1. Another new journal?

   Editorial Pages: 1 - 1

2. Simultaneous combined anterior and posterior fusion

   • John P. O'Brien
   • David C. Holte

   Review Pages: 2 - 6

3. Acceleration injury of the cervical spine by hypertranslation of the head

   • L. Penning

   Original Articles Pages: 7 - 12

4. Acceleration injury of the cervical spine by hypertranslation of the head

   • L. Penning

   Original Articles Pages: 13 - 19

5. Results of lumbar discectomy: a study using 15 different evaluation methods

   • D. S. Korres
   • G. Loupassis
   • K. Stamos

   Original Articles Pages: 20 - 24

6. Lumbar disc herniation in teenagers

   • Luigi Ferrante
   • Luciano Mastronardi
   • Aldo Fortuna

   Original Articles Pages: 25 - 28

7. How many days of bed rest for acute low back pain? Objective assessment of trunk function

   • M. Szpalski
   • J. P. Hayez

   Original Articles Pages: 29 - 31

8. Lumbar spinal canal morphometry from computed tomography scans: reproducibility, results and clinical implications

   • C. G. Greenough
   • R. D. Fraser

   Original Articles Pages: 32 - 37

9. Selective changes in multifidus dimensions in patients with chronic low back pain

   • M. J. Stokes
   • R. G. Cooper
   • M. I. V. Jayson

   Original Articles Pages: 38 - 42

10. Metastatic spinal tumours: survival after surgery

    • Andrzej Kocialkowski
    • John K. Webb

    Original Articles Pages: 43 - 48

11. Development of spondylolisthesis after growth arrest

    • M. Pfeiffer
    • P. Griss
    • P. Schuler

    Case Reports Pages: 49 - 52

12. Eosinophilic granuloma of C5 causing cervical cord compression

    • Nicola Maffulli
    • Giovanni Capasso
    • Vittorino Testa

    Case Reports Pages: 53 - 54

13. Posttraumatic vertebral body necrosis (Kümmell-Verneuil disease)

    • U. Malzer
    • M. Pfeiffer
    • P. Griss

    Case Reports Pages: 55 - 59

14. Announcements

    Announcement Pages: 60 - 60