1. Editorial

   • M. Aebi

   Editorial Pages: 1 - 1

2. Crisis: what crisis?

   • M. R. Underwood

   Original article Pages: 2 - 5

3. Gait analysis in idiopathic scoliosis before and after surgery: a comparison of the pre- and postoperative muscle activation pattern

   • C. Hopf
   • M. Scheidecker
   • P. Eysel

   Original article Pages: 6 - 11

4. Quantification of cosmesis for patients affected by adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

   • T. Iwahara
   • M. Imai
   • Y. Atsuta

   Original article Pages: 12 - 15

5. Characterization of the mechanical behaviour parameters of the costo-vertebral joint

   • D. Lemosse
   • O. Le Rue
   • F. Lavaste

   Original article Pages: 16 - 23

6. Lumbar disc herniation: favourable outcome associated with intake of wine

   • C. Rasmussen

   Original article Pages: 24 - 28

7. Fitness for work after surgery for lumbar disc herniation: a retrospective study

   • P. Donceel
   • M. Du Bois

   Original article Pages: 29 - 35

8. Effects on the vertebral end-plate of uncomplicated lumbar discography: an MRI study

   • A. Saifuddin
   • P. Renton
   • B. A. Taylor

   Original article Pages: 36 - 39

9. The relationship between vertebral body deformity and disc degeneration in lumbar spine of the senile

   • L. Dai

   Original article Pages: 40 - 44

10. Calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate deposition in degenerate lumbar discs

    • U. Berlemann
    • N. C. Gries
    • B. Vernon-Roberts

    Original article Pages: 45 - 49

11. Vertebral osteomyelitis: an analysis of 38 surgically treated cases

    • H. Matsui
    • N. Hirano
    • Y. Sakaguchi

    Original article Pages: 50 - 54

12. Vertigo in patients with cervical spine dysfunction

    • R. Galm
    • M. Rittmeister
    • E. Schmitt

    Original article Pages: 55 - 58

13. Three-dimensional measurement of wedged scoliotic vertebrae and intervertebral disks

    • C.-E. Aubin
    • J. Dansereau
    • H. Labelle

    Innovations Pages: 59 - 65

14. Harvesting and preparation of cadaveric osseoligamentous lower cervical spine (C2-C7) for biomechanical testing

    • J. Yeh
    • A. Jackowski

    Ideas and technical innovations Pages: 66 - 68

15. Increased kyphosis by a combination of fractures of the sternum and thoracic spine

    • J. M. Klaase
    • K. W. Zimmerman
    • E. F. M. Veldhuis

    Case report Pages: 69 - 71

16. Unrecognized laceration of main bronchus caused by fracture of the T6 vertebra

    • P. G. Korovessis
    • M. Stamatakis
    • A. Baikousis

    Case report Pages: 72 - 75

17. Occipitoatlantal instability associated with articular tropism

    • K. Abumi
    • M. Fujiya
    • K. Kaneda

    Case report Pages: 76 - 79

18. Occipitocervical fixation with a single occipital clamp using inverted hooks

    • A. Faure
    • E. Bord
    • R. Robert

    Case report Pages: 80 - 83