Eugene Carragee, MD

Fellow
Publications: 
Koltsov JCB, Sambare TD, Kleimeyer JP, Alamin TF, Wood KB, Carragee EJ, Hu SS. Patient-Level Patterns in Daily Prescribed Opioid Dosage in Single Level Lumbar Fusion are Associated with Postoperative Opioid Dosage and Adverse Events: A Retrospective Analysis of Claims Data. Spine J. 2024 Mar 21.
Arquette C, Peicher V, Ajayi A, Alvarez D, Mao A, Nguyen T, Sawyer A, Sears CM, Carragee EJ, Floyd B, Mahanay B, Blankenburg R. Moral Injury: How It Affects Us and Tools to Combat It. MedEdPORTAL. 2023; 19:11357.
Lurie JD, Leggett CG, Skinner J, Carragee E, Austin AM, Luan WP. A Regional Analysis of Low Back Pain Treatments in the Military Health System. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2024 Feb 15; 49(4):278-284.
Carragee EJ, Andersson GBJ, Belcourt RM, Eskay-Auerbach M, Goertz M, Haldeman S, Hegmann KT, Lessenger JE, Mayer T, Mueller KL, Murphy DR, Tellin WG, Thiese MS, Travis R, Weiss MS, Harris JS. Reply to Sayeed et al's Reply to Reply. J Occup Environ Med. 2022 06 01; 64(6):e391-e392.
Travis R, Andersson GBJ, Belcourt RM, Carragee EJ, Eskay-Auerbach M, Goertz M, Haldeman S, Hegmann KT, Lessenger JE, Mayer T, Mueller KL, Murphy DR, Tellin WG, Thiese MS, Weiss MS, Harris JS. Reply to Sayeed et al. J Occup Environ Med. 2022 Feb 01; 64(2):e84-e86.
Carragee EJ. The lost stethoscope. N Am Spine Soc J. 2021 Jun; 6:100069.
Hegmann KT, Travis R, Andersson GBJ, Belcourt RM, Carragee EJ, Eskay-Auerbach M, Galper J, Goertz M, Haldeman S, Hooper PD, Lessenger JE, Mayer T, Mueller KL, Murphy DR, Tellin WG, Thiese MS, Weiss MS, Harris JS. Invasive Treatments for Low Back Disorders. J Occup Environ Med. 2021 04 01; 63(4):e215-e241.
Hegmann KT, Travis R, Andersson GBJ, Belcourt RM, Carragee EJ, Donelson R, Eskay-Auerbach M, Galper J, Goertz M, Haldeman S, Hooper PD, Lessenger JE, Mayer T, Mueller KL, Murphy DR, Tellin WG, Thiese MS, Weiss MS, Harris JS. Non-Invasive and Minimally Invasive Management of Low Back Disorders. J Occup Environ Med. 2020 03; 62(3):e111-e138.
Schwanke T, Carragee E, Bremberg M, Reisacher WR. Quality-of-life outcomes in patients who underwent subcutaneous immunotherapy and sublingual immunotherapy in a real-world clinical setting. Am J Rhinol Allergy. 2017 Sep 01; 31(5):310-316.
Alamin TF, Munoz M, Zagel A, Ith A, Carragee E, Cheng I, Scuderi G, Budvytiene I, Banei N. Ribosomal PCR assay of excised intervertebral discs from patients undergoing single-level primary lumbar microdiscectomy. Eur Spine J. 2017 08; 26(8):2038-2044.
Carragee EJ, Stauff MP. Reply to letters to the editor regarding lumbar provocative discography. Spine J. 2017 04; 17(4):612.
Carragee EJ. Change of command. Spine J. 2016 12; 16(12):1427.
Parker SL, Grahovac G, Vukas D, Vilendecic M, Ledic D, McGirt MJ, Carragee EJ. Effect of an Annular Closure Device (Barricaid) on Same-Level Recurrent Disk Herniation and Disk Height Loss After Primary Lumbar Discectomy: Two-year Results of a Multicenter Prospective Cohort Study. Clin Spine Surg. 2016 12; 29(10):454-460.
Zaina F, Tomkins-Lane C, Carragee E, Negrini S. Surgical Versus Nonsurgical Treatment for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2016 Jul 15; 41(14):E857-E868.
Cooper SA, Desjardins PJ, Turk DC, Dworkin RH, Katz NP, Kehlet H, Ballantyne JC, Burke LB, Carragee E, Cowan P, Croll S, Dionne RA, Farrar JT, Gilron I, Gordon DB, Iyengar S, Jay GW, Kalso EA, Kerns RD, McDermott MP, Raja SN, Rappaport BA, Rauschkolb C, Royal MA, Segerdahl M, Stauffer JW, Todd KH, Vanhove GF, Wallace MS, West C, White RE, Wu C. Research design considerations for single-dose analgesic clinical trials in acute pain: IMMPACT recommendations. Pain. 2016 Feb; 157(2):288-301.
Zaina F, Tomkins-Lane C, Carragee E, Negrini S. Surgical versus non-surgical treatment for lumbar spinal stenosis. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2016 Jan 29; (1):CD010264.
Carragee EJ. From Anzac to Afghanistan: have 100 years taught us nothing about the devastation of war? Spine J. 2015 Dec 01; 15(12):2453.
Samartzis D, Borthakur A, Belfer I, Bow C, Lotz JC, Wang HQ, Cheung KM, Carragee E, Karppinen J. Novel diagnostic and prognostic methods for disc degeneration and low back pain. Spine J. 2015 Sep 01; 15(9):1919-32.
Deyo RA, Dworkin SF, Amtmann D, Andersson G, Borenstein D, Carragee E, Carrino J, Chou R, Cook K, DeLitto A, Goertz C, Khalsa P, Loeser J, Mackey S, Panagis J, Rainville J, Tosteson T, Turk D, Von Korff M, Weiner DK. Report of the NIH Task Force on Research Standards for Chronic Low Back Pain. Int J Ther Massage Bodywork. 2015 Sep; 8(3):16-33.
Cuellar JM, Stauff MP, Herzog RJ, Carrino JA, Baker GA, Carragee EJ. Does provocative discography cause clinically important injury to the lumbar intervertebral disc? A 10-year matched cohort study. Spine J. 2016 Mar; 16(3):273-80.
Goldberg H, Firtch W, Tyburski M, Pressman A, Ackerson L, Hamilton L, Smith W, Carver R, Maratukulam A, Won LA, Carragee E, Avins AL. Oral steroids for acute radiculopathy due to a herniated lumbar disk: a randomized clinical trial. JAMA. 2015 May 19; 313(19):1915-23.
Deyo RA, Dworkin SF, Amtmann D, Andersson G, Borenstein D, Carragee E, Carrino J, Chou R, Cook K, Delitto A, Goertz C, Khalsa P, Loeser J, Mackey S, Panagis J, Rainville J, Tosteson T, Turk D, Von Korff M, Weiner DK. Report of the NIH Task Force on research standards for chronic low back pain. Phys Ther. 2015 Feb; 95(2):e1-e18.
Schoenfeld AJ, Carragee EJ. Clearing the cervical spine in Plato's cave. Spine J. 2014 Nov 01; 14(11):2554-6.
Deyo RA, Dworkin SF, Amtmann D, Andersson G, Borenstein D, Carragee E, Carrino J, Chou R, Cook K, DeLitto A, Goertz C, Khalsa P, Loeser J, Mackey S, Panagis J, Rainville J, Tosteson T, Turk D, Von Korff M, Weiner DK. Focus article: report of the NIH Task Force on Research Standards for Chronic Low Back Pain. Eur Spine J. 2014 Oct; 23(10):2028-45.
Deyo RA, Dworkin SF, Amtmann D, Andersson G, Borenstein D, Carragee E, Carrino J, Chou R, Cook K, DeLitto A, Goertz C, Khalsa P, Loeser J, Mackey S, Panagis J, Rainville J, Tosteson T, Turk D, Von Korff M, Weiner DK, National Institutes of Health task force on research standards for chronic low back pain. Report of the National Institutes of Health task force on research standards for chronic low back pain. J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2014 Sep; 37(7):449-67.
Deyo RA, Dworkin SF, Amtmann D, Andersson G, Borenstein D, Carragee E, Carrino JA, Carrino J, Chou R, Cook K, DeLitto A, Goertz C, Khalsa P, Loeser J, Mackey S, Panagis J, Rainville J, Tosteson T, Turk D, Von Korff M, Weiner DK. Focus article report of the NIH task force on research standards for chronic low back pain. Clin J Pain. 2014 Aug; 30(8):701-12.
Deyo RA, Dworkin SF, Amtmann D, Andersson G, Borenstein D, Carragee E, Carrino J, Chou R, Cook K, DeLitto A, Goertz C, Khalsa P, Loeser J, Mackey S, Panagis J, Rainville J, Tosteson T, Turk D, Von Korff M, Weiner DK. Report of the NIH Task Force on research standards for chronic low back pain. Pain Med. 2014 Aug; 15(8):1249-67.
Deyo RA, Dworkin SF, Amtmann D, Andersson G, Borenstein D, Carragee E, Carrino JA, Carrino J, Chou R, Cook K, DeLitto A, Goertz C, Khalsa P, Loeser J, Mackey S, Panagis J, Rainville J, Tosteson T, Turk D, Von Korff M, Weiner DK. Report of the NIH Task Force on Research Standards for Chronic Low Back Pain. Spine J. 2014 Aug 01; 14(8):1375-91.
Deyo RA, Dworkin SF, Amtmann D, Andersson G, Borenstein D, Carragee E, Carrino J, Chou R, Cook K, DeLitto A, Goertz C, Khalsa P, Loeser J, Mackey S, Panagis J, Rainville J, Tosteson T, Turk D, Von Korff M, Weiner DK. Report of the NIH task force on research standards for chronic low back pain. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2014 Jun 15; 39(14):1128-43.
Stauff MP, Carragee EJ. Vertebral compression fracture rules. Spine J. 2014 Jun 01; 14(6):971-2.
Deyo RA, Dworkin SF, Amtmann D, Andersson G, Borenstein D, Carragee E, Carrino J, Chou R, Cook K, DeLitto A, Goertz C, Khalsa P, Loeser J, Mackey S, Panagis J, Rainville J, Tosteson T, Turk D, Von Korff M, Weiner DK. Report of the NIH Task Force on research standards for chronic low back pain. J Pain. 2014 Jun; 15(6):569-85.
Carragee EJ. Re: BMP-2 augmented fusion in the low-risk, healthy subjects: a confirmation of effectiveness and harms highlights the need for study in high risk patients. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2014 Feb 15; 39(4):341-2.
Smith MW, Ith A, Carragee EJ, Cheng I, Alamin TF, Golish SR, Mitsunaga K, Scuderi GJ, Smuck M. Does the presence of the fibronectin-aggrecan complex predict outcomes from lumbar discectomy for disc herniation? Spine J. 2019 02; 19(2):e28-e33.
Carragee EJ, Lehman RA. Spinal bracing in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. N Engl J Med. 2013 Oct 17; 369(16):1558-60.
Carragee EJ, Chu G, Rohatgi R, Hurwitz EL, Weiner BK, Yoon ST, Comer G, Kopjar B. Cancer risk after use of recombinant bone morphogenetic protein-2 for spinal arthrodesis. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2013 Sep 04; 95(17):1537-45.
Weiner BK, Hurwitz EL, Schoene ML, Carragee EJ. Moving forward after YODA. Spine J. 2013 Sep; 13(9):995-7.
Lurie JD, Moses RA, Tosteson AN, Tosteson TD, Carragee EJ, Carrino JA, Kaiser JA, Herzog RJ. Magnetic resonance imaging predictors of surgical outcome in patients with lumbar intervertebral disc herniation. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2013 Jun 15; 38(14):1216-25.
Cuellar JM, Golish SR, Leroux EJ, Reuter MW, Carragee EJ, Hanna LS, Scuderi GJ. Does a fibronectin and aggrecan complex play a role in painful vertebral disks? PM R. 2013 Apr; 5(4):297-302; quiz 302.
Samartzis D, Carragee EJ. Preface disc degeneration for The Spine Journal. Spine J. 2013 Mar; 13(3):215-6.
Mayle RE, Cheng I, Carragee EJ. Thoracolumbar fracture dislocation sustained during childbirth in a patient with ankylosing spondylitis. Spine J. 2012 Nov; 12(11):e5-8.
Comer GC, Smith MW, Hurwitz EL, Mitsunaga KA, Kessler R, Carragee EJ. Retrograde ejaculation after anterior lumbar interbody fusion with and without bone morphogenetic protein-2 augmentation: a 10-year cohort controlled study. Spine J. 2012 Oct; 12(10):881-90.
Cheng I, Mayle RE, Cox CA, Park DY, Smith RL, Corcoran-Schwartz I, Ponnusamy KE, Oshtory R, Smuck MW, Mitra R, Kharazi AI, Carragee EJ. Functional assessment of the acute local and distal transplantation of human neural stem cells after spinal cord injury. Spine J. 2012 Nov; 12(11):1040-4.
Carragee EJ, Baker RM, Benzel EC, Bigos SJ, Cheng I, Corbin TP, Deyo RA, Hurwitz EL, Jarvik JG, Kang JD, Lurie JD, Mroz TE, Oner FC, Peul WC, Rainville J, Ratliff JK, Rihn JA, Rothman DJ, Schoene ML, Spengler DM, Weiner BK. A biologic without guidelines: the YODA project and the future of bone morphogenetic protein-2 research. Spine J. 2012 Oct; 12(10):877-80.
Riew KD, Carragee EJ. Commentary: Despite reports of catastrophic complications, why recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 should be available for use in anterior cervical spine surgery. Spine J. 2012 Oct; 12(10):900-1.
Carragee EJ. Commentary: battle injuries: Jessica Lynch sets the record straight. Spine J. 2012 Sep; 12(9):830-2.
Carragee EJ. Commentary: penetrating neck injury: George Orwell is "Struck by Lighting". Spine J. 2012 Sep; 12(9):769-70.
Carragee EJ. Commentary: the veteran: "a need to talk but no one wanted to hear about it". Spine J. 2012 Sep; 12(9):804-5.
Carragee EJ. Marching home, again: spine casualties, combat exposure, and the long wars. Spine J. 2012 Sep; 12(9):723-6.
Chen YR, Boakye M, Arrigo RT, Kalanithi PS, Cheng I, Alamin T, Carragee EJ, Mindea SA, Park J. Morbidity and mortality of C2 fractures in the elderly: surgery and conservative treatment. Neurosurgery. 2012 May; 70(5):1055-9; discussion 1059.
Carragee EJ, Telles CJ. Commentary: revision lumbar surgery and revisiting the role of preoperative depression screening. Spine J. 2012 Mar; 12(3):186-8.
Carragee EJ. Overview of axial skeleton injuries: burden of disease. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2012; 20 Suppl 1:S18-22.
Kang DG, Lehman RA, Carragee EJ. Wartime spine injuries: understanding the improvised explosive device and biophysics of blast trauma. Spine J. 2012 Sep; 12(9):849-57.
Cohen SP, Gallagher RM, Davis SA, Griffith SR, Carragee EJ. Spine-area pain in military personnel: a review of epidemiology, etiology, diagnosis, and treatment. Spine J. 2012 Sep; 12(9):833-42.
Weiner SS, Weiser SR, Carragee EJ, Nordin M. Managing nonspecific low back pain: do nonclinical patient characteristics matter? Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2011 Nov 01; 36(23):1987-94.
Arrigo RT, Kalanithi P, Cheng I, Alamin T, Carragee EJ, Mindea SA, Boakye M, Park J. Charlson score is a robust predictor of 30-day complications following spinal metastasis surgery. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2011 Sep 01; 36(19):E1274-80.
Smuck M, Carragee EJ. Commentary: one small step. Spine J. 2011 Sep; 11(9):824-5.
Reider B, Poehling GG, Lubowitz JH, Provencher MT, Brand RA, Crenshaw AH, Thordarson DB, Fischgrund JS, Rothman RH, Tolo VT, Sanders R, Hensinger RN, Thompson GH, Koman LA, Mallon WJ, Zdeblick T, Grana WA, D'Ambrosia R, Weinstein JN, Carragee EJ, Wojtys EM. Disclosure of conflict of interest. Arthroscopy. 2011 Sep; 27(9):1167.
Golish SR, Hanna LS, Bowser RP, Montesano PX, Carragee EJ, Scuderi GJ. Outcome of lumbar epidural steroid injection is predicted by assay of a complex of fibronectin and aggrecan from epidural lavage. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2011 Aug 15; 36(18):1464-9.
Carragee EJ, Hurwitz EL, Weiner BK, Bono CM, Rothman DJ. Future directions for The spine journal: managing and reporting conflict of interest issues. Spine J. 2011 Aug; 11(8):695-7.
Carragee EJ, Ghanayem AJ, Weiner BK, Rothman DJ, Bono CM. A challenge to integrity in spine publications: years of living dangerously with the promotion of bone growth factors. Spine J. 2011 Jun; 11(6):463-8.
Carragee EJ, Hurwitz EL, Weiner BK. A critical review of recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 trials in spinal surgery: emerging safety concerns and lessons learned. Spine J. 2011 Jun; 11(6):471-91.
Carragee EJ, Comer GC, Smith MW. Local bone graft harvesting and volumes in posterolateral lumbar fusion: a technical report. Spine J. 2011 Jun; 11(6):540-4.
Carragee EJ, Mitsunaga KA, Hurwitz EL, Scuderi GJ. Retrograde ejaculation after anterior lumbar interbody fusion using rhBMP-2: a cohort controlled study. Spine J. 2011 Jun; 11(6):511-6.
Golish SR, Hanna LS, Cuellar JM, Fernyhough JC, Campbell DR, Carragee EJ, Scuderi GJ. Are persistently symptomatic vertebral compression fractures associated with abnormal inflammatory profiles? A prospective study. J Spinal Disord Tech. 2011 Apr; 24(2):121-5.
Arrigo RT, Kalanithi P, Cheng I, Alamin T, Carragee EJ, Mindea SA, Park J, Boakye M. Predictors of survival after surgical treatment of spinal metastasis. Neurosurgery. 2011 Mar; 68(3):674-81; discussion 681.
Ha KY, Carragee E, Cheng I, Kwon SE, Kim YH. Pregabalin as a neuroprotector after spinal cord injury in rats: biochemical analysis and effect on glial cells. J Korean Med Sci. 2011 Mar; 26(3):404-11.
Carragee EJ. Intradiscal treatment of back pain. Spine J. 2011 Feb; 11(2):97-9.
Cuellar VG, Cuellar JM, Vaccaro AR, Carragee EJ, Scuderi GJ. Accelerated degeneration after failed cervical and lumbar nucleoplasty. J Spinal Disord Tech. 2010 Dec; 23(8):521-4.
Carragee EJ, Golish SR, Scuderi GJ. A case of late epidural hematoma in a patient on clopidogrel therapy postoperatively: when is it safe to resume antiplatelet agents? Spine J. 2011 Jan; 11(1):e1-4.
Wolfer L, Carragee E, Akuthota V. Lumbar provocation diskography: helpful or harmful? PM R. 2010 Oct; 2(10):957-68.
Scuderi GJ, Woolf N, Dent K, Golish SR, Cuellar JM, Cuellar VG, Yeomans DC, Carragee EJ, Angst MS, Bowser R, Hanna LS. Identification of a complex between fibronectin and aggrecan G3 domain in synovial fluid of patients with painful meniscal pathology. Clin Biochem. 2010 Jul; 43(10-11):808-14.
Carragee EJ. The increasing morbidity of elective spinal stenosis surgery: is it necessary? JAMA. 2010 Apr 07; 303(13):1309-10.
Carragee EJ, Cheng I. Minimum acceptable outcomes after lumbar spinal fusion. Spine J. 2010 Apr; 10(4):313-20.
Carragee EJ. The rise and fall of the "minimum clinically important difference". Spine J. 2010 Apr; 10(4):283-4.
Cuellar JM, Golish SR, Reuter MW, Cuellar VG, Angst MS, Carragee EJ, Yeomans DC, Scuderi GJ. Cytokine evaluation in individuals with low back pain using discographic lavage. Spine J. 2010 Mar; 10(3):212-8.
Carragee EJ. The vertebroplasty affair: the mysterious case of the disappearing effect size. Spine J. 2010 Mar; 10(3):191-2.
Carragee EJ, Bono CM, Scuderi GJ. Pseudomorbidity in iliac crest bone graft harvesting: the rise of rhBMP-2 in short-segment posterior lumbar fusion. Spine J. 2009 Nov; 9(11):873-9.
Carragee EJ, Don AS, Hurwitz EL, Cuellar JM, Carrino JA, Carrino J, Herzog R. 2009 ISSLS Prize Winner: Does discography cause accelerated progression of degeneration changes in the lumbar disc: a ten-year matched cohort study. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2009 Oct 01; 34(21):2338-45.
Scuderi GJ, Cuellar JM, Cuellar VG, Yeomans DC, Carragee EJ, Angst MS. Epidural interferon gamma-immunoreactivity: a biomarker for lumbar nerve root irritation. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2009 Oct 01; 34(21):2311-7.
McGirt MJ, Eustacchio S, Varga P, Vilendecic M, Trummer M, Gorensek M, Ledic D, Carragee EJ. A prospective cohort study of close interval computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging after primary lumbar discectomy: factors associated with recurrent disc herniation and disc height loss. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2009 Sep 01; 34(19):2044-51.
Lee SU, Lee JI, Butts K, Carragee E, Fredericson M. Changes in posterior lumbar disk contour abnormality with flexion-extension movement in subjects with low back pain and degenerative disk disease. PM R. 2009 Jun; 1(6):541-6.
Carragee EJ. Great expectations. J Rheumatol. 2009 May; 36(5):869-71.
Chou R, Loeser JD, Owens DK, Rosenquist RW, Atlas SJ, Baisden J, Carragee EJ, Grabois M, Murphy DR, Resnick DK, Stanos SP, Shaffer WO, Wall EM, American Pain Society Low Back Pain Guideline Panel. Interventional therapies, surgery, and interdisciplinary rehabilitation for low back pain: an evidence-based clinical practice guideline from the American Pain Society. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2009 May 01; 34(10):1066-77.
Chou R, Baisden J, Carragee EJ, Resnick DK, Shaffer WO, Loeser JD. Surgery for low back pain: a review of the evidence for an American Pain Society Clinical Practice Guideline. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2009 May 01; 34(10):1094-109.
Carragee EJ, Cohen SP. Lifetime asymptomatic for back pain: the validity of self-report measures in soldiers. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2009 Apr 20; 34(9):978-83.
Carragee EJ, Deyo RA, Kovacs FM, Peul WC, Lurie JD, Urrútia G, Corbin TP, Schoene ML. Clinical research: is the spine field a mine field? Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2009 Mar 01; 34(5):423-30.
Guzman J, Hurwitz EL, Carroll LJ, Haldeman S, Côté P, Carragee EJ, Peloso PM, van der Velde G, Holm LW, Hogg-Johnson S, Nordin M, Cassidy JD. A new conceptual model of neck pain: linking onset, course, and care: the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2009 Feb; 32(2 Suppl):S17-28.
Nordin M, Carragee EJ, Hogg-Johnson S, Weiner SS, Hurwitz EL, Peloso PM, Guzman J, van der Velde G, Carroll LJ, Holm LW, Côté P, Cassidy JD, Haldeman S. Assessment of neck pain and its associated disorders: results of the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2009 Feb; 32(2 Suppl):S117-40.
Guzman J, Haldeman S, Carroll LJ, Carragee EJ, Hurwitz EL, Peloso P, Nordin M, Cassidy JD, Holm LW, Côté P, van der Velde G, Hogg-Johnson S. Clinical practice implications of the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders: from concepts and findings to recommendations. J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2009 Feb; 32(2 Suppl):S227-43.
Carroll LJ, Hogg-Johnson S, van der Velde G, Haldeman S, Holm LW, Carragee EJ, Hurwitz EL, Côté P, Nordin M, Peloso PM, Guzman J, Cassidy JD. Course and prognostic factors for neck pain in the general population: results of the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2009 Feb; 32(2 Suppl):S87-96.
Carroll LJ, Holm LW, Hogg-Johnson S, Côtè P, Cassidy JD, Haldeman S, Nordin M, Hurwitz EL, Carragee EJ, van der Velde G, Peloso PM, Guzman J. Course and prognostic factors for neck pain in whiplash-associated disorders (WAD): results of the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2009 Feb; 32(2 Suppl):S97-S107.
Carroll LJ, Hogg-Johnson S, Côté P, van der Velde G, Holm LW, Carragee EJ, Hurwitz EL, Peloso PM, Cassidy JD, Guzman J, Nordin M, Haldeman S. Course and prognostic factors for neck pain in workers: results of the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2009 Feb; 32(2 Suppl):S108-16.
Carroll LJ, Cassidy JD, Peloso PM, Giles-Smith L, Cheng CS, Greenhalgh SW, Haldeman S, van der Velde G, Hurwitz EL, Côté P, Nordin M, Hogg-Johnson S, Holm LW, Guzman J, Carragee EJ. Methods for the best evidence synthesis on neck pain and its associated disorders: the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2009 Feb; 32(2 Suppl):S39-45.
Carroll LJ, Hurwitz EL, Côté P, Hogg-Johnson S, Carragee EJ, Nordin M, Holm LW, van der Velde G, Cassidy JD, Guzman J, Peloso PM, Haldeman S. Research priorities and methodological implications: the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2009 Feb; 32(2 Suppl):S244-51.
Hogg-Johnson S, van der Velde G, Carroll LJ, Holm LW, Cassidy JD, Guzman J, Côté P, Haldeman S, Ammendolia C, Carragee E, Hurwitz E, Nordin M, Peloso P. The burden and determinants of neck pain in the general population: results of the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2009 Feb; 32(2 Suppl):S46-60.
Holm LW, Carroll LJ, Cassidy JD, Hogg-Johnson S, Côté P, Guzman J, Peloso P, Nordin M, Hurwitz E, van der Velde G, Carragee E, Haldeman S. The burden and determinants of neck pain in whiplash-associated disorders after traffic collisions: results of the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2009 Feb; 32(2 Suppl):S61-9.
Côté P, van der Velde G, Cassidy JD, Carroll LJ, Hogg-Johnson S, Holm LW, Carragee EJ, Haldeman S, Nordin M, Hurwitz EL, Guzman J, Peloso PM. The burden and determinants of neck pain in workers: results of the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2009 Feb; 32(2 Suppl):S70-86.
Carragee EJ, Hurwitz EL, Cheng I, Carroll LJ, Nordin M, Guzman J, Peloso P, Holm LW, Côté P, Hogg-Johnson S, van der Velde G, Cassidy JD, Haldeman S. Treatment of neck pain: injections and surgical interventions: results of the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2009 Feb; 32(2 Suppl):S176-93.
Hurwitz EL, Carragee EJ, van der Velde G, Carroll LJ, Nordin M, Guzman J, Peloso PM, Holm LW, Côté P, Hogg-Johnson S, Cassidy JD, Haldeman S. Treatment of neck pain: noninvasive interventions: results of the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2009 Feb; 32(2 Suppl):S141-75.
Don AS, Carragee EJ. Is the self-reported history accurate in patients with persistent axial pain after a motor vehicle accident? Spine J. 2009 Jan-Feb; 9(1):4-12.
Cohen SP, Argoff CE, Carragee EJ. Management of low back pain. BMJ. 2008 Dec 22; 337:a2718.
Carrino JA, Lurie JD, Tosteson AN, Tosteson TD, Carragee EJ, Kaiser J, Grove MR, Blood E, Pearson LH, Weinstein JN, Herzog R. Lumbar spine: reliability of MR imaging findings. Radiology. 2009 Jan; 250(1):161-70.
Carragee E, Iezza A. Does Acute placement of instrumentation in the treatment of vertebral osteomyelitis predispose to recurrent infection: long-term follow-up in immune-suppressed patients. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2008 Sep 01; 33(19):2089-93.
Lurie JD, Tosteson AN, Tosteson TD, Carragee E, Carrino JA, Carrino J, Kaiser J, Sequeiros RT, Lecomte AR, Grove MR, Blood EA, Pearson LH, Weinstein JN, Herzog R. Reliability of readings of magnetic resonance imaging features of lumbar spinal stenosis. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2008 Jun 15; 33(14):1605-10.
Alamin T, Malek F, Carragee E, Kim MJ. The functional anaesthetic discogram: description of a novel diagnostic technique and report of 3 cases. SAS J. 2008; 2(2):107-13.
Lurie JD, Tosteson AN, Tosteson TD, Carragee E, Carrino JA, Carrino J, Kaiser J, Sequeiros RT, Lecomte AR, Grove MR, Blood EA, Pearson LH, Herzog R, Weinstein JN. Reliability of magnetic resonance imaging readings for lumbar disc herniation in the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial (SPORT). Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2008 Apr 20; 33(9):991-8.
Guzman J, Hurwitz EL, Carroll LJ, Haldeman S, Côté P, Carragee EJ, Peloso PM, van der Velde G, Holm LW, Hogg-Johnson S, Nordin M, Cassidy JD, Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. A new conceptual model of neck pain: linking onset, course, and care: the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2008 Feb 15; 33(4 Suppl):S14-23.
Nordin M, Carragee EJ, Hogg-Johnson S, Weiner SS, Hurwitz EL, Peloso PM, Guzman J, van der Velde G, Carroll LJ, Holm LW, Côté P, Cassidy JD, Haldeman S, Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. Assessment of neck pain and its associated disorders: results of the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2008 Feb 15; 33(4 Suppl):S101-22.
Guzman J, Haldeman S, Carroll LJ, Carragee EJ, Hurwitz EL, Peloso P, Nordin M, Cassidy JD, Holm LW, Côté P, van der Velde G, Hogg-Johnson S, Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. Clinical practice implications of the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders: from concepts and findings to recommendations. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2008 Feb 15; 33(4 Suppl):S199-213.
Carroll LJ, Hogg-Johnson S, van der Velde G, Haldeman S, Holm LW, Carragee EJ, Hurwitz EL, Côté P, Nordin M, Peloso PM, Guzman J, Cassidy JD, Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. Course and prognostic factors for neck pain in the general population: results of the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2008 Feb 15; 33(4 Suppl):S75-82.
Carroll LJ, Holm LW, Hogg-Johnson S, Côté P, Cassidy JD, Haldeman S, Nordin M, Hurwitz EL, Carragee EJ, van der Velde G, Peloso PM, Guzman J, Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. Course and prognostic factors for neck pain in whiplash-associated disorders (WAD): results of the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2008 Feb 15; 33(4 Suppl):S83-92.
Carroll LJ, Hogg-Johnson S, Côté P, van der Velde G, Holm LW, Carragee EJ, Hurwitz EL, Peloso PM, Cassidy JD, Guzman J, Nordin M, Haldeman S, Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. Course and prognostic factors for neck pain in workers: results of the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2008 Feb 15; 33(4 Suppl):S93-100.
Carroll LJ, Cassidy JD, Peloso PM, Giles-Smith L, Cheng CS, Greenhalgh SW, Haldeman S, van der Velde G, Hurwitz EL, Côté P, Nordin M, Hogg-Johnson S, Holm LW, Guzman J, Carragee EJ, Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. Methods for the best evidence synthesis on neck pain and its associated disorders: the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2008 Feb 15; 33(4 Suppl):S33-8.
Carroll LJ, Hurwitz EL, Côté P, Hogg-Johnson S, Carragee EJ, Nordin M, Holm LW, van der Velde G, Cassidy JD, Guzman J, Peloso PM, Haldeman S, Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. Research priorities and methodological implications: the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2008 Feb 15; 33(4 Suppl):S214-20.
Hogg-Johnson S, van der Velde G, Carroll LJ, Holm LW, Cassidy JD, Guzman J, Côté P, Haldeman S, Ammendolia C, Carragee E, Hurwitz E, Nordin M, Peloso P, Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. The burden and determinants of neck pain in the general population: results of the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2008 Feb 15; 33(4 Suppl):S39-51.
Holm LW, Carroll LJ, Cassidy JD, Hogg-Johnson S, Côté P, Guzman J, Peloso P, Nordin M, Hurwitz E, van der Velde G, Carragee E, Haldeman S, Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. The burden and determinants of neck pain in whiplash-associated disorders after traffic collisions: results of the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2008 Feb 15; 33(4 Suppl):S52-9.
Côté P, van der Velde G, Cassidy JD, Carroll LJ, Hogg-Johnson S, Holm LW, Carragee EJ, Haldeman S, Nordin M, Hurwitz EL, Guzman J, Peloso PM, Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. The burden and determinants of neck pain in workers: results of the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2008 Feb 15; 33(4 Suppl):S60-74.
Carragee EJ, Hurwitz EL, Cheng I, Carroll LJ, Nordin M, Guzman J, Peloso P, Holm LW, Côté P, Hogg-Johnson S, van der Velde G, Cassidy JD, Haldeman S, Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. Treatment of neck pain: injections and surgical interventions: results of the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2008 Feb 15; 33(4 Suppl):S153-69.
Hurwitz EL, Carragee EJ, van der Velde G, Carroll LJ, Nordin M, Guzman J, Peloso PM, Holm LW, Côté P, Hogg-Johnson S, Cassidy JD, Haldeman S, Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. Treatment of neck pain: noninvasive interventions: results of the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2008 Feb 15; 33(4 Suppl):S123-52.
Don AS, Carragee E. A brief overview of evidence-informed management of chronic low back pain with surgery. Spine J. 2008 Jan-Feb; 8(1):258-65.
Battié MC, Videman T, Carragee EJ. Re: Virtanen IM, Karppinen J, Taimela S, et al. Occupational and genetic risk factors associated with intervertebral disc disease. Spine 2007;32:1129-34. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2007 Dec 01; 32(25):2926; author reply 2926-7.
Cohen SP, Shockey SM, Carragee EJ. The efficacy of repeat intradiscal electrothermal therapy. Anesth Analg. 2007 Aug; 105(2):495-8.
Carragee EJ. Validity of self-reported history in patients with acute back or neck pain after motor vehicle accidents. Spine J. 2008 Mar-Apr; 8(2):311-9.
van der Velde G, van Tulder M, Côté P, Hogg-Johnson S, Aker P, Cassidy JD, Scientific Secretariat of The Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associ, Carragee E, Carroll L, Guzman J, Haldeman S, Holm L, Hurwitz E, Nordin M, Peloso P. The sensitivity of review results to methods used to appraise and incorporate trial quality into data synthesis. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2007 Apr 01; 32(7):796-806.
Carragee E, Alamin T, Cheng I, Franklin T, Hurwitz E. Does minor trauma cause serious low back illness? Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2006 Dec 01; 31(25):2942-9.
Carragee E. Surgical treatment of lumbar disk disorders. JAMA. 2006 Nov 22; 296(20):2485-7.
Carragee EJ, Haldeman S, Hurwitz E. The pyrite standard: the Midas touch in the diagnosis of axial pain syndromes. Spine J. 2007 Jan-Feb; 7(1):27-31.
Carragee E, Alamin T, Cheng I, Franklin T, van den Haak E, Hurwitz E. Are first-time episodes of serious LBP associated with new MRI findings? Spine J. 2006 Nov-Dec; 6(6):624-35.
Swan J, Hurwitz E, Malek F, van den Haak E, Cheng I, Alamin T, Carragee E. Surgical treatment for unstable low-grade isthmic spondylolisthesis in adults: a prospective controlled study of posterior instrumented fusion compared with combined anterior-posterior fusion. Spine J. 2006 Nov-Dec; 6(6):606-14.
Carragee EJ, Lincoln T, Parmar VS, Alamin T. A gold standard evaluation of the "discogenic pain" diagnosis as determined by provocative discography. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2006 Aug 15; 31(18):2115-23.
Carragee EJ, Spinnickie AO, Alamin TF, Paragioudakis S. A prospective controlled study of limited versus subtotal posterior discectomy: short-term outcomes in patients with herniated lumbar intervertebral discs and large posterior anular defect. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2006 Mar 15; 31(6):653-7.
Carragee EJ, Alamin TF, Carragee JM. Low-pressure positive Discography in subjects asymptomatic of significant low back pain illness. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2006 Mar 01; 31(5):505-9.
Carragee EJ. The surgical treatment of disc degeneration: is the race not to the swift? Spine J. 2005 Nov-Dec; 5(6):587-8.
Carragee EJ. Clinical practice. Persistent low back pain. N Engl J Med. 2005 May 05; 352(18):1891-8.
Carragee EJ, Alamin TF, Miller JL, Carragee JM. Discographic, MRI and psychosocial determinants of low back pain disability and remission: a prospective study in subjects with benign persistent back pain. Spine J. 2005 Jan-Feb; 5(1):24-35.
Cohen SP, Larkin TM, Carragee E. Transforaminal epidural steroid delivery and diagnosing the level of nerve root pathology: comments on Baker et al., Pain 103/1-2, 2003. Pain. 2004 Jun; 109(3):526-527.
Carragee EJ, Barcohana B, Alamin T, van den Haak E. Prospective controlled study of the development of lower back pain in previously asymptomatic subjects undergoing experimental discography. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2004 May 15; 29(10):1112-7.
Carragee EJ, Hannibal M. Diagnostic evaluation of low back pain. Orthop Clin North Am. 2004 Jan; 35(1):7-16.
Larkin TM, Carragee E, Cohen S. A novel technique for delivery of epidural steroids and diagnosing the level of nerve root pathology. J Spinal Disord Tech. 2003 Apr; 16(2):186-92.
Carragee EJ, Han MY, Suen PW, Kim D. Clinical outcomes after lumbar discectomy for sciatica: the effects of fragment type and anular competence. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2003 Jan; 85(1):102-8.
Carragee EJ, Alamin TF, Miller J, Grafe M. Provocative discography in volunteer subjects with mild persistent low back pain. Spine J. 2002 Jan-Feb; 2(1):25-34.
Carragee EJ, Alamin TF. Discography. a review. Spine J. 2001 Sep-Oct; 1(5):364-72.
Carragee EJ. Psychological and functional profiles in select subjects with low back pain. Spine J. 2001 May-Jun; 1(3):198-204.
Fredericson M, Lee SU, Welsh J, Butts K, Norbash A, Carragee EJ. Changes in posterior disc bulging and intervertebral foraminal size associated with flexion-extension movement: a comparison between L4-5 and L5-S1 levels in normal subjects. Spine J. 2001 Jan-Feb; 1(1):10-7.
Carragee EJ, Paragioudakis SJ, Khurana S. 2000 Volvo Award winner in clinical studies: Lumbar high-intensity zone and discography in subjects without low back problems. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2000 Dec 01; 25(23):2987-92.
Carragee EJ, Chen Y, Tanner CM, Truong T, Lau E, Brito JL. Provocative discography in patients after limited lumbar discectomy: A controlled, randomized study of pain response in symptomatic and asymptomatic subjects. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2000 Dec 01; 25(23):3065-71.
Carragee EJ, Chen Y, Tanner CM, Hayward C, Rossi M, Hagle C. Can discography cause long-term back symptoms in previously asymptomatic subjects? Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2000 Jul 15; 25(14):1803-8.
Carragee EJ, Tanner CM, Khurana S, Hayward C, Welsh J, Date E, Truong T, Rossi M, Hagle C. The rates of false-positive lumbar discography in select patients without low back symptoms. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2000 Jun 01; 25(11):1373-80; discussion 1381.
Carragee EJ. Is lumbar discography a determinate of discogenic low back pain: provocative discography reconsidered. Curr Rev Pain. 2000; 4(4):301-8.
Carragee EJ, Tanner CM, Yang B, Brito JL, Truong T. False-positive findings on lumbar discography. Reliability of subjective concordance assessment during provocative disc injection. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 1999 Dec 01; 24(23):2542-7.
Carragee EJ, Han MY, Yang B, Kim DH, Kraemer H, Billys J. Activity restrictions after posterior lumbar discectomy. A prospective study of outcomes in 152 cases with no postoperative restrictions. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 1999 Nov 15; 24(22):2346-51.
Carragee EJ, Vittum D, Truong TP, Burton D. Pain control and cultural norms and expectations after closed femoral shaft fractures. Am J Orthop (Belle Mead NJ). 1999 Feb; 28(2):97-102.
Carragee EJ, Kim D, van der Vlugt T, Vittum D. The clinical use of erythrocyte sedimentation rate in pyogenic vertebral osteomyelitis. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 1997 Sep 15; 22(18):2089-93.
Carragee EJ. Instrumentation of the infected and unstable spine: a review of 17 cases from the thoracic and lumbar spine with pyogenic infections. J Spinal Disord. 1997 Aug; 10(4):317-24.
Carragee EJ. Single-level posterolateral arthrodesis, with or without posterior decompression, for the treatment of isthmic spondylolisthesis in adults. A prospective, randomized study. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 1997 Aug; 79(8):1175-80.
Carragee EJ, Kim DH. A prospective analysis of magnetic resonance imaging findings in patients with sciatica and lumbar disc herniation. Correlation of outcomes with disc fragment and canal morphology. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 1997 Jul 15; 22(14):1650-60.
Carragee EJ. Pyogenic vertebral osteomyelitis. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 1997 Jun; 79(6):874-80.
Carragee EJ. The clinical use of magnetic resonance imaging in pyogenic vertebral osteomyelitis. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 1997 Apr 01; 22(7):780-5.
Carragee EJ, Vittum DW. Wound care after posterior spinal surgery. Does early bathing affect the rate of wound complications? Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 1996 Sep 15; 21(18):2160-2.
Carragee EJ, Helms E, O'Sullivan GS. Are postoperative activity restrictions necessary after posterior lumbar discectomy? A prospective study of outcomes in 50 consecutive cases. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 1996 Aug 15; 21(16):1893-7.
Carragee EJ. Prevalence and clinical features of internal disk disruption in patients with chronic low back pain. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 1996 Mar 15; 21(6):776-7.
Comstock CP, Carragee EJ, O'Sullivan GS. Spondylolisthesis in the Young Athlete. Phys Sportsmed. 1994 Dec; 22(12):39-46.
Davis AA, Carragee EJ. Bilateral facet dislocation at the lumbosacral joint. A report of a case and review of literature. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 1993 Dec; 18(16):2540-4.
Carragee EJ, Csongradi JJ. Increased rates of complications in patients with severe ankle fractures following interinstitutional transfers. J Trauma. 1993 Nov; 35(5):767-71.
Kao JT, Burton D, Comstock C, McClellan RT, Carragee E. Pudendal nerve palsy after femoral intramedullary nailing. J Orthop Trauma. 1993; 7(1):58-63.
Davis AA, Carragee EJ. Sciatica: Treating a Painful Symptom. Phys Sportsmed. 1992 Jan; 20(1):126-37.
Carragee EJ, Csongradi JJ, Bleck EE. Early complications in the operative treatment of ankle fractures. Influence of delay before operation. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 1991 Jan; 73(1):79-82.
Carragee EJ, Hentz VR. Repetitive trauma and nerve compression. Orthop Clin North Am. 1988 Jan; 19(1):157-64.