As a result of the significant disruption that is being caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, we are very aware that many researchers will have difficulty in meeting the timelines associated with our peer review process during normal times. Please do let us know if you need additional time. Our systems will continue to remind you of the original timelines but we intend to be highly flexible at this time.
Announcement: COVID-19 impact on peer-review
Work and Musculoskeletal Health
Read this Article Collection featuring contributions on work and health from around the globe ranging from systematic reviews to cohort studies, qualitative studies, and lab-based studies.
Section Editor Highlights
Take a look at the highlighted papers as chosen by the journal's Section Editors.
BMC Series Focus Issue
August: Health Disparities
With World Humanitarian Day falling on 19th August, the BMC Series decided to focus on health disparities in August’s focus issue. Browse our biology, chemistry and medical titles for insight into health disparities, including racial health disparities, socioeconomic health disparities and regional disparities
Read our highly accessed articles
Corticosteroid injection for plantar heel pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis
The risk of revision after total hip arthroplasty in young patients depends on surgical approach, femoral head size and bearing type; an analysis of 19,682 operations in the Dutch arthroplasty register
Abdominal trunk muscle weakness and its association with chronic low back pain and risk of falling in older women
Research Data Support
Authors submitting to this journal can opt to use a new service that will make it easier to share research data.
Articles
-
-
Diagnostic utility of patient history, clinical examination and screening tool data to identify neuropathic pain in low back related leg pain: a systematic review and narrative synthesis
-
Increased risk of knee osteoarthritis in patients using oral N-acetylcysteine: a nationwide cohort study
-
The incidence of regression after the non-surgical treatment of symptomatic lumbar disc herniation: a systematic review and meta-analysis
-
Factors affecting postoperative mortality of patients with insufficient union following osteoporotic vertebral fractures and impact of preoperative serum albumin on mortality
-
An update of stabilisation exercises for low back pain: a systematic review with meta-analysis
-
The TICOPA protocol (TIght COntrol of Psoriatic Arthritis): a randomised controlled trial to compare intensive management versus standard care in early psoriatic arthritis
-
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
-
Reliability of clinical tests to evaluate nerve function and mechanosensitivity of the upper limb peripheral nervous system
BMC Series Blog
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.
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
- Ciarán Martin Fitzpatrick, BioMed Central, UK
Manuscript Editor
- Clare McFadden, BioMed Central, UK
Section Editors
- Jeffrey Driban, Tufts Medical Canter, USA
- Daichi Hayashi, University of New York at Stony Brook, USA
- Umile Giuseppe Longo, University Campus Biomedico, IT
- Ali Mobasheri, Oulu University (FI) & State Research Institute Centre for Innovative Medicine (LT)
- J. Bart Staal, Radboud University Medical Centre, NL
- Anita Wluka, Monash University, AU
Assistant Editor
- Amanpreet Athwal, BioMed Central, UK
Supporting equity in academic publishing
At BMC, we strive to be inclusive and provide equal opportunities to authors based in low- and middle-income countries who might face challenges in publishing their work. Check out BMC Public Health's guidance on submitting your research to the BMC Series journals. Please feel free to get in touch with feedback on what else the BMC Series can do to progress towards a more equitable publishing system.
Altmetric.com
Trending Articles
Click here to view which Articles have been shared the most in the last month!
Anita Wluka
Back to top
Epidemiology
Anita Wluka, PhD, FRACP, MBBS is a Professor in the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University and a visiting Rheumatologist at the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne. The goals of her research are to identify why people develop musculoskeletal conditions, particularly osteoarthritis and back pain, and to improve patients’ ability to manage. Dr Wluka obtained her medical degree from the University of Melbourne, Australia, trained in Internal Medicine at the University of Toronto, was a research affiliate at Harvard University and has worked in Melbourne, Australia, where she completed her training in Rheumatology, followed by her PhD in Epidemiology (Cartilage volume in health and disease), at Monash University. Prior to transitioning to Section Editor, Dr Wluka served for 2 years as an Associate Editor for BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. She receives funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council and has published more than 250 peer reviewed papers.
- Instructions for Authors
- Editorial Board
-
Interviews, videos, and more resources to explore in honour of our 20th year anniversary.
- Sign up for article alerts and news from this journal
Follow
2019 Journal Metrics
-
Citation Impact
1.879 - 2-year Impact Factor
2.398 - 5-year Impact Factor
1.148 - Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP)
0.76 - SCImago Journal Rank (SJR)
Usage
2,446,073 downloads
3927 Altmetric mentions
