Volume 5, Issue 1

• Omovertebral bone. Case description

  PIOTR TEDERKO, MAREK KRASUSKI, JERZY KIWERSKI

  Sprengel disease (SD) is a congenital condition characterized by upward displacement of the scapula. Deformity may be associated with malformations of other mesodermal structures. SD is us...

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• Effectiveness of the McKenzie method in regard to head posture and motion of the cervical spine in patients with cervical derangement syndrome

  GRAŻYNA GUZY, BOGUSŁAW FRAŃCZUK

  Aim. The aim of the study was the evaluation of the effectiveness of the McKenzie method in regard to head posture in standing and sitting as well as active range of motion of the cervical...

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• Influence of vitamins on the bone homeostasis

  ŁUKASZ TEISTER, TADEUSZ GAŹDZIK, BEATA ŁĄCKA-GAŹDZIK

  Bone tissue is a metabolically active system, constantly influenced by series of endogenic and external factors. Homeostasis of the bone tissue, as being dependent on the balance between b...

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• Influence of exercises and creatine supplementation on muscle responsible for deep stabilization of lumbar spine in patients after first microdiscectomy (preliminary report)

  WOJCIECH SKROBOT, WOJCIECH WASILEWSKI, KRZYSZTOF DĘBSKI, JOLANTA SZAMOTULSKA, WIESŁAW ZIÓŁKOWSKI, WIESŁAWA NYKA, JAROSŁAW CIECHOMSKI, ANDRZEJ ZAWADZKI, ELŻBIETA RAJKOWSKA-LABON, STANISŁAW BAKUŁA, BEATA ŻMUDZIŃSKA, WOJCIECH KLOC

  Introduction: Number of so called lifestyle diseases increases with the development of civilization. The most frequently occurring reasons of pain ailments of lumbar spine are among others...

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• Effect of both-leg and one-leg support on lateral shift in patients with lumbar discopathy

  KRZYSZTOF DUDZIŃSKI, IWONA KOWALSKA, SŁAWOMIR SKRZYŃSKI

  Aim of the work. The aim of the work was to study the effect of both-leg and one-leg standing on the course of the plumb-line projection with regard to the vertebral column in patients wit...

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• Transpedicular short-segment stabilization of thoracic and lumbar spine fractures with transepiphyseal reposition and vertebloplasty using lyophilized bone or bone substitute. Preliminary report

  ROMAN NOWAK, ANDRZEJ BARCZYŃSKI, WITOLD MIECZNIKOWSKI, JACEK SZPUNAR

  Introduction: Short-segment stabilization with transepiphyseal screws is wide spread method of surgical care of thoracic and lumbar spine fractures. Satisfactory reposition of fractured ve...

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• Causes of formation of the intervertebral disc diseases, colloquially termed as slipped disk, in the aspects of disorders of structure and function of human collagen – preliminary report

  SŁAWOMIR SKRZYŃSKI, ALINA SIONKOWSKA, AGATA MARCINIAK, JOANNA SKOPIŃSKA-WIŚNIEWSKA

  Introduction: Collagen is the main protein of connective tissue. It has great tensile strength, and it is the main component of ligaments and tendons. It is responsible for skin elasticity...

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• The extensiveness of spondylodesis and evaluation of spine function with Quebeck Back Pain Disability Scale

  EWA MISTERSKA, MACIEJ GŁOWACKI

  Introduction: The aim of our study has been to evaluate the intensity of pain in the lumbar spine and its effects on daily activities in patients receiving surgical treatment for idiopathi...

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