More Information on the Spine

Latest News
Obesity Boosts Back Surgery Complication Rate (10/10/2006, HealthDay)

Overviews
Back Pain at Work: Strategies to Prevent Aches, Pains and Injuries (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
Taking Care of Your Back (American Physical Therapy Association)

Diagnosis/Symptoms
Computed Tomography (CT): Spine (American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America)
Discography (North American Spine Society)
Electromyogram and Nerve Conduction Study (North American Spine Society)
Glossary of Orthopaedic Diagnostic Tests (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI): Spine (American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America)
Myelogram  (Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player
Spine X-Ray (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)

Treatment
Artificial Discs (North American Spine Society)
Back Surgery: When Is It a Good Idea? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) 
Discectomy (North American Spine Society)
Laminectomy or Laminotomy (North American Spine Society)
Laparoscopic Spine Surgery (Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons)
Low Back Pain Exercise Guide (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)
Low Back Surgery (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons) 
Lumbar Zygapophysial (Facet) Joint Injections (North American Spine Society)
Spinal Fusion (North American Spine Society) 

Prevention/Screening
Back Pain - How to Prevent  (Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player
Lifting Safety: Tips To Help Prevent Back Injuries (American Academy of Family Physicians)
Maintain a Healthy Back: Do You Work in - "Neutral Spine"? (National Institutes of Health, Office of Research Services, Division of Safety)
Physical Therapists Offer Snow Shovelers Advice to Avoid Injuries (American Physical Therapy Association)

Specific Conditions
Adult Isthmic Spondylolisthesis (Slipped Vertebra) (North American Spine Society)
Back Strains and Sprains (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)
Degenerative Changes in the Spine: Is It Arthritis? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis (DISH) (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
Fracture of the Thoracic and Lumbar Spine (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons) 
Kyphosis (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
Kyphosis (Curvature of the Spine) (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)
Postprocedural Discitis (North American Spine Society)
Spinal Tumor (North American Spine Society)
Spondylolisthesis (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)
Spondylolysis and Spondylolisthesis (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)
Whiplash and Whiplash Associated Disorders (North American Spine Society)

Related Issues
Spinal Infection (North American Spine Society)
Stretching/Flexibility Exercises (North American Spine Society)

Research
Bone Morphogenetic Protein (03/03/2005, North American Spine Society)

Anatomy/Physiology
Anatomy of the Spine (American Association of Neurological Surgeons)
Definition of Parts and What They Do (North American Spine Society)
Spine (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)

Dictionaries/Glossaries
Glossary of Spine Terminology (North American Spine Society)

Organizations
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases

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