Prevalence of symptoms of cervical and lumbar stenosis among participants in the Osteoporotic Fractures in Men StudyMolly T Vogt
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 31:1445-51. 2006
..Cross-sectional...
Neck and shoulder pain in 70- to 79-year-old men and women: findings from the Health, Aging and Body Composition StudyMolly T Vogt
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Spine J 3:435-41. 2003
..Musculoskeletal pain in the cervicobrachial region is considered a major health problem among adults of working age, but little is known about the impact of this pain in the elderly...
Lumbar spine listhesis in older African American womenMolly T Vogt
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Spine J 3:255-61. 2003
..Cadaveric studies and clinical case series have suggested that listhesis may be much more common in African Americans than in whites...
Foot and ankle fractures in elderly white women. Incidence and risk factorsCarl T Hasselman
University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
J Bone Joint Surg Am 85:820-4. 2003
..8%) and to be using either long or short-acting benzodiazepines. CONCLUSIONS: Overall, foot fractures appeared to be typical osteoporotic fractures, whereas ankle fractures occurred in younger women with a relatively high body mass index...
Arthroscopically assisted intra-articular corrective osteotomy of a malunion of the distal radiusFelix Göbel
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Am J Orthop (Belle Mead NJ) 33:275-7. 2004
A community-based study of postmenopausal white women with back and leg pain: health status and limitations in physical activityMolly T Vogt
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 57:M544-50. 2002
..The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of lower back pain and associated leg pain/numbness in postmenopausal Caucasian women and the relationship of these symptoms to health status and function...
Analgesic usage for low back pain: impact on health care costs and service useMolly T Vogt
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 30:1075-81. 2005
..Cross-sectional analysis of analgesic use by patients with low back pain (LBP)...
Reduction of verbal pain scores after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with 2-day continuous femoral nerve block: a randomized clinical trialBrian A Williams
Department of Anesthesiology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 2000 Mary Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15203, USA
Anesthesiology 104:315-27. 2006
..In the current study, the authors prospectively determined the effect of continuous femoral nerve block on a numeric rating scale (NRS) of pain intensity with movement for 7 postoperative days...
Mannose-binding lectin is a disease-modifying factor in North American patients with systemic lupus erythematosusWenhua Piao
Lupus Center of Excellence, University of Pittsburgh Schools of Health Sciences, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, USA
J Rheumatol 34:1506-13. 2007
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Cervical spine injuries associated with the incorrect use of airbags in motor vehicle collisionsWilliam F Donaldson
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 33:631-4. 2008
..Retrospective database review and analysis...
Pediatric spinal cord injury without radiographic abnormality (SCIWORA): the absence of occult instability and lack of indication for bracingPatrick P Bosch
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Spine 27:2788-800. 2002
..A case-by-case evaluation is required for the treatment of spinal cord injury without apparent spinal column injury, and bracing is not uniformly indicated...
A slowly progressive and reproducible animal model of intervertebral disc degeneration characterized by MRI, X-ray, and histologySatoshi Sobajima
Spine Tissue Engineering Laboratory, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
Spine 30:15-24. 2005
..This model would appear suitable for studying pathogenesis and pathophysiology of intervertebral disc degeneration and testing safety and efficacy of novel treatments of intervertebral disc degeneration...
Medial brachial and antebrachial cutaneous nerve injuries: effect on outcome in revision cubital tunnel surgeryIoannis Sarris
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
J Reconstr Microsurg 18:665-70. 2002
..The results were analyzed after a mean follow-up of 26 months. The results of the 13 patients with injured cutaneous nerves tended to be worse ( p=0.065) than the results of seven patients without such findings...
Distal radius fractures in older women: a 10-year follow-up study of descriptive characteristics and risk factors. The study of osteoporotic fracturesMolly T Vogt
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 50:97-103. 2002
..Selected preventive strategies could be designed to reduce the incidence of these fractures...
Influence of smoking on the health status of spinal patients: the National Spine Network databaseMolly T Vogt
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 27:313-9. 2002
..Multicenter, cross-sectional analysis of data from the National Spine Network...
The relationship between lumbar lordosis and radiologic variables and lumbar lordosis and clinical variables in elderly, African-American womenSteven Z George
Brooks Center for Rehabilitation Studies and Center for Pain Research and Behavioral Health, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
J Spinal Disord Tech 16:200-6. 2003
..These findings question the clinical utility of the lumbar lordosis measurement in elderly, African-American women...
Opioid usage among older adults with low back pain: comment on the article by Solomon et alMolly T Vogt
Arthritis Rheum 55:513; author reply 513-4. 2006
Measurement of lumbar lordosis: inter-rater reliability, minimum detectable change and longitudinal variationGregory E Hicks
Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
J Spinal Disord Tech 19:501-6. 2006
..Repeated measures design to examine reliability and longitudinal variation of lumbar lordosis measurement...