Thomas R. Lehmann, M.D.

4130 Dutchman’s Lane
Louisville, KY 40207
Phone: (502) 897-1794
Fax: (502) 897-3852

1963 Diploma Flaget Memorial H.S., Louisville, KY
1963-67 B.S. University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN
1967-71 M.D. University of Louisville, Louisville, KY

1971-72 Intern Albany Med. Ctr., Albany, NY
1972-77 Lt. Commander U.S. Public Health Service Hospital, Galveston, TX
1973-77 Resident Univ. of Texas Med. Branch, Galveston, TX
1977-78 Fellow/Spine Tulane Univ. Schl. Med., New Orleans, LA

1977 OREF Traveling Univ. of Penn. ; Toronto ; St. Lukes;
Fellow (6 wks) New York ; Yale; Univ. of Calif., Irvine .

1977 Instructor Tulane Univ., New Orleans, LA
1978 Asst. Prof. Univ. of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
1982 Assoc. Prof. Univ. of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
1986 Professor Univ. of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
1987 Clinical Prof. Univ. of Louisville, Louisville, KY

A. Certification
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery November, 1979

B. Licensure
Kentucky 1971 Permanent 16268
Texas 1972 Permanent E0085
Iowa 1978 Permanent 21244

1979 Iowa Orthopaedic Society – Inactive
1980 Iowa Medical Society – Inactive
1980 Johnson County Medical Society – Inactive
1982 International Society for Study of the Lumbar Spine
1985 American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
1985 North American Spine Society

Indications and Proper Prescription for Bracing the Lumbar Spine.
Instability of the Lumbar Spine.
Rehabilitation of Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain.
Prevention of Low Back Disability in Industry.
Objective Measurement of Impairment in Patients with Low Back Pain.
Behavioral Assessment of Dysfunction in Low Back Pain Patients During Physical Examination and Assigned Tasks.
Understanding the Nature of Low Back Pain Patients with Non-Organic Physical Findings.

Efficacy of bracing in low back pain patients.
Defining retrodisplacement of lumbar spine as a clinical syndrome.
Measurement of outcome in clinical trial on low back pain patients.
Efficacy of psychotherapy in the rehabilitation of low back pain patients.
Prediction of long-term disability following industrial low back injury.

A. Classroom, Seminar, or Teaching Laboratory
Year Course Title Length % Responsible
1978 General Practitioners’ Review 5%
1979-81 Intro. to Clinical Medicine 1 hr. 5%
1982 Broadlawns Hosp., Des Moines 1 hr. 100%
1979 Continuing Education 1 hr. lecture
1980 Continuing Education 1 hr. lecture
1981 Univ. of Vermont Low Back Pain in Industry (seminar) 20 hrs. 20%
1981 Univ. of Iowa 12/4-5/81 Low Back Pain: Course for Primary 9 hrs. 30% Physicians
1982 Industrial Low Back Pain, Univ. of Iowa, 11/10/82 to 11/12/82 20 hrs. 20%
1983 Industrial Low Back Pain, Univ. Vermont, 10/4/83 to 10/7/83 20 hrs. 10% Low Back Pain: Course for Primary
1983 Physicians, 10/21/83 to 10/22/83 8.5 hrs. 30%
1984 Industrial Low Back Pain, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, Nov. 1984
1985 Industrial Low Back Pain, RusH Presbyterian St. Lukes Hospital Chicago, IL, 12/85 20 hrs. 10%
1978-85 Junior Clerkship Lectures 1 hr. lecture each 2.5%
1978-85 Orthopaedic Basic SciencE Lectures 2 hr. lecture/year 5%

B. Clinical Teaching (in ward, clinic, or operating room)
Year Where Weeks/Year Hrs/Week
1978-85 Clinic, Ward, OR 50 20

A. Bibliography Concerning Teaching

B: Other:
4/79 Primary Care of Low Back Pain. Presented to Family Practice Residents, Broadlawn’s Hospital, Des Moines, Iowa.
4/79 Lumbar Spinal Stenosis. Presented at Departmental Orthopaedic Conference.
4/79 Degenerative Disc Disease. Presented at Departmental Orthopaedic Conference.
9/79 Evaluation of the Low Back. Presented at Departmental Orthopaedic Conference.
3/80 Treatment of the Low Back Pain for Family Physicians. Panel Discussion, Refresher Course, University of Iowa.
6/81 Rehabilitation Engineering Services at the University ofIowa. Presented at Meeting of Joint Committee of RESB and the Industrial Commissioner’s Office, Des Moines, IA.
4/81 Low Back Pain in Industry. Presented to Medical Directors of John Deere and Co.
4/81 Disability Evaluation. Presented at Departmental Orthopaedic Conference.
1982 Medical Aspects of Vocational Counseling-Rehabilitation in Chronic Pain Patients. Graduate Students – 1 1/2 hr. lecture
1982-83-84 Causes and Surgical Treatments for Chronic Low Back Pain. Physical Therapy Students – 1 1/2 hr. lecture each
3/80-2/82 Low Back and Neck ICM Lecture Sophomore Med. Students – 1 hr. lecture
4/82 Iowa Medical Society Scientific Session PaneL Iowa Medical Society – 40 min. e
ach 10/82-3/84-12/85 Evaluation of Low Back Pain. Rheumatology – 1 hr.
4/83 Visiting Professor Program at Broadlawns – 1 hr. lecture – 2 hrs. of consultation of clinic patients
6/83 Evaluation of the Low Back Pain Patient – Lecture to Internal Medicine Residents and Students – 1 hr.
10/83-10/84-11/85 Low Back Pain in Industry – Graduate Students Preventive Medicine – 1 1/2 hrs.
4/84 Acute and Chronic Low Back Pain – Team Approach. Local Medical Society, Guttenberg, IA.
10/84 Management of Low Back Pain Patients. Physical Therapy Students. 1 1/2 hr. lecture.
4/85 Back Support Group, Pain Clinic, University of Iowa – Anatomy of Lumbar Spine
11/85 Senior Citizens of Iowa City, Consideration of Spine Problems in the Elderly
3/86 Low Back Pain; An Open Discussion. Refresher Course for Family Physicians. Presented at the Holiday Inn, Iowa City, IA
3/86 Low Back Evaluation. Presented at Occupational Medicine Seminar, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
4/86 Occupational Low Back Pain. Presented at Mercy Hospital to Residents and Physicians-Clinic Noon Conference, Iowa City, IA

Year Activity

1984 Consultant – Peer Review Panel – NIOSH – Objective Low Back Pain Evaluation, Morgantown, WV
1985 Consultant – Arthritis Center Grant Review – NIH – March, San Antonio, TX
1985 Consultant – Advisory Board – International Center for Industry, Labor & Rehabilitation, March, Dublin, OH
1987 Review Papers for Journal of Biomechanics
1990 Advisory Editor for SPINE

Berg-Sloat Traveling Fellowship Awarded by the Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation – 1977.
Best paper in Resident’s Competition – at Southern Medical Association 69th Annual Meeting, Miami, FL, November, 1975.
Acromed Award, presented at North American Spine Society Meeting, Quebec, 1989, for paper: “The Question of Lumbar Discography Revisited: A Controlled Prospective Study of Normal Volunteers to Determine the False-Positive Rate”.
Volvo Award in Clinical Sciences, presented at International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, June, 1990, for paper:
“The Consistency and Accuracy of Roentgenograms for Measuring Sagittal Translation in the Lumbar Vertebral Motion Segment: An Experimental Model”.
Acromed Award, presented at North American Spine Society Meeting, Monteray, CA, August, 1990, for paper: “The Consistency and Accuracy of
Roentgenograms for Measuring Sagittal Translation in the Lumbar Vertebral Motion Segment: An Experimental Model”.
First Place Poster, presented at International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine Meeting, Hiedelberg, Germany, May, 1991, for poster exhibition:
Efficacy of Flexion and Extension Treatments Incorporating Braces for Low Back Pain Patients with Retrodisplacement, Spondylolisthesis, or Normal
Sagittal Translation. T. Lehmann, K. Spratt, J. Weinstein, J. Woody, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.

Federal
Title Period Amount
Project Director for REC Grant 1978-1983 20% of total Clinical Rehabilitation of Patientswith Instability of the Lumbar Spine
Project Director for REC Grant 1980-1983 5% of total Mechanical Properties of Whole Lumbar Spine
Principle Investigator, NIHR, 1984-1987 10% of total Field Initiated Research; Psychological Interventions: An Aid to Rehabilitation of Low Back Pain Patients
Principle Investigator (Funded) #395-85 7/85-7/87 $61,266 Orthopaedic Research and Educ. Found. Effect of Repetitive Loads on Lumbar Spine Biomechanics.
Weinstein JN, Goel VH, Lehmann TR.
Principal Investigator, NIH, 1985-1988 10% of total R01, Retrodisplacement and Spondylolisthesis – BRACE TREATMENT

Mary K. Titus, R.N., B.S.N. (100% of time)

1. Yink-Tai Wu – on Master’s Thesis – The Dept. of Physical Therapy, Supervisor Louis Amundsen, Ph.D.
2. Jim Day – Master’s Thesis – The Dept. of Physical Therapy, Supervisor Gary Smidt.
3. Jan Ryberg – on Master’s Thesis – The Dept. of Physical Therapy, Supervisor Dave Nielsen.
4. Glen Njus, Ph.D. – Ph.D. Thesis Committee – College of Engineering, Supervisor Y. King Liu.
5. Michael Connors – on Master’s Thesis – College of Engineering, Supervisor Y. King Liu.
6. Rhonda Barr – on Master’s Thesis – Dept. of Physical Therapy, Supervisor Dale Nielsen.
7. Suresh Goyal – on Master’s Thesis – College of Engineering, Supervisor V. K. Goel.
8. Kevin Spratt – on Doctoral Thesis – College of Education, Supervisor Dan Russell.

A. Publications

1. Allen BL Jr, Lehmann TR: Pelvic Displacement Osteotomy in Young Myelodysplastic Patients with Dislocatable Hips. Southern Medical Journal, 71:13-17, 1978.

2. Lehmann TR: Management of the Compensable Back Injury. Iowa Medical Society Journal, 527, Dec. 1981.

3. Lehmann TR, LaRocca HS: Repeat Lumbar Surgery. A Review of Patients With Failure From Previous Lumbar Surgery Treated by Spinal Canal Exploration and Lumbar Spinal Fusion. Spine, 6:615- 619, 1981.

4. Lehmann TR, Brand RA: Disability Determination for the Low Back Pain Patients. Orthopaedic Clinics of North America, 13:559-568, 1982.

5. Brand RA, Lehmann TR: Low Back Impairment Rating Practices of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Spine, 8(1):75-78, 1983.

6. Allen BL Jr, Ferguson RL, Lehmann TR, O’Brien P: A Mechanistic Classification of Closed, Indirect Fractures and Dislocations of the Lower Cervical Spine. Spine, 7:1-27, 1982.

7. Lehmann T, Brand R, O’Gorman T: A Low Back Rating Scale. Spine,8(3):308-315, 1983.

8. Lehmann TR, Russell DW, Spratt KF: The Impact of Patients withNonorganic Physical Findings on a Controlled Trial of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation and Electroacupuncture. Spine 8(6):625-634, 1983.

9. Smidt G, Herring T, Amundsen L, Rogers M, Russell A, Lehmann T: Assessment of Abdominal and Back Extensor Function: A Quantitative Approach and Results for Chronic Low Back Patients. Spine 8(2):211-218, 1983.

10. Day JW, Smidt GL, Lehmann TR: The Effect of Pelvic Tilt on Standing Posture. Physical Therapy, 64:510-516, 1984.

11. Weinstein J, Lehmann TR, McNeill T, Spratt K: Lumbar Disc Herniation: A Ten-Year Follow-up Chemonucleolysis vs. Open Discectomy. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, 206:50- 56, May, 1986.

12. Weinstein J, Lehmann TR, McNeill T, Spratt K: Lumbar Disc Herniation – A Comparison of the Results of Chemonucleolysis vs. Open Discectomy After Ten Years. J. Bone and Joint Surgery, 68A, 43-54, January, 1986.

13. Weinstein J, Spratt KF, Lehmann TR, McNeill T, Hejna W: LumbarDisc Herniation – A Ten-Year Follow-up: Chemonucleolysis vs. Open Discectomy. Iowa Orthopaedic Journal, 5:64-72, Spring, 1985.

14. Lehmann T, Russell D, Spratt KF, Liu YK, Fairchild ML, Christensen S, Colby H: Rehabilitation of Chronic Low Back Pain Patients – Effect of Electroacupuncture and Transcutaneous Nerve Stimulation. Accepted to Pain, February, 1986 (In press).

15. Lehmann TR, Spratt KF, Tozzi JE, Weinstein JN, Reinarz SJ, El-Khoury GY, Colby H: Long-Term Follow-up of Lower Lumbar Fusion Patients. Spine, 12(2):97-104, 1987.

16. Walsh TR, Weinstein JN, Spratt KF, Lehmann TR, Aprill C, Sayre H: The Question of Lumbar Discography Revisited: A Controlled Prospective Study of Normal Volunteers to Determine the False- Positive Rate. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Vol. 72-A(7), August, 1990.

17. Weinstein JN, Collalto P, Lehmann TR: Thoracolumbar “Burst” Fractures Treated Conservatively, Post Analysis: A Long-Term Follow-up. Spine, 13(1):33-38, 1987.

18. Weinstein JN, Collalto P, Lehmann TR: Long-Term Follow-up of Nonoperatively Treated Thoracolumbar Spine Fractures. Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma, 1(2):152-159, May, 1987.

19. Smoker W, Lehmann TR, Weinstein JN, Benner B, Hintgen W, Gentry L, Spratt K: Reduction of the Gastrointestinal Side Effects of Metrizamide Myelography with Oral Dexamethasone. American Journal of Neuroradiology, 9:179-185, January-February, 1988.

20. Spratt KF, Lehmann TR, Weinstein JN, Colby H: A New Approach to the Low Back Physical Examination: Behavioral Assessment of Mechanical Signs. Spine 15(2):96-102, 1990.

21. Altmaier EM, Russell DW, Kao CF, Lehmann TR, Weinstein JN: Self-Efficacy and Rehabilitation Outcome Among Low Back Pain Patients. Submitted to Health Psychology, November, 1989.

22. Lehmann TR: Letter to Editor, Pain, 29(1987) 401-402.

23. Shaffer WO, Spratt KF, Weinstein J, Lehmann TR, Goel V: The Reliability and Validity of Roentgenograms For Measuring Sagittal Translation in the Lumbar Vertebral Motion Segment: An Experimental Model. Spine 15(8):741-750, 1990.

24. Altmaier E, Lehmann TR, Russell D, Weinstein J, Kao C: The Effectiveness of Psychological Interventions for the Rehabilitation of Low Back Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluation. Pain 49:329-335, 1992.

25. Lehmann TR, Spratt K, Weinstein J, Woody J: An Investigation ofthe Efficacy of Flexion and Extension Treatments Incorporating Bracing for Low Back Pain Patients With and Without Excessive Sagittal Translation. Submitted for Volvo and Acromed Award ISSLS, 1991. Accepted by Spine, 1992 (in press).

26. Lehmann TR, Spratt KF, Lehmann KK: Predicting Long-Term Disability in Low Back Injured Workers Presenting to a Spine Consultant. Submitted to Spine.

B. Books and/or Chapters

1. Pope MH, Lehmann TR, Frymoyer J: The Structure and Function of the Lumbar Spine. Chapter I in Occupational Low Back Pain, Eds. MH Pope, JW Frymoyer, G Andersson; New York, Praeger, pp.5-38, 1984.

2. Lehmann TR, Frymoyer JW, Milhous R: Care of the Low Back Pain Patient. Chapter 9 in Occupational Low Back Pain, eds. MH Pope, JW Frymoyer, G Andersson; New York, Praeger, pp.185-210, 1984.

3. Andersson G, Lehmann TR: Worker Selection. Chapter 11 in Occupational Low Back Pain, eds. MH Pope, JW Frymoyer, G Andersson; New York, Praeger, pp.218-233, 1984.

C. Abstracts

1. Allen BL Jr, Lehmann TR, O’Brien RP: Phylogeny of Fracture and Dislocations in the Lower Cervical Spine. Orth. Trans., 3:284, 1979.

2. Wilson MS, Crowninshield RD, Brand RA, Lehmann TR: Load Response Characteristics of the Lumbar Spine. Journal of Biomechanics 13(2):192, 1980.

3. Lehmann TR, Brand R: Iowa Low Back Rating Scale. Ortho. Trans., 6:39, 1982.

4. Lehmann TR, Wilson MA, Crowninshield RD : Load Response Characteristics of Lumbar Spine Following Surgical Destabilization. Orth. Trans. 6(2):299-301, 1982.

5. Lehmann TR, Brand RA: Instability of the Lower Lumbar Spine. Ortho. Trans 7(1):97, 1983.

6. Lehmann TR, Russell DW, Spratt KF, Liu YK: The Impact of Patients with Non-Organic Physical Findings on a Controlled Trial of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation and Electroacupuncture. Pain Suppl. 2, 545, 1984.

7. Weinstein JN, Lehmann T, McNeill T, Hejna W, Spratt K: Lumbar Disc Herniation: A Ten-Year Follow-up Study to Evaluate Cymopapain vs. Open Discectomy and a Historical Control Group. Ortho. Trans., Fall, 1985.

8. Smoker KW, Lehmann TR, Hingtgen WL, Gentry LR, Weinstein JN, Spratt KF: Reduction of Gastrointestinal Side Effects of Metrizamide Myelography with Oral Dexamethasone. American Journal of Neuroradiology, Annual Meeting, 6:477, February, 1985.

9. Weinstein J, Lehmann T, McNeill T, Spratt K: Lumbar Disc Herniation: A Ten-Year Follow-up Chemonucleolysis vs. Open Discectomy. Ortho. Trans., 9(3):425, Fall, 1985.

10. Tozzi JE, Lehmann TR, Weinstein JN, Reinarz SJ, El-Khoury G: The Natural History Following Lumbar Fusion. Accepted for American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery, New Orleans, LA, 1986. Orthopaedic Transactions.

11. Weinstein JN, Lehmann TR, McNeil T, Hejna W, Spratt K: Lumbar Disc Herniation: A Ten-Year Follow-up Study to Evaluate Chymopapain vs. Open Discectomy and a Historical Control Group. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Las Vegas, Nevada, January, 1985.

12. Lehmann TR, Tozzi JE, Weinstein JN, Reinarz SJ, El-Khoury G: Long-Term Follow-up of Lower Lumbar Fusion Patients. International Society for the Study of Lumbar Spine. Orthopaedic Transactions, 10(3):543, May, 1986.

13. Goel VK, Voo LM, Weinstein JN, Njus G, Lehmann TR, Liu YK: Effect of Repetitive Bending on Lumbar Spine Kinetics. Orthopaedic Research Society (33rd Annual Meeting), San Francisco, California, January, 1987.

14. Collalto P, Weinstein JN, Lehmann TR: Natural History of Untreated Thoracolumbar Spine Fractures With and Without Neural Deficit: A Thirty-Year Follow-up. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, San Francisco, California, January, 1987.

15. Lehmann TR, Spratt K, Tozzi J, Weinstein JN, Reinarz SJ, Steven J, El-Khoury G, Colby H: Long-Term Follow-up of Lower Lumbar Fusion Patients. Ortho. Trans., Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 11(1):30, Spring, 1987.

16. Weinstein JN, Collalto PM, Lehmann TR: Long-Term Follow-up of Thoracolumbar Spinal Fractures. International Society for Study of the Lumbar Spine, Rome, Italy, May, 1987.

17. Spratt KF, Lehmann TR, Weinstein JN, Colby H: Reliability and Validity of a Physical Exam Designed for Clinical Research of Low Back Pain. International Society for Study of the Lumbar Spine, Rome, Italy, May, 1987.

18. Goel VK, Voo LM, Weinstein JN, Njus G, Lehmann TR, Liu YK: Effect of Repetitive Bending on Lumbar Spine Kinetics. International Society for Study of the Lumbar Spine, Rome, Italy, May, 1987.

19. Spratt KF, Lehmann TR, Weinstein JN, Colby H: Reliability and Validity of a Physical Exam Designed for Clinical Research of Low Back Pain. North American Spine Society, Banff, Canada, June, 1987.

20. Weinstein JN, Callalto PM, Lehmann TR: Long-Term Follow-up of Thoracolumbar Spinal Fractures. North American Spine Society, Banff, Canada, June, 1987.

21. Woody J, Lehmann TR, Weinstein JN, Hayes M, Spratt K: Excessive Translations on Flexion-Extension Radiographs in Asymptomatic Populations. Internal Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine, Rome, Italy, April, 1988.

22. Collalto P, Weinstein JN, Lehmann TR: Long-Term Follow-up Thoracolumbar Spinal Fractures. Orthopaedic Transactions. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 12(1):60, Spring, 1988.

23. Walsh TR, Weinstein JN, Spratt KF, Lehmann TR, Aprill CN, Sayre H: Lumbar Discography: A Controlled, Prospective Study of Normal Volunteers to Determine the False-Positive Rate. International Society for Study of the Lumbar Spine, Japan, May, 1989.

24. Walsh R, Weinstein JN, Spratt KF, Lehmann TR, Aprill CN, Sayre H: Lumbar Discography: A Controlled, Prospective Study of Normal Volunteers to Determine the False-Positive Rate. North American Spine Society, Quebec, Canada, July, 1989.

25. Lehmann TR, Smoker W, Weinstein JN, Benner B, Hingtgen W, Gentry L, Spratt K: Minimizing Side Effects of Metrizamide Myelography with Oral Dexamethasone. International Spine Society, Australia, April, 1985.

26. Walsh TR, Weinstein JN, Spratt KF, Lehmann TR, Aprill CN, Sayre H: Lumbar Discography: A Controlled, Prospective Study of Normal Volunteers to Determine the False-Positive Rate. Ortho. Trans. 13(3):513, Fall, 1989.

27. Weinstein JN, Walsh TR, Spratt KF, Lehmann TR, Aprill C, Sayre H: Lumbar Discography: A Controlled Prospective Study of Normal Volunteers to Determine the False-Positive Rate. Ortho. Trans. 13(3):647, Fall, 1989. Also 14(1):13-14, Spring, 1990.

D. Reviews

E. Exhibits

1. Rehabilitation of Low Back Pain. Annual Meeting Rehabilitation Engineering Society of North America, Atlanta, Georgia, August 26-31, 1979 .

2. A Mechanistic Classification of Closed, Indirect Fractures and Dislocations of the Lower Cervical Spine. Annual Meeting American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Atlanta, Georgia, February 7-12, 1980 .

3. Rehabilitation of Low back Pain. Annual Meeting Rehabilitation and Engineering Society of North America, Toronto, Canada, June 16-20, 1980 .

4. Rehabilitation of Low Back Pain. Annual Meeting Rehabilitation Engineering Society of North America, Washington, D.C., August 30 – September 3, 1981 .

5. Load Response Characteristics of Lumbar Spine Following Surgical Destabilization. Orth. Research Society, New Orleans, LA, January, 1982.

6. Rehabilitation of Low Back Pain. Annual Meeting Rehabilitation Engineering Society of North America, San Diego, CA, June, 1983.

7. Rehabilitation of Low Back Pain. Annual Meeting Rehabilitation Engineering Society of North America, Atlanta, GA, June, 1985.

8. Rehabilitation of Low Back Pain. Annual Meeting Rehabilitation Engineering Society of North America, Minneapolis, MN, June, 1986.

9. Poster: Efficacy of Flexion and Extension Treatments Incorporating Braces for Low Back Pain Patients With Retrodisplacement, Spondylolisthesis, or Normal Sagittal Translation. Lehmann T, Spratt K, Weinstein J, Woody J. University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, at ISSLS, Heidelburg, Germany, May, 1991.

F. Other: Presentations Before Local or National Meetings

1. Lehmann TR: Chiari Pelvic Osteotomy in Young Myelodysplastic Patients with Dislocatable Hips. Presented at Southern Medical Association 69th Annual Meeting, Galveston, Texas, February 12-15, 1976 .

2. Lehmann TR: The Technical Pitfalls of Chiari Pelvic Displacement Osteotomy in Myelodysplastic Patients. Presented at the Tenth Annual AOA Residents Conference, Columbus, Ohio, May 6, 1977 .

3. Lehmann TR, LaRocca H: The Results of Reconstructive Surgery in the Treatment of the Failed Back Surgery Syndrome. Presented at the Fifth Annual Meeting of the International Society for Study of the Lumbar Spine Meeting, San Francisco, California, 1978.

4. Allen BL Jr, Lehmann TR, O’Brien RP: Phylogeny of the Lower Cervical Spine Fractures and Dislocation. Presented at the Annual Meeting of American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, San Francisco, California, February 22-27, 1979 .

5. Lui YK, Lin HS, Lehmann TR: Mechanical Behavior of the Lumbar Motion Segments Under Combined Loading. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine, Goteborg, Sweden, May 29- June 1, 1979 .

6. Lehmann TR, Brand RA: Iowa Low Back Rating Scale. Presented at the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine, Paris, France, May 13-21, 1981 .

7. Lehmann TR, Brand RA: Instability of the Lower Lumbar Spine. Presented at the International Society for Study of the Lumbar Spine, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, June, 1982.

8. Lehmann TR, Russell DW, Spratt KF, Liu YK, Fairchild ML, Christensen S, Colby H: Efficacy of Electroacupuncture and TENS in Chronic Low Back Pain Patients. Presented at the American Pain Society, Miami, Florida, October, 1982.

9. Lehmann TR, Russell DW, Spratt KF, Liu YK, Fairchild ML, Christensen S, Colby H: Efficacy of Electroacupuncture and TENS in Chronic Low Back Pain Patients. Presented at the International Society for Study of the Lumbar Spine, April 9, 1983, England .

10. Lehmann TR, Russell DW, Spratt KF, Liu YK: The Impact of Patients with Non-Organic Physical Findings on a Controlled Trial of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation and Electroacupuncture. International Association for Study of Pain, Seattle, Washington, September 5, 1984 .

11. Lehmann TR: Neurophysiology of Pain. Presented at Low Back School for Nurses, University of Iowa, February, 1984.

12. Lehmann TR, Spratt K, Russell D: The Low Back Rating Scale. American Academy of Osteopathy, Colorado Springs, CO, March, 1984.

13. Lehmann TR, Spratt K, Russell D: Retrodisplacement. A Type of Lumbar Spinal Instability. American Academy of Osteopathy, Colorado Springs, Colorado, March, 1984.

14. Lehmann TR: Orthopaedic Management of Back Pain and Compression Syndromes. Rheumatology Fellows Conference, March, 1984.

15. Lehmann TR: Acute and Chronic Low Back Pain – Team Approach. Local Medical Society, Guttenberg, Iowa, April, 1984.

16. Lehmann TR: Retrodisplacement in the Lumbar Spine. Eggars Lectureship, Galveston, Texas, May, 1984.

17. Lehmann TR: Management of the Industrial Low Back Patient. Central States Occupational Medical Society, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, September, 1984.

18. Weinstein JN, Lehmann TR, McNeill TW, Hejna W, Spratt K: Lumbar Disc Herniation: A Ten-Year Follow-up Study to Evaluate Chymopapain vs. Open Discectomy and A Historical Group. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Las Vegas, Nevada, January, 1985.

19. Weinstein JN, Lehmann TR, McNeill TW, Hejna W, and Spratt K: Lumbar Disc Herniation: A Ten-Year Follow-up Study to Evaluate Chymopapain vs. Open Discectomy. International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine, Australia, April, 1985.

20. Weinstein JN, Lehmann T, McNeill TW, Hejna W, Spratt K: Lumbar

Disc Herniation: A Ten-Year Follow-up Study to Evaluate Chymopapain vs. Open Discectomy and a Historical Control Group. Federation of American Spine Surgeons, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, New Orleans, Louisiana, January, 1986.

21. Tozzi JE, Lehmann TR, Weinstein JN, Reinarz SJ, El-Khoury G: The Natural History of Lumbar Spine. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, New Orleans, Louisiana, January 24, 1986.

22. Weinstein JN, Lehmann TR, McNeill TW, Hejna W, Spratt K: Lumbar Disc Herniation: A Ten-Year Follow-up Study to Evaluate Chymopapain vs. Open Discectomy and a Historical Control Group. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, February 7, 1986.

23. Lehmann TR, Tozzi JE, Weinstein JN, Reinarz SJ, El-Khoury G: Long-Term Follow-up of Lower Lumbar Fusion Patients. International Society for Study of the Lumbar Spine, Dallas, Texas, May, 1986.

24. Lehmann TR, Spratt KF, Tozzi JE, Weinstein JN, Reinarz SJ, El-Khoury G, Colby H: Long-Term Follow-up of Lower Lumbar Fusion Patients. International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine, Dallas, Texas, June, 1986.

25. Lehmann TR, Spratt KF, Tozzi JE, Weinstein JN, Reinarz SJ, El-Khoury G, Colby H: Long-Term Follow-up of Lower Lumbar Fusion Patients. North American Spine Society First Annual Meeting, Bolton Landing, New York, July, 1986.

26. Collalto P, Weinstein JN, Lehmann TR: Natural History of Untreated Thoracolumbar Spine Fractures With and Without Neural Deficit. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery. San Francisco, California, January, 1987.

27. Woody J, Lehmann TR, Weinstein JN, Hayes M, Spratt K: Excessive Translation on Flexion-Extension Radiographs in Asymptomatic Populations. International Society for Study of the Lumbar Spine, Miami, Florida, April 14, 1988 .

28. Lehmann TR, Smoker W, Weinstein JN, Benner B, Hintgen W, Gentry L, Spratt K: Minimizing Side Effects of Metrizamide Myelography with Oral Dexamethasone. International Society for Study of the Lumbar Spine, Australia, April, 1985.

29. Weinstein JN, Collalto P, Lehmann TR: Natural History of Untreated Thoracolumbar Spine Fractures. International Society for Study of Lumbar Spine, Rome, Italy, May 24, 1987.

30. Goel VK, Voo LM, Weinstein JN, Njus G, Lehmann TR, Liu YK: Effect of Repetitive Bending on Lumbar Spine Kinetics. North American Spine Society, Banff, Canada, June 26, 1987.

31. Walsh TR, Weinstein JN, Spratt KF, Lehmann TR, Aprill CN, Sayre H, Found EM: Lumbar Discography A Controlled, Prospective Study of Normal Volunteers to Determine the False-Positive Rate. International Society for Study of the Lumbar Spine. Kyoto, Japan, May, 1989.

32. Walsh TR, Weinstein JN, Spratt KF, Lehmann TR, Aprill CN, Sayre H, Found EM: Lumbar Discography A Controlled, Prospective Study of Normal Volunteers to Determine the False-Positive Rate. North American Spine Society, Quebec Cit, Quebec, June, 1989.

33. Shaffer WO, Spratt KF, Weinstein J, Lehmann TR, Goel V: The Reliability and Validity of Roentgenograms For Measuring Sagittal Translation in the Lumbar Vertebral Motion Segment: An Experimental Model. Presented at ISSLS, Boston, Massachusetts, June, 1990.

34. Shaffer WO, Spratt KF, Weinstein J, Lehmann TR, Goel V: The Reliability and Validity of Roentgenograms For Measuring Sagittal Translation in the Lumbar Vertebral Motion Segment: An Experimental Model. Presented at North American Spine Society, Monteray, California, August, 1990.

35. Lehmann TR, Spratt KF, Lehmann KK: Predicting Long-Term Disability in Low Back Injured Workers Presenting to a Spine Consultant. Presented at North American Spine Society, Chicago, Illinois, May, 1992.

G. Other: Presentations as Faculty of Courses

1. Industrial Low Back Pain. Sponsored by University of Vermont and University of Iowa . Vermont, 1981.

a. Normal Spine Anatomy and Functions

b. Spine Degeneration – A Process of Normal Aging and a Source of Symptoms

c. Disability Determinations

d. The Conservative Approach to Low Back Disease

2. Low Back Pain. Course for Primary Care Physicians, Sponsored by The University of Iowa .

a. Role of Fitness in Low Back Pain

b. Nonoperative Treatment of Low Back Pain

c. Indications for Surgery

d. The Physician and Statutory Programs

3. Industrial Low Back Pain. Sponsored by Univ. of Iowa and Univ. of Vermont . Iowa, 1982 – Course Chairman.

a. Anatomy of Pain

b. Role of Fitness in Low Back Pain

c. Instability of Lumbar Spine

d. Rehabilitation of the Injured Worker

4. National Back Symposium II. Greenbriar, W. VA., June, 1983.

a. Disability Determination in Low Back Patients

b. Effect of Lawyers on Outcome of Treatment in Low Back Pain Patients

5. Industrial Low Back Pain. Sponsored by Univ. of Iowa and Univ. of Vermont . Vermont, 1983.

a. Role of Fitness in Low Back Pain

b. Disability Determination in Low Back Pain Patients

c. Rehabilitation of Low Back Pain Patients

6. Sports Medicine Symposium. University of Iowa, January, 1984.

a. Moderator – Low Back Pain in Athlete

b. Conservative Versus Surgical Care

7. Low Back Pain. Course for Primary Care Physicians, University of Iowa, September, 1984.

a. Drug Management of Pain

b. Presentation of Cases: Medical Management

c. Psychosocial Assessment

d. When to Return Patients to Work

e. In-patient Rehabilitation of Disabling Low Back Pain

8. Industrial Low Back Pain. Sponsored by University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, November, 1984.

a. Treatment, Education and Rehabilitation

b. Prevention – Worker Selection

9. Sports Medicine Symposium. University of Iowa, December, 1984.

a. Moderator – Low Back Pain in Athlete

b. Injection Techniques

c. Microdiscectomy versus Chemonucleolysis

10. Low Back School for Nurses, University of Iowa, February, 1984.

a. Neurophysiology of Pain

11. Low Back Pain Institute, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Pittsburg, PA, April, 1984.

a. Acute Low Back Pain

b. Chronic Low Back Pain

12. Low Back Institute, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, San Antonio, Texas, September, 1984.

a. Acute Low Back Pain

b. Chronic Low Back Pain 13. Low Back Institute – Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Boston, MA, May, 1985.

a. Acute Low Back Pain

b. Chronic Low Back Pain

14. Industrial Low Back Pain. Sponsored by Rush Presbyterian St. Lukes Hospital, Chicago, IL, December, 1985.

a. Treatment, Education and Rehabilitation

b. Prevention – Worker Selection 15. Low Back Institute. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Atlanta, Georgia, October, 1986.

a. Acute Low Back Pain

b. Chronic Low Back Pain

16. Low Back Institute. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Chicago, Illinois, April, 1987.

a. Acute Low Back Pain

b. Chronic Low Back Pain

17. Low Back Institute. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., New Orleans, Louisiana, October, 1987.

a. Acute Low Back Pain

b. Chronic Low Back Pain

18. Low Back Institute. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Monteray, California, October, 1988.

a. Acute Low Back Pain

b. Chronic Low Back Pain

19. Occupational Medicine in the Next Decade, Louisville, Kentucky, May 3, 1990. Humana: Low Back Pain in Industry.

XVI. Other Comments: Moderator for Special Guest Lectureships

1. Arthur White, M.D., San Francisco, California. Low Back School, Sponsored by Eli Lilly and Co., Oct. 19, 1979 .

2. Leon Wiltse, M.D., Long Beach, California. Sponsored by CAMP International, Inc., Dec. 11-12, 1980 .

3. Jayson Malcolm, IV, M.D., F.R.C.P., Manchester, England . Assessment of the Progress of the Back Pain Patient and a Study of the Mode of Action of Lumbar Corsets, Sponsored by CAMP International, Inc., Nov. 6-7, 1981.

4. Frank Schmidt, M.D., Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois . Non-steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs for Pain. Sponsored by Dista Products Co., Dec. 12, 1981 .

5. Gunnar Andersson, Gothenburg, Sweden, Industrial Low Back Pain. Sponsored by CAMP International, Inc., October 29-30, 1982.

6. Dan Spengler, Nashville, TN, Management of Acute Low Back Pain and Lumbar Spinal Stenosis. Sponsored by CAMP International, Inc., November 18-19, 1983.

7. Scott Haldeman, D.C., M.D., Ph.D., University of California – Irvine. Low Back Pack Pain. A Course for Primary Care Physicians. September 28, 1984

8. Sam Wiesel, M.D., Washington D.C.. Algorithm Approach to Low Back Pain Management. Sponsored by CAMP International, Inc., November 2, 1984 .

9. Henry V. Crock, M.D., Melbourne, Australia. Surgical Care of the Spine. Sponsored by CAMP International, Inc., October 25, 1985 .

10. David Selby, M.D., Dallas, Texas. Sponsored by CAMP International, Inc., September 5, 1986.