Section for Back Surgery and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Orthopedic Department, ØPO- clinic, Rikshospitalet- Radiumhospitalet University Centre, Oslo, Norway.

A 50 % position supported by the Norwegian Research Council is available from September 15th 2007 to January 1st 2011 on the project ” Does fusion lead to increased adjacent level disc degeneration in patients with chronic low back pain. An international collaborative project.”

Our aim is to examine the influence of spinal fusion on disc degeneration, by comparing the incidence of adjacent level disc degeneration in groups of patients randomly assigned to operative and non-operative treatment of chronic low back pain, pooled from four recent European randomised clinical trials.

Members of the international group: Jens Ivar Brox, Anne Mannion, Jeremy Fairbank, Tapio Videman, Olle Hägg, Gunnar Leivseth.

In addition, a 100 % doctoral position for 3 (4) years is available in Norway.

Project 182013/ V50 Norwegian Research Council.
Salary (50% position): 284 000 Norwegian kroner (36.500 Euros)

Applications to Jens Ivar Brox should include current curriculum vitae and publication list, letter of application, and names and contact details of 2 referees.
Deadline for applications: September 15th or until suitable candidate found.
Information: Jens Ivar Brox (tlf: +4723076029, e-mail: jens.ivar.brox@rikshospitalet.no)
or Clinic Director Trine Sand Kaastad (tlf: +4723076011,
e-mail: trine.sand.kaastad@rikshospitalet.no).
Address: Sognsvannsveien 20, 0027 Oslo, Norway.