Welcome to the on-line collection for the CSRS 38th Meeting Call for Abstracts.

The meeting will be held at The Westin Charlotte in Charlotte, North Carolina, December 2 - 4, 2010.

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On-line registration will once again be available beginning approximately early July.

CONTENT: An English language abstract must be in the terminology familiar to spine specialists. The text should be succinct and substantive. The blinded abstract must include:

1. Introduction: state the purpose of the study-what question was asked and why;
2. Methods: describe the methods used to seek the answer;
3. Results: summarize the results; and
4. Conclusion: discuss the findings with respect to their relationship to existing knowledge, their overall significance and the like (see sample on last page).
   1. References: omit any reference to authorship and/or institution within the body of the abstract
   2. Length: submit a Microsoft Word document no longer than 500 words
   3. Font: standard Times New Roman font, type size 10 pt (required)
   4. Format: type the abstract as single space text, with a double space between paragraphs with a 2 inch margin - top, bottom, left and right (required)
   5. Images: Insert all images at the end of your document referencing them by name in the body of the abstract, i.e. "fig 1 or table a".

Some scientific characters such as the Greek alphabet do not reliably transmit over the Internet. It is recommended that the default character set for your browser (e.g. Netscape or Microsoft Internet Explorer) be used and that whenever possible, special characters be spelled out or avoided. Example: alpha, mu, etc.

All accepted presenters must:

1. Mandatory Financial Disclosure for All Authors
2. FDA Status
3. Non-Exclusive License

Download Optional Template to Assist with your Abstract

This year the Research Committee is again offering three awards for outstanding, unpublished research papers. Award categories are best Clinical, Basic Science and Resident/Fellow papers. Each first place award is in the amount of $2,000. Candidates for all three awards will be selected from the top five abstracts in each category of on-line abstract submissions as chosen by the Program Committee.

The authors of the top five abstracts in each category will be asked to submit a short manuscript amplifying the abstract. Based on the manuscript, the best paper in each category will be selected by the Research Committee. One of the authors must attend the meeting to present the paper and receive the monetary award. If you would like your paper to be reviewed as a Research Award paper, please indicate where appropriate when submitting your abstract.

Sunday, June 6, 2010, after this date, the site will no longer be available for submission or editing previously submitted abstracts.

If you have any questions regarding the CSRS requirements for the abstract submission or general conference questions please contact the society office at (847) 698-1628.

Any technical support questions related directly to the submission of the abstract, please contact technical support at: http://csrs.omnicms.com/csrs/2010/feedback.epl?jsclose=1.