Autonomic dysreflexia: a possible trigger for the development of heterotopic ossifications after traumatic spinal cord injury? : A clinical longitudinal study.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of the initial American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale (AIS) category and the conversion rate in acute traumatic tetraplegic patients on the development of heterotopic ossifications (HO). The second objective was to prove the hypothesis that tetraplegic patients with autonomic dysreflexia (AD) develop HO more often than patients without AD.

Methods: A retrospective analysis from 2002 to 2009 of 330 patients with spinal cord injuries was performed and led to the inclusion of 77 traumatic tetraplegic patients.

Awareness of the German population of common available guidelines of how to cope with lower back pain.

Background: Several countries developed guidelines in order to provide a systematic approach for treatment of (chronic) lower back pain. The risk of suffering from (chronic) lower back pain differs significantly within the general population. A serious lack of research exists concerning the risk factor "dysfunctional behavior of the subjects in terms of acute lower back pain.

[Five-year survival rate of the Allofit titanium press-fit cup].

Background: The Allofit titanium press-fit cup has become the best-selling cementless acetabular implant in Germany, with approximately 30,000 implants sold in 2007. However, only a limited number of scientific publications - mostly from the development centres in Austria - support this success on the market.

Methods: At our institution in 1999-2000, 174 total hip replacements were performed using the Allofit cementless press-fit cup.

Smoking and chronic back pain: analyses of the German Telephone Health Survey 2003.

Introduction: Smoking represents the greatest avoidable risk for a large number of serious diseases. The goal of the present study was to investigate the connection between tobacco consumption and back pain, as such a link has yet to be clearly established.

Methods: The analysis was based on the public use file of the German Telephone Health Survey 2003 (n = 8318), carried out by the Robert Koch Institute, Berlin.

[No sports = no exercise?--sports, overweight and physical activity in the 50-70 age group in Baden-Württemberg].

Sporting activity is proven to decline with advancing age. But do older adults replace sporting activity with physical activity like walking and cycling for transportation purposes, and are people with a history of sporting activity more likely to integrate physical activity in their day-today lives? There is a proven negative correlation between sporting activity and overweight, a major risk factor for numerous diseases. The purpose of this study was to investigate correlations between walking/cycling for transportation and sporting activity/overweight, while controlling other variables.

[Total knee arthroplasty - GPs' views in Germany: a questionnaire-based study].

To assess general knowledge and individual views of general practitioners (GPs) on total knee arthroplasty (TKA), we conducted a questionnaire-based survey involving 170 GPs in Germany. Eighty-one GPs returned the questionnaire. They treat a mean of 10.

Trochanteric fractures in the elderly: the influence of primary hip arthroplasty on 1-year mortality.

Introduction: The aim of the study was to compare the mortality risk and complication rate after operative treatment of pertrochanteric fractures with primary arthroplasty, dynamic hip screw (DHS) or proximal femoral nail (PFN).

Patients And Methods: Clinical records including X-rays of all patients with trochanteric femoral fractures, except pathologic fractures and a minimum age of 60 years, which were treated between 1992 and 2005 were entered in this retrospective study. Of these 283 patients, 132 were treated by primary arthroplasty, 109 with a DHS and 42 with a PFN.

["Living an active life"--sports, exercise and health in middle-aged and older adults. An empirical database on physical activity, health behavior and lifestyle in the 50- to 70-year-old residential population of Baden-Wuerttemberg].

In a society with an aging population, the preventive healthcare importance of physical activity in middle-aged and older adults is growing. The purpose of the study "Living an active life - age and aging in Baden-Wuerttemberg" is to acquire generalisable data of practical relevance for the 50- to 70-year-old population of Baden-Wuerttemberg. The main themes of this study are sports, exercise, and health-related and lifestyle aspects--from both a current and a biographical perspective.

[Total hip replacement--GPs' views in Germany. A questionnaire-based study].

To assess the general knowledge and individual views of general practitioners (GPs) on total hip arthroplasty (THA), we performed a questionnaire-based survey involving 200 GPs in Germany.Ninety-four GPs returned the questionnaire. They had treated a mean of 37.