Outcome assessment in lumbar spine surgeryGustavo Zanoli
Department of Orthopedics, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
Acta Orthop Suppl 76:5-47. 2005
..The ecological methodology has been presented and discussed: with a clear respect for its limitations, it could be used to obtain relevant information also in other clinical fields...
Comorbidity-related quality of life in anterior cruciate ligament insufficiency: a cross-sectional study involving 282 candidates for arthroscopic reconstructionVittorio Calvisi
University of L Aquila, L Aquila, Italy
Acta Orthop 79:519-25. 2008
..A cross-sectional study was conducted to test the hypothesis that HRQoL in ACLI is comorbidity-related and differs from the Italian norm...
EBM in musculoskeletal diseases: where are we?G Zanoli
Clinica Ortopedica, , Arcispedale S. Anna, 44100 Ferrara, Italy
Acta Orthop Scand Suppl 73:4-7. 2002
Pain in low-back pain. Problems in measuring outcomes in musculoskeletal disordersGustavo Zanoli
Department of Orthopaedics, University of Ferrara, Arcispedale S. Anna, 44100 Ferrara, Italy
Acta Orthop Scand Suppl 73:54-7. 2002
Reliability of the prospective data collection protocol of the Swedish Spine Register: test-retest analysis of 119 patientsGustavo Zanoli
Department of Orthopedics, Lund University Hospital Lund, SE 221 85 Sweden
Acta Orthop 77:662-9. 2006
..In a few years, it will produce useful clinical information just as arthroplasty registers have, but to permit proper interpretation of data in the future, the reliability of the protocol must be tested...
SF-36 scores in degenerative lumbar spine disorders: analysis of prospective data from 451 patientsGustavo Zanoli
Department of Orthopedics, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
Acta Orthop 77:298-306. 2006
..We determined the SF-36 scores in patients with surgical lumbar spine problems...
Cross-cultural adaptation of the lumbar North American Spine Society questionnaire for Italian-speaking patients with lumbar spinal diseaseR Padua
Institute of Orthopedics, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 26:E344-7. 2001
..A cross-cultural adaptation and cross-sectional study of a sample of lumbar spine patients, with a subsample followed prospectively for retest reliability...
Visual analog scales for interpretation of back and leg pain intensity in patients operated for degenerative lumbar spine disordersG Zanoli
Department of Orthopedics, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 26:2375-80. 2001
..A prospective observational study of visual analog scale (VAS) scores for pain in patients operated at one institution within the framework of a national registry...
Patient outcomes after Harrington instrumentation for idiopathic scoliosis: a 15- to 28-year evaluationR Padua
Department of Orthopedics, San Giocoma Hospital, Rome, Italy
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 26:1268-73. 2001
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OMERACT/OARSI initiative to define states of severity and indication for joint replacement in hip and knee osteoarthritisLaure Gossec
Medicine Faculty, Paris 5 René Descartes University AP HP, Cochin Hospital, Department of Rheumatology B, Paris, France
J Rheumatol 34:1432-5. 2007
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Concomitant therapy: an outcome variable for musculoskeletal disorders? Part 2: total joint replacement in osteoarthritis trialsJean Francis Maillefert
Dijon University Hospital and INSERM ERIT M 0204, University of Burgundy, Dijon, France
J Rheumatol 32:2449-51. 2005
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Neuroreflexotherapy for nonspecific low back pain: a systematic reviewGerard Urrutia
Centro Cochrane Iberoamericano, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Santa Pau, Barcelona, Spain
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 30:E148-53. 2005
..Systematic review...
The pharmacokinetics and efficacy of ropivacaine continuous wound instillation after spine fusion surgeryMargherita Bianconi
Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, St. Anna Hospital, Ferrara, Italy
Anesth Analg 98:166-72, table of contents. 2004
..By blocking noxious stimuli from the surgical area, infiltration and wound perfusion with ropivacaine were more effective in controlling pain than systemic analgesia...
Ultrasound nucleolysis: an in vitro studyJohan Persson
Department of Orthopedics, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
Ultrasound Med Biol 28:1189-97. 2002
..Two orthogonal transducers resulted in a superior temperature distribution than using just one transducer. It is, therefore, feasible to consider thermal treatment of the nucleus pulposus of the disc using noninvasive US...