The Cervical and Thoracic Spine: Mechanical Diagnosis & Therapy® Sku: 808-2 This evidence-based and clinically relevant text offers in-depth exploration of literature relating to mechanical syndromes and neck/trunk pain. Second edition is thoroughly updated and expanded into two volumes. Operational...
Providing protection for your spinal column:Extending from the brain and running through the cervical and thoracic spine, your spinal cord encompasses a bundle of nerves. The stacked vertebrae of your spine keep these nerves shielded inside a protective central canal known as the spinal canal. Suppo...
Some of this uncertainty relates to the involvement of the cervical and thoracic spine as a source of or contributing factor to RCRSP. Thirty-two RCRSP cases and thirty-two asymptomatic controls (AC), recruited from Hospital La Paz-Carlos III between March 2023 and September 2023, were ...
Protecting the spinal cord. The spinal cord is a bundle of nerves that extends from the brain and runs through the cervical spine andthoracic spine(upper and middle back) prior to ending just before thelumbar spine(lower back). Each vertebra has a large hole (vertebral foramen) for the spin...
Multiple spinous process fractures of the thoracic vertebrae (clay-shoveler’s fracture) in a beginner golfer: a case report. Spine. 2009;34:E534–7. Article PubMed Google Scholar Herrick RT. Clay shoveler’s fracture in power-lifting: a case report. Am J Sports Med. 1981;9:29–30. ...
Minimally invasive spine surgery, including endoscopic spinal surgery, has spread from the lumbar area to the cervical, thoracic spine and lumbar interbody fusion. However, since it is closely related to the spinal cord of the cervical, thoracic spine, a safer surgical approach is needed, and an...
He was immediately able to stand up and walk, and the parasthesia resolved within 20 min. On examination in the Accidents and Emergency department, he had no apparent neurological deficit but had tenderness in his cervical and thoracic spine. X-ray at this stage showed fusion of the cervical...
The human vertebral column or spine has five distinct anatomical regions: cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral, and coccygeal. However, the cervical spine is a potential area of importance due to its proximity to the head, containment of the upper spinal cord, and vertebral arteries that contribute...
Cervical and Cervicothoracic InstrumentationHumansScoliosisTractionChildChild, PreschoolSpinal FusionInstrumentation is used to provide stability in cases where instability results from trauma, tumor, infection, degenerative disease, or decompressive surgery used to treat those disorders. It is also essential ...
Objective To determine if patients who met the clinical prediction rule (CPR) criteria for the success of thoracic spine thrust joint manipulation (TJM) for the treatment of neck pain would have a different outcome if they were treated with a cervical spine TJM. Background A CPR had been ...