Vol 8, No 1 (March 29, 2022): Journal of Spine Surgery (Objective Monitoring and Wearable Technologies including Sensor-Based Accelerometers and Mobile Health Applications for the Spine Patient)1

Original Article

Minimally invasive spine surgery as treatment for persistent infectious lumbar spondylodiscitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Joshua Slowinski, Christopher Lucasti, Mark Maraschiello, Melissa A. Kluczynski, Joseph Kowalski, Christopher Hamill
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2022;
8
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:1-8
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A multicenter study of the 5-year trends in robot-assisted spine surgery outcomes and complications
Nathan J. Lee, Eric Leung, Ian A. Buchanan, Matthew Geiselmann, Josephine R. Coury, Matthew E. Simhon, Scott Zuckerman, Avery L. Buchholz, John Pollina, Ehsan Jazini, Colin Haines, Thomas C. Schuler, Christopher R. Good, Joseph Lombardi, Ronald A. Lehman
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2022;
8
(1)
:9-20
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Etiologies, incidence, and demographics of lumbar vertebral fractures in U.S. emergency departments
Jonathan Wakim, Thriaksh Rajan, Alex Beschloss, Ahmed Albayar, Ali Ozturk, Comron Saifi
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2022;
8
(1)
:21-28
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Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion with a silicon nitride cage demonstrates early radiographic fusion
Mitchell T. Gray, Kyle P. Davis, Bryan J. McEntire, B. Sonny Bal, Micah W. Smith
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2022;
8
(1)
:29-43
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Review Article

Spine centers of excellence: a systematic review and single-institution description of a spine center of excellence
Ryan C. Martin, Jordan C. Petitt, Xuankang Pan, Alyssa M. Edwards, Ansh D. Desai, Uma V. Mahajan, Collin M. Labak, Eric Z. Herring, Rohit Mauria, Zachary Gordon, Peter J. Pronovost, Gabriel Smith
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2022;
8
(1)
:44-53
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Case Report

Thoracic spondylodiscitis secondary to Klebsiella oxytoca urosepsis—a case report
Christopher Alan Brooks, Sameer Mahajan, Rohan Beresford, Omprakash Damodaran, Raoul Pope
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2022;
8
(1)
:54-61
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Spondylodiscitis secondary to Mycobacterium chelonae: a case report
Mina Tanios, Brandon Zakeri, Mark Rizk, Courtney Gorrell, Bradley Brickman, Nahimarys Colón Hernández
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2022;
8
(1)
:62-69
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CT guided percutaneous vertebroplasty of C2 osteolytic lesion: a case report and technical note
Bilal Tarabay, Veronique Freire, Sung-Joo Yuh, Antoine Gennari, Daniel Shedid, Ghassan Boubez, Zhi Wang
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2022;
8
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:70-75
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Traumatic intradural disc herniation following a cervical facet dislocation: a case report
Joshua Song, Jacob Yoong Leong Oh
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2022;
8
(1)
:76-83
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Editorial on Objective Monitoring and Wearable Technologies including Sensor-Based Accelerometers and Mobile Health Applications for the Spine Patient1

Wearable sensor technology in spine care
Ralph J. Mobbs, R. Dineth Fonseka, Pragadesh Natarajan
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2022;
8
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:84-86
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Towards personalized and value-based spine care: objective patient monitoring with smartphone activity data
Hasan S. Ahmad, Andrew I. Yang, Gregory W. Basil, William C. Welch, Michael Y. Wang, Jang W. Yoon
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2022;
8
(1)
:87-92
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Original Article on Objective Monitoring and Wearable Technologies including Sensor-Based Accelerometers and Mobile Health Applications for the Spine Patient1

Validation of a novel range of motion assessment tool for the cervical spine: the HALO© digital goniometer
Ashley R. Wilson-Smith, Saimurooban Muralidaran, Monish Maharaj, Matthew H. Pelletier, Peter Beshara, Prashanth Rao, Louise M. Pearce, Tian Wang, Ralph J. Mobbs, William R. Walsh
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2022;
8
(1)
:93-102
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Review Article on Objective Monitoring and Wearable Technologies including Sensor-Based Accelerometers and Mobile Health Applications for the Spine Patient1

A vision for the future of wearable sensors in spine care and its challenges: narrative review
Paul W. Hodges, Wolbert van den Hoorn
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2022;
8
(1)
:103-116
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‘SMART’ implantable devices for spinal implants: a systematic review on current and future trends
Sihyong J. Kim, Tian Wang, Matthew H. Pelletier, William R. Walsh
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2022;
8
(1)
:117-131
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Intra-operative wearable visualization in spine surgery: past, present, and future
Hasan S. Ahmad, Jang W. Yoon
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2022;
8
(1)
:132-138
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Analysing gait patterns in degenerative lumbar spine diseases: a literature review
Pragadesh Natarajan, R. Dineth Fonseka, Sihyong Kim, Callum Betteridge, Monish Maharaj, Ralph J. Mobbs
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2022;
8
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:139-148
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Gait assessment tools for degenerative cervical myelopathy: a systematic review
Wen Jie Choy, Lingxiao Chen, Camila Quel De Oliveira, Arianne P. Verhagen, Omprakash Damodaran, David B. Anderson
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2022;
8
(1)
:149-162
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Case Report on Objective Monitoring and Wearable Technologies including Sensor-Based Accelerometers and Mobile Health Applications for the Spine Patient1

Tracking the disease progression of lumbar spinal stenosis using objective gait metrics: a case report
R. Dineth Fonseka, Pragadesh Natarajan, Monish M. Maharaj, Ralph J. Mobbs
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2022;
8
(1)
:163-169
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Two-year continuous data capture using a wearable sensor to remotely monitor the surgical spine patient: a case report
R. Dineth Fonseka, Pragadesh Natarajan, Monish M. Maharaj, Kaitlin Rooke, Ralph J. Mobbs
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2022;
8
(1)
:170-179
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Editorial on Objective Monitoring and Wearable Technologies including Sensor-Based Accelerometers and Mobile Health Applications for the Spine Patient1

Inter-bout and intra-bout gait variability—proposed objective measures of gait deterioration during prolonged walking in spine care
R. Dineth Fonseka, Pragadesh Natarajan, Ralph J. Mobbs
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2022;
8
(1)
:180-184
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An engineer’s perspective on the mechanisms and applications of wearable inertial sensors
Luke Wicent Sy
Journal of Spine Surgery  
2022;
8
(1)
:185-189
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Disclosure:

1. The series “Objective Monitoring and Wearable Technologies including Sensor-Based Accelerometers and Mobile Health Applications for the Spine Patient” was commissioned by the editorial office, Journal of Spine Surgery without any funding or sponsorship. Ralph J. Mobbs, R. Dineth Fonseka and Pragadesh Natarajan served as the unpaid Guest Editors of the series.