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NEW Call for papers: Advances & challenges in imaging rheumatic & musculoskeletal disorders
We are pleased to announce that BMC Rheumatology and BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders are accepting submissions to a cross-journal thematic series covering all work dealing with imaging of rheumatic and musculoskeletal disorders.
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.
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Section Editor Highlights
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Reviewer acknowledgements
The editors and staff of BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders would like to warmly thank the reviewers whose comments helped to shape the journal, for their invaluable assistance with review of manuscripts in Volume 18 (2018).
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High incidence of surgical site infection may be related to suboptimal case selection for non-selective arterial embolization during resuscitation of patients with pelvic fractures: a retrospective study
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The global burden of pressure ulcers among patients with spinal cord injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis
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Lumbar plain radiograph is not reliable to identify lumbosacral transitional vertebra types according to Castellvi classification principle
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Risk factors and the natural history of accelerated knee osteoarthritis: a narrative review
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An update of stabilisation exercises for low back pain: a systematic review with meta-analysis
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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
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Mortality and cause of death in hip fracture patients aged 65 or older - a population-based study
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The effect of warm-up, static stretching and dynamic stretching on hamstring flexibility in previously injured subjects
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Reliability of clinical tests to evaluate nerve function and mechanosensitivity of the upper limb peripheral nervous system
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
- Ciarán Martin Fitzpatrick, 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
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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.
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2.381 - 5-year Impact Factor
0.968- Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP)
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