Current Advances in Spinal Diseases of the Elderly: Introduction to the Special Issue

Takashi Hirai; Masashi Uehara; Masayuki Miyagi; Shinji Takahashi; Hiroaki Nakashima

doi:10.3390/jcm10153298

Current Advances in Spinal Diseases of the Elderly: Introduction to the Special Issue

J Clin Med. 2021 Jul 26;10(15):3298. doi: 10.3390/jcm10153298.

Authors

Takashi Hirai¹, Masashi Uehara², Masayuki Miyagi³, Shinji Takahashi⁴, Hiroaki Nakashima⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan.
² Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Nagano 390-8621, Japan.
³ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa 252-0375, Japan.
⁴ Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka 545-8585, Japan.
⁵ Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Aichi 466-8550, Japan.

Abstract

Spine-related disorders often impair quality of life (QOL) and the ability to perform activities of daily living and are a problem in rapidly aging societies [...].

Publication types

Editorial