BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

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Consensus on a standardised treatment pathway algorithm for lumbar spinal stenosis: an international Delphi study

Hip abductor strenghtening in patients diagnosed with knee osteoarthritis - a systematic review and meta-analysis

Musculoskeletal disorders in video games - a systematic review

Factors influencing and long-term effects of manual myotomy phenomenon during physiotherapy for congenital muscular torticollis

Authors: Zhenhui Zhao, Hansheng Deng, Xin Qiu, Gen Tang, Huijia Zheng, Fang Yang, Futang Gao, Zhengyu Wu, Yuanheng Li, Shuaidan Zeng, Jiaxin Zhao, Yiyuan Sun, Ziheng Zhou, Yu Tang, Zhiwen Cui, Weiqing Li…

Content type: Research 1 October 2022
Intercalary frozen autografts for reconstruction of bone defects following meta-/diaphyseal tumor resection at the extremities

Authors: Jingyan Yang, Wenze Li, Rongjie Feng and Dong Li

Content type: Research 30 September 2022
Shoulder replacement: an epidemiological nationwide study from 2009 to 2019

Authors: Umile Giuseppe Longo, Rocco Papalia, Alessandro Castagna, Sergio De Salvatore, Enrico Guerra, Ilaria Piergentili and Vincenzo Denaro

Content type: Research 30 September 2022
Comparison of effect of wobble board training with and without cognitive intervention on balance, ankle proprioception and jump landing kinetic parameters of men with chronic ankle instability: a randomized control trial

Authors: Abed Taghavi Asl, Seyed Sadredin Shojaedin and Malihe Hadadnezhad

Content type: Research 30 September 2022
Does the contralateral healthy ankle of patient with ipsilateral mechanical lateral ankle laxity show greater lateral ankle laxity? Evaluation of the anterior talofibular ligament by stress ultrasonography

Authors: Takuji Yokoe, Takuya Tajima, Shuichi Kawagoe, Nami Yamaguchi, Yudai Morita and Etsuo Chosa

Content type: Research 30 September 2022

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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 9 December 2014
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 16 April 2009
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: Study protocol 21 March 2013
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 20 May 2011
Reliability of clinical tests to evaluate nerve function and mechanosensitivity of the upper limb peripheral nervous system

Authors: Annina B Schmid, Florian Brunner, Hannu Luomajoki, Ulrike Held, Lucas M Bachmann, Sabine Künzer and Michel W Coppieters

Content type: Research article 21 January 2009

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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. Studies investigating the systemic nature of rheumatic diseases, not related to specific musculoskeletal manifestations, are directed to submit to BMC Rheumatology.

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Editor's article highlights

Consensus on a standardised treatment pathway algorithm for lumbar spinal stenosis: an international Delphi study

Hip abductor strenghtening in patients diagnosed with knee osteoarthritis - a systematic review and meta-analysis

Musculoskeletal disorders in video games - a systematic review

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Factors influencing and long-term effects of manual myotomy phenomenon during physiotherapy for congenital muscular torticollis

Intercalary frozen autografts for reconstruction of bone defects following meta-/diaphyseal tumor resection at the extremities

Shoulder replacement: an epidemiological nationwide study from 2009 to 2019

Comparison of effect of wobble board training with and without cognitive intervention on balance, ankle proprioception and jump landing kinetic parameters of men with chronic ankle instability: a randomized control trial

Does the contralateral healthy ankle of patient with ipsilateral mechanical lateral ankle laxity show greater lateral ankle laxity? Evaluation of the anterior talofibular ligament by stress ultrasonography

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

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

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

Reliability of clinical tests to evaluate nerve function and mechanosensitivity of the upper limb peripheral nervous system

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