FRIDAY 30, ISSLS, ORAL PRESENTATIONS, ROOM A-B

07.30 DISC DEGENERATION, Chairs: T. YOON and H. BRISBY
07.30 AB85 RISK FACTORS FOR LUMBAR DISC DEGENERATION: AN MRI ANALYSIS OF 130 HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS
M. Kanayama, D. Togawa, T. Terai, T. Hashimoto, K. Shigenobu, F. Oha, K. Nagahama, Hakodate Central General Hospital, Spine Center, Hakodate, Japan
07.37 AB86 END PLATE DAMAGE SCORE AND CORRELATION TO DISC DEGENERATION
S. Rajasekaran, K. Venkatadass, J. Naresh Babu, K. Ganesh, A. Prasad Shetty, Ganga Hospital, Orthopaedic & Spine Surgery, Coimbatore, India
07.44 AB87 THE EFFECT OF DISC DEGENERATION ON THE LUMBAR SEGMENTAL AXIAL MOTION IN ASYMPTOMATIC AND CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN SUBJECTS
N. Inoue, R. S. Ochia, A. Espinoza Orías, G.B.J. Andersson, H. S. An, Rush University Medical Center, Orthopaedic Surgery, Chicago, IL, United States
07.51 AB88 THE NATURAL HISTORY OF AGE-RELATED DISC DEGENERATION: THE INFLUENCE OF AGE AND PATHOLOGY ON CELL POPULATIONS IN THE L4-5 DISC
R. Moore, B. Vernon-Roberts, R. Fraser Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, The Adelaide Centre for Spinal Research, Adelaide, Australia
07.58 Discussion
08.11 AB89 LINKAGE ANALYSIS WITH SUBSEQUENT FINE-MAPPING ON FAMILIAL EARLY ONSET-DEGENERATIVE DISC DISEASE
D.W.H. Ho, K.M.C. Cheung, D. Chan, K.S.E. Cheah, J. Karppinen, P.C. Sham, Y.Q. Song, The University of Hong Kong, Biochemistry, Hong Kong, China
08.18 AB90 DISC SIGNAL IS ASSLOCATED WITH POLYMORPHISMS IN AGCI, COL 1A1, COL 2A1, COL 9A1, ILIA, ILIA, IL18R1 AND 1L18RAP GENES
T. Videman, J. Saarela, J. Kaprio, A. Näkki, L. Esko, L. Peltonen, M. Battié, University of Alberta, Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, Edmonton AB, Canada
08.25 AB91 POLYMORPHIC VARIATION OF THE GTP CYCLOHYDROLASE 1 GENE IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING SURGICAL TREATMENT FOR LUMBAR DEGENERATIVE DISC DISEASE
D. Kim, J. Martha, M. Max, I. Peter, I. Belfer, R. Banco, C. Schwartz, New England Baptist Hospital, Orthopedics, Boston, United States
08.32 Discussion
08.42 AB92 IS THE ANULAR TEAR STIMULATED DURING LUMBAR PROVOCATIVE DISCOGRAPHY THE SOURCE OF LUMBAR PAIN DURING FUNCTIONAL ACTIVITIES?
M. DePalma, L. Peterson, W. Carne, D. Cifu, Virginia Commonwealth University Spine Center, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Richmond, United States
08.49 AB93 DEGENERATIVE CHANGES OF INTERVERTEBRAL DISC AND VERTEBRAL ENDPLATE IN ADAMTS5 AGGRECANASE-2) KNOCKOUT MICE
J. Chen, L. M. Boyd, K. D. Allen, M. Tsuboyama, L. Jing, A. Malfait, L. A. Setton, Duke University, Biomedical Engineering, Durham, United States
08.56 AB94 EFFECTS OF COMPRESSION ON GENE EXPRESSION IN NUCLEUS PULPOSUS CELLS
G. Sowa, A. Zorn, P. Coelho, R. Studer, K. Bell, P. Smolinski, J. Kang, University of Pittsburgh, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Orthopaedics, Pittsburgh, United States
09.03 AB95 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION AND BIOMECHANICAL FUNCTION: EFFECTS OF ANNULAR INJURY SIZE
H. Kim, D. Ryan, D. Hwang, A. Hsieh, University of Maryland, Fischell Department of Bioengineering, College Park, United States
09.10 AB96 EARLY STAGES OF INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION DO NOT NECESSARILY CAUSE INSTABILITY
H. Wilke, F. Rohlmann, C. Ring, C. Mack, A. Kettler, Institute for Orthopaedic Research and Biomechanics, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
09.18 Discussion
09.35 MACNAB/LAROCCA FELLOWSHIP REPORT 2007
G. Kawchuk and Y. Hu
Introduction H. Brisby
09.45 Announcement of 2008 Recipient sponsored Depuy Spine
Announcement Globus Travelling Fellowship Award - Sponsored by Globus Medical
09.47 Introduction of International Fellow
Dr M. Chadha, New Delhi, India
Presentation Spine Young Investigators Award
S. Boden
10.00 Coffee break
10.30 DEFORMITY, Chairs: M. BROWN and C. BONO
10.30 AB97 PROXIMAL JUNCTIONAL KYPHOSIS AFTER POSTERIOR DEKYPHOSIS SURGERY FOR THORACOLUMBAR OSTEOPOROTIC VERTEBRAL COLLAPSE
H. Takaishi, M. Matsumoto, M. Nakamura, K. Ishii, T. Tsuji, Y. Toyama, K. Chiba, Keio University, School of Medicine, Orthopaedic Surgery, Tokyo, Japan
10.37 AB98 A VALIDATED FORMULA FOR PREDICTING POST-OPERATIVE SAGITTAL BALANCE IN THE SETTING OF ADULT SPINAL DEFORMITY
V. Lafage, F. Schwab, A. Patel, N. Hawkinson, J.P. Farcy, NYU HJD, Orthopaedics, New York, NY, United States
10.44 AB99 T1 TILT MAY OUT PERFORM THE PLUMBLINE IN CLINICAL CORRELATION – PELVIC TILT INDICATES PELVIC COMPENSATION TO DEFORMITY
V. Lafage, F. Schwab, A. Patel, N. Hawkinson, J.P. Farcy, NYU HJD, Orthopaedics, New York, NY, United States
10.51 Discussion
11.00 ISSLS DEBATE: LOW BACK PAIN - A CULTURAL PHENOMENON
Chair: M. SZPALSKI
PRO: LOW BACK PAIN IS MORE A CULTURAL ISSUE THAT RARELY REQUIRES SURGERY
S. Rajasekaran
CON: LOW BACK PAIN HAS AN ETIOPATHOLOGICAL CAUSE THAT NEEDS SURGICAL TREATMENT
M. Lorenz
12.00 Lunch & Workshops