ISSLS Prize Award 2008

Clinical

Early predictors of chronic work disability: A prospective, population-based study of workers with back injuries
J Turner, G Franklin, D Fulton-Kehoe, L Sheppard, B Stover, R Wu, J Gluck, T Wickizer, Seattle, WA, USA

Biomechanics

Integrating theoretical and experimental methods for functional tissue engineering of the annulus fibrosus
N Nerurkar, R Mauck, D Elliott, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Basic Science

Microstructural investigation of interlamellar connectivity and mechanical disruption within the lumbar intervertebral disc annulus
M Schollum, S Veres, P Robertson, N Broom, Auckland, New Zealand