My research asks how alignment is measured, how the body compensates when it is lost, and how surgery should restore it. I have 500 publications in the National Library of Medicine (PubMed); here are five to start with.
The shape of each person's pelvis, measured as pelvic incidence, sets how much curve the lower spine needs. When the spine loses that shape, the pelvis and legs work to compensate, and how they do it changes with age and with where the deformity sits.
Diebo BG et al. Recruitment of compensatory mechanisms in sagittal spinal malalignment is age and regional deformity dependent. Spine, 2015.
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A full-standing analysis of how patients compensate for malalignment through the pelvis and lower limbs, and how that changes with age and the region of the deformity.
A single full-body measure of sagittal alignment, from the head to the ankles.
A seminar on the diagnosis, evaluation and treatment of adult spinal deformity.
A practical clinic test of function and balance for patients with spinal deformity.
A radiographic classification for patients with both hip osteoarthritis and spinal malalignment.
I have 500 publications in the National Library of Medicine (PubMed). The complete list is also in my curriculum vitae.