BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

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Comparison of improved range of motion between cam-type femoroacetabular impingement and borderline developmental dysplasia of the hip -evaluation by virtual osteochondroplasty using computer simulation-

So Kubota, Yutaka Inaba, Naomi Kobayashi, Hyonmin Choe, Taro Tezuka and Tomoyuki Saito

Published on: 16 October 2017
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Low back pain and causative movements in pregnancy: a prospective cohort study

Saori Morino, Mika Ishihara, Fumiko Umezaki, Hiroko Hatanaka, Hirotaka Iijima, Mamoru Yamashita, Tomoki Aoyama and Masaki Takahashi

Published on: 16 October 2017
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The role of national registries in improving patient safety for hip and knee replacements

Anne Lübbeke, Alan J. Silman, Daniel Prieto-Alhambra, Amanda I. Adler, Christophe Barea and Andrew J. Carr

Published on: 16 October 2017
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Comparison of serum markers for muscle damage, surgical blood loss, postoperative recovery, and surgical site pain after extreme lateral interbody fusion with percutaneous pedicle screws or traditional open posterior lumbar interbody fusion

Tetsuro Ohba, Shigeto Ebata and Hirotaka Haro

Published on: 16 October 2017
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A qualitative study of patient education needs for hip and knee replacement

Deborah Kennedy, Amy Wainwright, Lucy Pereira, Susan Robarts, Patricia Dickson, Jennifer Christian and Fiona Webster

Published on: 12 October 2017

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

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

Published on: 21 March 2013
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Mortality and cause of death in hip fracture patients aged 65 or older - a population-based study

Jorma Panula, Harri Pihlajamäki, Ville M Mattila, Pekka Jaatinen, Tero Vahlberg, Pertti Aarnio and Sirkka-Liisa Kivelä

Published on: 20 May 2011
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Surgeons' beliefs and perceptions about removal of orthopaedic implants

Beate Hanson, Chris van der Werken and Dirk Stengel

Published on: 24 May 2008
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The effect of warm-up, static stretching and dynamic stretching on hamstring flexibility in previously injured subjects

Kieran O'Sullivan, Elaine Murray and David Sainsbury

Published on: 16 April 2009
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An update of stabilisation exercises for low back pain: a systematic review with meta-analysis

Benjamin E Smith, Chris Littlewood and Stephen May

Published on: 9 December 2014

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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.

Editor

James Mockridge, BioMed Central

Section Editors

Daichi Hayashi, Boston University School of Medicine
Umile Giuseppe Longo, University Campus Biomedico
Ali Mobasheri, University of Surrey
Jasvinder Singh, University of Alabama
J. Bart Staal, Radboud University Medical Centre
Anita Wluka, Monash University

Daichi Hayashi, Section Editor

Dr. Hayashi joined the Editorial Board as a Section Editor of the 'Clinical diagnostics and imaging' section in July 2014. His research interest is musculoskeletal radiology, with specific focus on semiquantitative imaging analysis of osteoarthritis and imaging of sports injuries.

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Published on: 13 October 2017