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List of works by Masaomi Yamashita

18F-fluorodeoxyglucose-PET for patients with suspected spondylitis showing Modic change

scientific article published on December 2010

Associations between proinflammatory cytokines in the synovial fluid and radiographic grading and pain-related scores in 47 consecutive patients with osteoarthritis of the knee

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Change in Modic type 1 and 2 signals after posterolateral fusion surgery

scientific article published on 01 May 2010

Characteristics of sensory dorsal root ganglia neurons innervating the lumbar vertebral body in rats

scientific article published on 26 March 2007

Clinical applications of diffusion magnetic resonance imaging of the lumbar foraminal nerve root entrapment.

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Conservative and surgical treatment improves pain and ankle-brachial index in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis

scientific article published on July 2013

Correlation Between Walking Ability and Monthly Care Costs in Elderly Patients After Surgical Treatments for Hip Fractures

scientific article published on 31 August 2018

Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging to differentiate degenerative from infectious endplate abnormalities in the lumbar spine

scientific article published on 01 February 2011

Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging of symptomatic nerve root of patients with lumbar disk herniation.

scientific article published on 16 November 2010

Direct application of the TNF-alpha inhibitor, etanercept, does not affect CGRP expression and phenotypic change of DRG neurons following application of nucleus pulposus onto injured sciatic nerves in rats

scientific article published on 01 October 2008

Direct application of the tumor necrosis factor-α inhibitor, etanercept, into a punctured intervertebral disc decreases calcitonin gene-related peptide expression in rat dorsal root ganglion neurons

scientific article published in January 2011

Direct evidence for sensory innervation of the dorsal portion of the Co5/6 coccygeal intervertebral disc in rats

scientific article published on 01 June 2010

Direct single injection of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase inhibitor does not affect calcitonin gene-related peptide expression in dorsal root ganglion neurons innervating punctured discs in rats

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Effect of applying p75NTR saporin to a punctured intervertebral disc on calcitonin gene-related peptide expression in rat dorsal root ganglion neurons

scientific article published in May 2010

Effectiveness of L2 spinal nerve infiltration for selective discogenic low back pain patients

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Evaluation of behavior and neuropeptide markers of pain in a simple, sciatic nerve-pinch pain model in rats.

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Evaluation of low back pain using the Japanese Orthopaedic Association Back Pain Evaluation Questionnaire for lumbar spinal disease in a multicenter study: differences in scores based on age, sex, and type of disease

scientific article published in January 2010

Existence of a neuropathic pain component in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee

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Existence of nerve growth factor receptors, tyrosine kinase a and p75 neurotrophin receptors in intervertebral discs and on dorsal root ganglion neurons innervating intervertebral discs in rats

scientific article published in September 2008

Existence of pyogenic spondylitis in Modic type 1 change without other signs of infection: 2-year follow-up

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Freeze-Dried Human Platelet-Rich Plasma Retains Activation and Growth Factor Expression after an Eight-Week Preservation Period

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Freeze-Dried Platelet-Rich Plasma Accelerates Bone Union with Adequate Rigidity in Posterolateral Lumbar Fusion Surgery Model in Rats

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In-vivo transfection of the proopiomelanocortin gene, precursor of endogenous endorphin, by use of radial shock waves alleviates neuropathic pain

scientific article published on 27 April 2013

Incidence of nocturnal leg cramps in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis before and after conservative and surgical treatment

scientific article published on April 2014

Inhibiting nerve growth factor or its receptors downregulates calcitonin gene-related peptide expression in rat lumbar dorsal root ganglia innervating injured intervertebral discs.

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L2 spinal nerve-block effects on acute low back pain from osteoporotic vertebral fracture

scientific article published in August 2009

Long-term intravenous administration of antibiotics for lumbar spinal surgery prolongs the duration of hospital stay and time to normalize body temperature after surgery

scientific article published in December 2008

Low affinity NGF receptor (p75 neurotrophin receptor) inhibitory antibody reduces pain behavior and CGRP expression in DRG in the mouse sciatic nerve crush model

scientific article published on 01 March 2010

Low back pain after lumbar discectomy in patients showing endplate modic type 1 change

scientific article published in June 2010

Lumbar posterolateral fusion inhibits sensory nerve ingrowth into punctured lumbar intervertebral discs and upregulation of CGRP immunoreactive DRG neuron innervating punctured discs in rats

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Metastasis of malignant struma ovarii to the lumbar spine.

scientific article published on 29 December 2009

Nerve growth factor of cultured medium extracted from human degenerative nucleus pulposus promotes sensory nerve growth and induces substance p in vitro

scientific article published in October 2009

Nuclear factor-kappa B decoy suppresses nerve injury and improves mechanical allodynia and thermal hyperalgesia in a rat lumbar disc herniation model

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One, two-, and three-level instrumented posterolateral fusion of the lumbar spine with a local bone graft: a prospective study with a 2-year follow-up

scientific article published in August 2011

Platelet-rich plasma combined with hydroxyapatite for lumbar interbody fusion promoted bone formation and decreased an inflammatory pain neuropeptide in rats

scientific article published in September 2012

Platelet-rich plasma enhances bone union in posterolateral lumbar fusion: A prospective randomized controlled trial

scientific article published on 20 July 2017

Pregabalin for Refractory Radicular Leg Pain due to Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: A Preliminary Prospective Study

scientific article published on 29 March 2016

Primary sensory neurons with dichotomizing axons projecting to the facet joint and the low back muscle in rats

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Proinflammatory cytokines in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with lumbar radiculopathy

scientific article published on 17 October 2010

Results of surgery for discogenic low back pain: a randomized study using discography versus discoblock for diagnosis

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Risedronate decreases bone resorption and improves low back pain in postmenopausal osteoporosis patients without vertebral fractures

scientific article published on 30 December 2009

Role of low-affinity nerve growth factor receptor inhibitory antibody in reducing pain behavior and calcitonin gene-related Peptide expression in a rat model of wrist joint inflammatory pain

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Rotational hypermobility of disc wedging using kinematic CT: preliminary study to investigate the instability of discs in degenerated scoliosis in the lumbar spine

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Sensory innervation of lumbar vertebral bodies in rats

scientific article published in June 2007

Single-level instrumented posterolateral fusion of the lumbar spine with a local bone graft versus an iliac crest bone graft: a prospective, randomized study with a 2-year follow-up

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Single-level instrumented posterolateral fusion versus non-instrumented anterior interbody fusion for lumbar spondylolisthesis: a prospective study with a 2-year follow-up

scientific article published on 13 May 2011

Surgical versus nonsurgical treatment of selected patients with discogenic low back pain: a small-sized randomized trial

scientific article published in March 2011

TNF-alpha in nucleus pulposus induces sensory nerve growth: a study of the mechanism of discogenic low back pain using TNF-alpha-deficient mice

scientific article published in June 2008

The effect of platelet-rich plasma on posterolateral lumbar fusion in a rat model

scientific article published in June 2013

The effects of risedronate and exercise on osteoporotic lumbar rat vertebrae and their sensory innervation

scientific article published on October 2010

The nature of osteoporotic low back pain without acute vertebral fracture: A prospective multicenter study on the analgesic effect of monthly minodronic acid hydrate.

scientific article published on 9 March 2017

Transfection of rat cells with proopiomeranocortin gene, precursor of endogenous endorphin, using radial shock waves suppresses inflammatory pain

scientific article published in October 2009

Tumor necrosis factor-alpha in the nucleus pulposus mediates radicular pain, but not increase of inflammatory peptide, associated with nerve damage in mice

scientific article published on 01 August 2008

Uni- and bilateral instrumented posterolateral fusion of the lumbar spine with local bone grafting: a prospective study with a 2-year follow-up

scientific article published in December 2011

Up-regulation of p55 TNF alpha-receptor in dorsal root ganglia neurons following lumbar facet joint injury in rats

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