Association between age, sex, BMI and CT-evaluated spinal degeneration featuresLeonid Kalichman
Division of Research, New England Baptist Hospital, Boston, MA 02120, USA
J Back Musculoskelet Rehabil 22:189-95. 2009
..The aim of our study was to evaluate the association between age, sex and body mass index (BMI) and lumbar spine degeneration features evaluated on computed tomography (CT) in a community-based sample...
- Computed tomography-evaluated features of spinal degeneration: prevalence, intercorrelation, and association with self-reported low back pain
Leonid Kalichman
Clinical Epidemiology Research and Training Unit, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Spine J 10:200-8. 2010
..Although the role of radiographic abnormalities in the etiology of nonspecific low back pain (LBP) is unclear, the frequent identification of these features on radiologic studies continues to influence medical decision making...
- Association between computed tomography-evaluated lumbar lordosis and features of spinal degeneration, evaluated in supine position
Leonid Kalichman
Department of Physical Therapy, Recanati School for Community Health Professions, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, PO Box 653, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel
Spine J 11:308-15. 2011
..Few studies have directly evaluated the association of lumbar lordosis and segmental wedging of the vertebral bodies and intervertebral discs with the prevalence of spinal degenerative features...
Changes in paraspinal muscles and their association with low back pain and spinal degeneration: CT studyLeonid Kalichman
Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
Eur Spine J 19:1136-44. 2010
..We conclude that the paraspinal muscle density decreases with age, and increases BMI. It is associated with at some levels FJOA, spondylolisthesis and disc narrowing at the same level, but not associated with occurrence of LBP...
- Relieving symptoms of meralgia paresthetica using Kinesio taping: a pilot study
Leonid Kalichman
Department of Physical Therapy, Recanati School for Community Health Professions, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 91:1137-9. 2010
..To assess the effect of the novel Kinesio taping treatment approach on meralgia paresthetica (MP) symptoms...
- Spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis: prevalence and association with low back pain in the adult community-based population
Leonid Kalichman
Clinical Epidemiology Research and Training Unit, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 34:199-205. 2009
..Cross-sectional study...
- Facet orientation and tropism: associations with spondylolysis
Leonid Kalichman
Clinical Epidemiology Research and Training Unit, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
J Spinal Disord Tech 23:101-5. 2010
..Cross-sectional study...
- Facet orientation and tropism: associations with facet joint osteoarthritis and degeneratives
Leonid Kalichman
Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 34:E579-85. 2009
..Cross-sectional study...
- Age-related changes in bone-strength-associated geometry indices in naive human population
Leonid Kalichman
Department of Physical Therapy, The Stanley Steyer School of Health Professions, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Anat Rec (Hoboken) 291:835-44. 2008
..In females, the trend toward higher MCI values can be observed only in those born between 1936 and 1966 and the trend toward higher BBRI values stopped in 1950...
- Prevalence, pattern and determinants of radiographic hand osteoarthritis in Turkmen community-based sample
Leonid Kalichman
Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Recanati School for Community Health Professions, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
Rheumatol Int 29:1143-9. 2009
..After adjustment for age, we found that females with severe obesity have higher risk of development of hand OA than those with normal weight [OR(95%CI): 3.88 (1.20-12.60)]...
- Facet joint osteoarthritis and low back pain in the community-based population
Leonid Kalichman
Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 33:2560-5. 2008
..Cross-sectional study...
- Association between disc degeneration and degenerative spondylolisthesis? Pilot study
Leonid Kalichman
Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA
J Back Musculoskelet Rehabil 22:21-5. 2009
..The aim of this pilot study was to test the generally believed hypothesis that intervertebral disc degeneration is a prerequisite for degenerative spondylolisthesis (DS)...
- Spinal stenosis prevalence and association with symptoms: the Framingham Study
Leonid Kalichman
Boston University, MA 02118, USA
Spine J 9:545-50. 2009
..The prevalence of lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) in the general population and association with low back pain (LBP) remain unclear...
- Association between circulatory levels of vitamin D and radiographic hand osteoarthritis
Leonid Kalichman
Department of Physical Therapy, Recanati School for Community Health Professions, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, P O B 653, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel
Rheumatol Int 32:253-7. 2012
..553, P = 0.214). After adjustment for age, sex, and BMI, no association was found between the serum level of vitamin D and prevalence and severity of radiographic hand OA evaluated using K-L or osteophyte scores...
Age at menarche in a Chuvashian rural populationLeonid Kalichman
Department of Physical Therapy, The Stanley Steyer School of Health Professions, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
Ann Hum Biol 33:390-7. 2006
..Periods of socio-economic disasters such as war and famine disrupt the secular trend. Our findings also confirm the hypothesis of significant familial influences on menarcheal age...
- Hand osteoarthritis in Chuvashian population: prevalence and determinants
Leonid Kalichman
Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Recanati School for Community Health Professions, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel
Rheumatol Int 30:85-92. 2009
..No association was found between smoking and prevalence of hand OA. Moderate alcohol consumption showed protective effect on prevalence of hand OA in women...
- Variation of skeletal biomarkers of biological aging in a Chuvashian population: a longitudinal study
Leonid Kalichman
Department of Physical Therapy, Stanley Steyer School of Health Professions, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
Am J Hum Biol 19:74-81. 2007
..Thereafter, the rate of OSS change again became virtually equal between sexes...
- Low back pain and other musculoskeletal pain comorbidities in individuals with symptomatic osteoarthritis of the knee: data from the osteoarthritis initiative
Pradeep Suri
Harvard Medical School, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02130, USA
Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 62:1715-23. 2010
..To examine the association of concurrent low back pain (LBP), and other musculoskeletal pain comorbidity, with knee pain severity in symptomatic knee osteoarthritis (OA)...
- Radiographic hand osteoarthritis in two ethnic groups living in the same geographic area
Leonid Kalichman
Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Physical Therapy, Recanati School for Community Health Professions, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, P O B 653, 84105, Beer Sheva, Israel
Rheumatol Int 30:1533-6. 2010
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- Hand osteoarthritis in longevity populations
Leonid Kalichman
Department of Physical Therapy, Recanati School for Community Health Professions, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, P O B 653 Beer Sheva 84105, Israel
Aging Clin Exp Res 23:457-62. 2011
..Aim was to evaluate the prevalence and mode of development of radiographic hand OA in three longevity populations (Abkhazians, Azerbaijanis and Georgians) and in one non-longevity population (Russians)...
- The genetics of intervertebral disc degeneration. Associated genes
Leonid Kalichman
Boston University Clinical Epidemiology Research and Training Unit, University School of Medicine, 650 Albany St, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Joint Bone Spine 75:388-96. 2008
..To review current knowledge on genes associated with intervertebral disk degeneration...
- Association between vascular cell adhesion molecule 1 and radiographic hand osteoarthritis
L Kalichman
Department of Physical Therapy, Recanati School for Community Health Professions, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
Clin Exp Rheumatol 29:544-6. 2011
..Therefore, we hypothesized that soluble VCAM-1 level can be associated with prevalence and severity of radiographic hand OA...
- Diagnosis and conservative management of degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis
Leonid Kalichman
Clinical Epidemiology Research and Training Unit, Boston University, 650 Albany Street X Building, Suite 200, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Eur Spine J 17:327-35. 2008
..An up-to-date knowledge on diagnosis and prevention of lumbar DS can assist in determination of future research goals. Additional studies are required to establish treatment protocols for the conservative treatment of DS...
- Underlying pathology and associated factors of hemiplegic shoulder pain
Leonid Kalichman
Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
Am J Phys Med Rehabil 90:768-80. 2011
..The systematization of underlying pathologies was proposed, which might eventually enable a more constructive clinical approach in evaluating and treating patients with hemiplegic shoulder pain...
- Laterality and reproductive indices
Leonid Kalichman
Department of Physical Therapy, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Stanley Steyer School of Health Professions, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Menopause 15:991-5. 2008
..Several previous studies support the association between manual dominance and age at menarche or age at menopause. The aim of the present study was to estimate the association between indices of laterality and reproductive indices...
- Radiographic hand osteoarthritis and serum levels of osteocalcin: cross-sectional study
Leonid Kalichman
Department of Physical Therapy, Recanati School for Community Health Professions, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, P O B 653, 84105, Beer Sheva, Israel
Rheumatol Int 30:1131-5. 2010
..052, p = 0.023). In this cross-sectional population-based study, we found that serum level of osteocalcin is positively associated with severity of hand OA, measured by K-L, JSN and OS scales...
- Does this older adult with lower extremity pain have the clinical syndrome of lumbar spinal stenosis?
Pradeep Suri
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School, and Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
JAMA 304:2628-36. 2010
..The clinical syndrome of lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) is a common diagnosis in older adults presenting with lower extremity pain...
- The genetics of intervertebral disc degeneration. Familial predisposition and heritability estimation
Leonid Kalichman
Clinical Epidemiology Research and Training Unit, Boston University School of Medicine, 650 Albany Street, X200, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Joint Bone Spine 75:383-7. 2008
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- Lumbar facet joint osteoarthritis: a review
Leonid Kalichman
Clinical Epidemiology Research and Training Unit, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA
Semin Arthritis Rheum 37:69-80. 2007
..We reviewed the anatomy, biomechanics, and possible sources of pain of the FJ, natural history, and risk factors of lumbar FJ osteoarthritis and briefly reviewed the relevant imaging methods...
- Hand osteoarthritis: an epidemiological perspective
Leonid Kalichman
Department of Physical Therapy, Recanati School for Community Health Professions, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
Semin Arthritis Rheum 39:465-76. 2010
..Hand osteoarthritis (OA) is a highly prevalent condition with a wide spectrum of clinical presentations. We review herein the prevalence, impact on hand function, and various risk factors related to hand OA...
- Low back pain among professional bus drivers: ergonomic and occupational-psychosocial risk factors
Deborah Alperovitch-Najenson
Department of Physical Therapy, Steyer School of Health Professions, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Israel
Isr Med Assoc J 12:26-31. 2010
..Professional drivers have been found to be at high risk for developing low back pain. However, the exact reasons are poorly understood...
- The association between patellar alignment on magnetic resonance imaging and radiographic manifestations of knee osteoarthritis
Leonid Kalichman
Boston University School of Medicine, Clinical Epidemiology Research and Training Unit, 650 Albany Street Suite X200, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Arthritis Res Ther 9:R26. 2007
..Additional studies will be required to establish the normal and abnormal ranges of patellar alignment indices and their longitudinal relation to patello-femoral OA...
- Laterality indices in the Chuvashian population
Leonid Kalichman
Department of Physical Therapy, The Stanley Steyer School of Health Professions, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Anthropol Anz 66:409-18. 2008
..However, we obtained a high heritability estimate for HDD (h2 = 0.19) that was based on statistically significant parent-offspring and sib-sib correlations...
- Injection of botulinum toxin for treatment of chronic lateral epicondylitis: systematic review and meta-analysis
Leonid Kalichman
Department of Physical Therapy, Recanati School for Community Health Professions, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
Semin Arthritis Rheum 40:532-8. 2011
..We attempted to determine the efficacy of botulinum toxin for the treatment of chronic lateral epicondylitis...
- Massage therapy for fibromyalgia symptoms
Leonid Kalichman
Department of Physical Therapy, Recanati School for Community Health Professions, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
Rheumatol Int 30:1151-7. 2010
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- Association between fibromyalgia and sexual dysfunction in women
Leonid Kalichman
Department of Physical Therapy, Recanati School for Community Health Professions, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
Clin Rheumatol 28:365-9. 2009
..Additional studies are needed to evaluate the casual relationship and mechanism of association between FM and sexual dysfunction in women...
- Time-related trends of age at menopause and reproductive period of women in a Chuvashian rural population
Leonid Kalichman
Department of Physical Therapy, Stanley Steyer School of Health Professions, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Menopause 14:135-40. 2007
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- Association between morbidity and skeletal biomarkers of biological aging
Leonid Kalichman
Department of Physical Therapy, Stanley Steyer School of Health Professions, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Hum Biol 78:77-88. 2006
..Further research is needed to clarify the biological mechanisms of association between certain types of morbidities and changes in skeletal aging...
