1. Editorial

   Pages: 169 - 169

2. Is there a rational basis for post-surgical lifting restrictions? 1. Current understanding

   • Marianne L. Magnusson
   • Malcolm H. Pope
   • Kevin Spratt

   Original article Pages: 170 - 178

3. Is there a rational basis for post-surgical lifting restrictions? 2. Possible scientific approach

   • Malcolm H. Pope
   • Marianne L. Magnusson
   • Kevin Spratt

   Original article Pages: 179 - 186

4. Sitting and low back pain: the positive effect of rotatory dynamic stimuli during prolonged sitting

   • Leo L. van Deursen
   • Jaap Patijn
   • Bernard J. Vortman

   Original article Pages: 187 - 193

5. Correlation of MR images of disc injuries with anatomic sections in experimental thoracolumbar spine fractures

   • F. Cumhur Oner
   • R. H. H. v. d. Rijt
   • Abraham J. Verbout

   Original article Pages: 194 - 198

6. The value of MR imaging in differentiating between hard and soft cervical disc disease: a comparison with intraoperative findings

   • D. K. Sengupta
   • R. Kirollos
   • T. Pigott

   Original article Pages: 199 - 204

7. Are intraoperative findings always true in anterior disc surgery?

   • K. Abumi

   Reviewer’s comment Pages: 204 - 204

8. Bone scintigraphy in tuberculous spondylodiscitis

   • H. G. Pandit
   • P. D. Sonsale
   • S. Y. Bhojraj

   Original article Pages: 205 - 209

9. Artificial disc replacement with the modular type SB Charité III: 2-year results in 50 prospectively studied patients

   • W. S. Zeegers
   • L. M. L. J. Bohnen
   • M. J. A. Verhaegen

   Original article Pages: 210 - 217

10. Lumbosacral extradural arachnoid cysts: diagnostic and indication for surgery

    • U. Kunz
    • U. M. Mauer
    • H. Waldbaur

    Original article Pages: 218 - 222

11. Preliminary CT study of C1–C2 rotational mobility in normal subjects

    • C. Villas
    • C. Arriagada
    • J. L. Zubieta

    Innovations Pages: 223 - 228

12. The ‘MW’ sacropelvic construct: an enhanced fixation of the lumbosacral junction in neuromuscular pelvic obliquity

    • V. Arlet
    • D. Marchesi
    • M. Aebi

    Technical note Pages: 229 - 231

13. Cervical synovial cysts: case report and review of the literature

    • Pierpaolo Lunardi
    • Michele Acqui
    • Luigi Ferrante

    Case report Pages: 232 - 237

14. Myelopathy due to calcification of the cervical ligamenta flava: a report of two cases in West Indian patients

    • H. Pascal-Moussellard
    • P. Cabre
    • Y. Catonne

    Case report Pages: 238 - 240

15. Vertical atlantoaxial dislocation

    • S. Ramaré
    • J. Y. Lazennec
    • R. Trabelsi

    Case report Pages: 241 - 243

16. Acute spinal cord compression due to intraspinal bleeding from a vertebral hemangioma: two case-reports

    • E. Castel
    • J. Y. Lazennec
    • G. Saillant

    Case report Pages: 244 - 248