Sofamor Danek Paper and Poster Awards 2004

PAPER AWARDS
  A122 - The MRC spine stabilization trial: A randomized controlled trial to compare surgical stabilization of the lumbar spine versus an intensive rehabilitation programme on outcome in patients with chronic low back pain
Fairbank J, Frost H, Wilson-MacDonald J, Yu LM, Barker K, Collins R
Oxford , UK

A144 - Evaluation of spinal metastases in a preclinical rat model of human breast carcinoma
Burch S, Bisland S, Bogaards A, Whyne, C Wilson B, Finkelstein J, Yee A
Toronto, Canada

POSTER AWARDS
  SP54 - Biomechanical basis for using signal changes of pedicle on MRI as an indicator for early diagnosis of spondylolysis
Sairyo K, Vadapalli S, Goel V, Takata Y, Masuda A, Biyani A, Ebraheim N, Katoh S, Yasui N
Toledo,OH, USA and Tokushima, Japan

P179 - Contribution of non spinal medical pathologies to the low back pain outcomes
McIntosh G, Hall H, Boyle C
Toronto, Canada