intervertebral Discogenic Pain and Radiofrequency Ablation of Basivertebral and Sinuvertebral Nerve Treatment for Chronic Discogenic Back Pain: A Prospective Case Series and Review of Literature

A prospective, randomized, multicenter study of intraosseous basivertebral nerve ablation for the treatment of chronic low back pain

(2019) Jad G. Khalil et al.   Spine Journal

Domains of Chronic Low Back Pain and Assessing Treatment Effectiveness: A Clinical Perspective

(2019) Scott D. Tagliaferri et al.   Pain Practice

How I do it? Uniportal full endoscopic contralateral approach for lumbar foraminal stenosis with double crush syndrome

(2019) Pang Hung Wu et al.   ACTA NEUROCHIRURGICA

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Undetectable Epiduroscopic Hotspot in Chronic Diskogenic Back Pain—Does Sinuvertebral Neuropathy Actually Exist?

(2018) Sung Ho Choi et al.   World Neurosurgery

Association Between Lumbar Spinal Degeneration and Anatomic Pelvic Parameters

(2018) Patrick Strube et al.   Clinical Spine Surgery

Population-based Risk Factors for the Development of Degenerative Disk Disease

(2018) Theodore Steelman et al.   Clinical Spine Surgery

Relationships between paraspinal muscle morphology and neurocompressive conditions of the lumbar spine: a systematic review with meta-analysis

(2018) Jeffrey R. Cooley et al.   BMC MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS

Asymmetry between the superior and inferior endplates is a risk factor for lumbar disc degeneration

(2018) Yitao Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF ORTHOPAEDIC RESEARCH

Transforaminal Epiduroscopic Basivertebral Nerve Laser Ablation for Chronic Low Back Pain Associated with Modic Changes: A Preliminary Open-Label Study

(2018) Hyeun Sung Kim et al.   Pain Research & Management

A common polymorphism of COMT was associated with symptomatic lumbar disc herniation based on a large sample with Chinese Han ancestry

(2018) Hongliang Liu et al.   Scientific Reports

Exposure criteria for evaluating lumbar spine load

(2018) Lenka Pešáková et al.   Central European Journal of Public Health

A Mobile Outside-in Technique of Transforaminal Lumbar Endoscopy for Lumbar Disc Herniations

(2018) Hyeun Sung Kim et al.   Jove-Journal of Visualized Experiments

ISSLS PRIZE IN BASIC SCIENCE 2017: Intervertebral disc/bone marrow cross-talk with Modic changes

(2017) Stefan Dudli et al.   EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL

Grading system for migrated lumbar disc herniation on sagittal magnetic resonance imaging: an agreement study

(2017) Y. Ahn et al.   NEURORADIOLOGY

Intervertebral Disk Degeneration and Repair

(2017) James Dowdell et al.   NEUROSURGERY

ADAMTS5 Deficiency Protects Mice From Chronic Tobacco Smoking-induced Intervertebral Disc Degeneration

(2017) Kevin Ngo et al.   SPINE

Percutaneous Full Endoscopic Bilateral Lumbar Decompression of Spinal Stenosis Through Uniportal-Contralateral Approach: Techniques and Preliminary Results

(2017) Hyeun Sung Kim et al.   World Neurosurgery

Transforaminal Epiduroscopic Laser Ablation of Sinuvertebral Nerve in Patients with Chronic Diskogenic Back Pain: Technical Note and Preliminary Result

(2017) Hyeun Kim et al.   Journal of Neurological Surgery Part A-Central European Neurosurgery

Analysis of Spino-pelvic Sagittal Alignment in Young Chinese Patients with Lumbar Disc Herniation

(2017) Han Fei et al.   Orthopaedic Surgery

Genes associated with persistent lumbar radicular pain; a systematic review

(2016) Siri Bjorland et al.   BMC MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS

Clinical practice guidelines for the noninvasive management of low back pain: A systematic review by the Ontario Protocol for Traffic Injury Management (OPTIMa) Collaboration

(2016) J.J. Wong et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PAIN

Pathobiology of Modic changes

(2016) Stefan Dudli et al.   EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL

The Pfirrmann classification of lumbar intervertebral disc degeneration: an independent inter- and intra-observer agreement assessment

(2016) Julio Urrutia et al.   EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL

Influence of occupation on lumbar spine degeneration in men: the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2010–2013

(2016) Seoyon Yang et al.   INTERNATIONAL ARCHIVES OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

Association between nutritional status and Modic classification in degenerative disc disease

(2016) Hakan Seyithanoglu et al.   Journal of Physical Therapy Science

Influences of Nutrition Supply and Pathways on the Degenerative Patterns in Human Intervertebral Disc

(2016) Qiaoqiao Zhu et al.   SPINE

Association between changes in lumbar Modic changes and low back symptoms over a two-year period

(2015) Jyri Järvinen et al.   BMC MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS

Running Exercise Alleviates Pain and Promotes Cell Proliferation in a Rat Model of Intervertebral Disc Degeneration

(2015) Shuo Luan et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

Effects of Tobacco Smoking on the Degeneration of the Intervertebral Disc: A Finite Element Study

(2015) Shady Elmasry et al.   PLoS One

Chronic Opioid Therapy After Lumbar Fusion Surgery for Degenerative Disc Disease in a Workers’ Compensation Setting

(2015) Joshua T. Anderson et al.   SPINE

ISSLS Prize Winner

(2015) Sarah E. Gullbrand et al.   SPINE

The impact of generalized joint laxity on the occurrence and disease course of primary lumbar disc herniation

(2015) Gun Woo Lee et al.   Spine Journal

The relationship between obesity, low back pain, and lumbar disc degeneration when genetics and the environment are considered: a systematic review of twin studies

(2015) Amabile B. Dario et al.   Spine Journal

Can specific loading through exercise impart healing or regeneration of the intervertebral disc?

(2015) James Steele et al.   Spine Journal

A rehabilitation protocol for patients with lumbar degenerative disk disease

(2015) Nazan Canbulat et al.   Turkish Neurosurgery

Painful, degenerating intervertebral discs up-regulate neurite sprouting and CGRP through nociceptive factors

(2014) Emerson Krock et al.   JOURNAL OF CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR MEDICINE

Effects of Spinal Stabilization Exercise on the Cross-sectional Areas of the Lumbar Multifidus and Psoas Major Muscles, Pain Intensity, and Lumbar Muscle Strength of Patients with Degenerative Disc Disease

(2014) Seongho Kim et al.   Journal of Physical Therapy Science

Extracellular matrix assembly: a multiscale deconstruction

(2014) Janna K. Mouw et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Discogenic Low Back Pain

(2014) Jeremy Simon et al.   Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America

The association between Modic changes and pain during 1-year follow-up in patients with lumbar radicular pain

(2014) Elina Iordanova Schistad et al.   SKELETAL RADIOLOGY

Coronal Curvature and Spinal Imbalance in Degenerative Lumbar Scoliosis

(2014) Hongda Bao et al.   SPINE

Lumbar disc nomenclature: version 2.0

(2014) David F. Fardon et al.   Spine Journal

Decision Making in Surgical Treatment of Chronic Low Back Pain: The performance of prognostic tests to select patients for lumbar spinal fusion

(2013) Paul Willems   Acta Orthopaedica

Role of cytokines in intervertebral disc degeneration: pain and disc content

(2013) Makarand V. Risbud et al.   Nature Reviews Rheumatology

Comparison of MR Imaging Findings between Extraligamentous and Subligamentous Disk Herniations in the Lumbar Spine

(2012) K.-J. Oh et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF NEURORADIOLOGY

Genetic contribution of catechol-O-methyltransferase variants in treatment outcome of low back pain: a prospective genetic association study

(2012) Ahmad Omair et al.   BMC MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS

Years lived with disability (YLDs) for 1160 sequelae of 289 diseases and injuries 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

(2012) Theo Vos et al.   LANCET

Lumbar disc degeneration and genetic factors are the main risk factors for low back pain in women: the UK Twin Spine Study

(2011) G. Livshits et al.   ANNALS OF THE RHEUMATIC DISEASES

Innervation patterns of PGP 9.5-positive nerve fibers within the human lumbar vertebra

(2011) Jeannie F. Bailey et al.   JOURNAL OF ANATOMY

Blockade of the Sinuvertebral Nerve for the Diagnosis of Lumbar Diskogenic Pain

(2010) Juerg Schliessbach et al.   ANESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA

Stiffness of the endplate boundary layer and endplate surface topography are associated with brittleness of human whole vertebral bodies

(2010) Srikant Nekkanty et al.   BONE

The Combined Effects of Limited Nutrition and High-Frequency Loading on Intervertebral Discs With Endplates

(2010) Svenja Illien-Jünger et al.   SPINE

Qualitative Grading of Severity of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Based on the Morphology of the Dural Sac on Magnetic Resonance Images

(2010) Constantin Schizas et al.   SPINE

Association of catechol-O-methyltransferase genetic variants with outcome in patients undergoing surgical treatment for lumbar degenerative disc disease

(2010) Feng Dai et al.   Spine Journal

Characteristics and natural course of vertebral endplate signal (Modic) changes in the Danish general population

(2009) Tue S Jensen et al.   BMC MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS

The elastic fibre network of the human lumbar anulus fibrosus: architecture, mechanical function and potential role in the progression of intervertebral disc degeneration

(2009) Lachlan J. Smith et al.   EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL

Surgical treatment for lumbar lateral recess stenosis with the full-endoscopic interlaminar approach versus conventional microsurgical technique: a prospective, randomized, controlled study

(2009) Sebastian Ruetten et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY-SPINE

Effect of Limited Nutrition on In Situ Intervertebral Disc Cells Under Simulated-Physiological Loading

(2009) Svenja Jünger et al.   SPINE

Nonsurgical Interventional Therapies for Low Back Pain

(2009) Roger Chou et al.   SPINE

Vertebral endplate signal changes (Modic change): a systematic literature review of prevalence and association with non-specific low back pain

(2008) Tue Secher Jensen et al.   EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL

Expression and regulation of neurotrophins in the nondegenerate and degenerate human intervertebral disc

(2008) Devina Purmessur et al.   ARTHRITIS RESEARCH & THERAPY

Intervertebral Disc: Anatomy-Physiology-Pathophysiology-Treatment

(2008) P. Prithvi Raj   Pain Practice