BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

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NEW Call for papers: Work and musculoskeletal health

We are pleased to announce the journal is accepting submissions for a thematic series covering all aspects of research into work and musculoskeletal health from epidemiologic studies on the association between work and health to intervention studies, systematic reviews and qualitative studies.

Announcement: we are recruiting new Associate Editors

We are recruiting new Associate Editors to join our international Editorial Board, helping to provide expertise on a wide range of subjects within the area of musculoskeletal disorders.

Content type: Case report
| 19 February 2019

Corticosteroid dose increase is a risk factor for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and contralateral osteonecrosis of the femoral head: a case report

Authors: Hirokazu Shimizu, Tomohiro Shimizu, Daisuke Takahashi, Tsuyoshi Asano, Ryuta Arai, Yasunari Takakuwa and Norimasa Iwasaki
Content type: Research article
| 19 February 2019

Preoperative radiographic and clinical factors associated with postoperative floating of the lesser toes after resection arthroplasty for rheumatoid forefoot deformity

Authors: Tomohiro Onodera, Hiroaki Nakano, Kentaro Homan, Eiji Kondo and Norimasa Iwasaki
Content type: Research article
| 18 February 2019

The effect of manual therapy and stabilizing exercises on forward head and rounded shoulder postures: a six-week intervention with a one-month follow-up study

Authors: Kiana Fathollahnejad, Amir Letafatkar and Malihe Hadadnezhad
Content type: Research article
| 18 February 2019

Relationship between lower-extremity defects and body mass among polish children: a cross-sectional study

Authors: Michał Brzeziński, Zbigniew Czubek, Aleksandra Niedzielska, Marek Jankowski, Tomasz Kobus and Zbigniew Ossowski
Content type: Research article
| 18 February 2019

Educational inequalities in mortality associated with rheumatoid arthritis and other musculoskeletal disorders in Sweden

Authors: Aliasghar A. Kiadaliri, Ingemar F. Petersson and Martin Englund

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Content type: Study protocol
| 21 March 2013

The TICOPA protocol (TIght COntrol of Psoriatic Arthritis): a randomised controlled trial to compare intensive management versus standard care in early psoriatic arthritis

Authors: Laura C Coates, Nuria Navarro-Coy, Sarah R Brown, Sarah Brown, Lucy McParland, Howard Collier, Emma Skinner, Jennifer Law, Anna Moverley, Sue Pavitt, Claire Hulme, Paul Emery, Philip G Conaghan and Philip S Helliwell
Content type: Research article
| 9 December 2014

An update of stabilisation exercises for low back pain: a systematic review with meta-analysis

Authors: Benjamin E Smith, Chris Littlewood and Stephen May
Content type: Research article
| 20 May 2011

Mortality and cause of death in hip fracture patients aged 65 or older - a population-based study

Authors: Jorma Panula, Harri Pihlajamäki, Ville M Mattila, Pekka Jaatinen, Tero Vahlberg, Pertti Aarnio and Sirkka-Liisa Kivelä
Content type: Research article
| 16 April 2009

The effect of warm-up, static stretching and dynamic stretching on hamstring flexibility in previously injured subjects

Authors: Kieran O'Sullivan, Elaine Murray and David Sainsbury
Content type: Research article
| 24 May 2008

Surgeons' beliefs and perceptions about removal of orthopaedic implants

Authors: Beate Hanson, Chris van der Werken and Dirk Stengel

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Bart Staal, Section Editor

Bart Staal is the Section Editor of the 'Rehabilitation, physical therapy and occupational health' section.

Ali Mobasheri, Section Editor

Ali Mobasheri is the Section Editor for the 'Pathophysiology or musculoskeletal disorders' section.

Daichi Hayashi, Section Editor

Daichi Hayashi is the Section Editor of the 'Clinical diagnostics and imaging' section.

Giuseppe Longo, Section Editor

Giuseppe Longo is the Section Editor for the 'Orthopedics and biomechanics' section.

Aims and scope

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on all aspects of the prevention, diagnosis and management of musculoskeletal disorders, as well as related molecular genetics, pathophysiology, and epidemiology.

Osteoarthritis - from basic and translational approaches to clinical practice

Read the published content in this thematic series covering all aspects of research into osteoarthritis from studies investigating the underlying pathophysiological mechanisms through to those describing clinical practice.

Editor

James Mockridge, BioMed Central

Section Editors

Jeffrey Driban, Tufts Medical Canter
Daichi Hayashi, University of New York at Stony Brook
Umile Giuseppe Longo, University Campus Biomedico
Ali Mobasheri, University of Surrey
J. Bart Staal, Radboud University Medical Centre
Anita Wluka, Monash University

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NEW Call for papers: Work and musculoskeletal health

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Corticosteroid dose increase is a risk factor for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and contralateral osteonecrosis of the femoral head: a case report

Preoperative radiographic and clinical factors associated with postoperative floating of the lesser toes after resection arthroplasty for rheumatoid forefoot deformity

The effect of manual therapy and stabilizing exercises on forward head and rounded shoulder postures: a six-week intervention with a one-month follow-up study

Relationship between lower-extremity defects and body mass among polish children: a cross-sectional study

Educational inequalities in mortality associated with rheumatoid arthritis and other musculoskeletal disorders in Sweden

The TICOPA protocol (TIght COntrol of Psoriatic Arthritis): a randomised controlled trial to compare intensive management versus standard care in early psoriatic arthritis

An update of stabilisation exercises for low back pain: a systematic review with meta-analysis

Mortality and cause of death in hip fracture patients aged 65 or older - a population-based study

The effect of warm-up, static stretching and dynamic stretching on hamstring flexibility in previously injured subjects

Surgeons' beliefs and perceptions about removal of orthopaedic implants

Bart Staal, Section Editor

Ali Mobasheri, Section Editor

Daichi Hayashi, Section Editor

Giuseppe Longo, Section Editor

Aims and scope

Osteoarthritis - from basic and translational approaches to clinical practice

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Section Editors

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BMC Series blog

Respectful maternity care – the way forward

Highlights of the BMC Series: January 2019

The obesity-paradox: impact of body composition on cancer survival

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