Importance The optimal management for acute traumatic cervical spinal cord injury (SCI) is
unknown. Objective To determine whether early surgical decompression results in better …

Prevalence of Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain and Its Associated Factors among Middle-Aged
and Elderly People: An Analysis Based on Data from a Musculoskeletal Examination in …

Spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA) is a devastating progressive neurodegenerative disorder, for
which no effective treatments have been developed. However, some studies have shown …

Background Neck and shoulder pain, back pain and low back pain are common symptoms
in Japanese subjects, and it is important to elucidate the pathology and associated factors of …

Background “Locomotive syndrome”, a concept proposed by the Japanese Orthopaedic
Association (JOA), refers to risk conditions among the elderly population that may lead to the …

Background Neck and shoulder pain (NSP) is very common in the general population.
However, little is known about the epidemiology of this condition. The purpose of this study …

Purpose This study aimed to determine the association of preoperative malnutrition with an
increased risk of cervical kyphosis after laminoplasty in geriatric patients with cervical …

Precise evaluation of motor functions using simple and reproducible tests for mouse models
of spinal cord injury (SCI) are required. Overground walking of SCI mice has been tested by …

Background: Throwing-related shoulder and elbow pain continues to be reported among
adolescent baseball players. Few prospective studies have specifically examined the …

Study Design. A retrospective single-center study. Objective. This study sought to clarify the
risk factors and to evaluate the surgical outcome in patients with rapidly progressive cervical …