BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

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Cognitive and physical screening tests performed a few months after hospital discharge may predict those hip fracture patients at risk of institutionalized living arrangements

Evaluating the surface geometry of the plate positioning site after open wedge high tibial osteotomy should be considered in the design of a new plate that best fits the post-contoured anatomy of the tibia

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Knee pain and related health in the community study (KPIC): a cohort study protocol

G. S. Fernandes, A. Sarmanova, S. Warner, H. Harvey, K. Akin-Akinyosoye, H. Richardson, N. Frowd, L. Marshall, J. Stocks, M. Hall, A. M. Valdes, D. Walsh, W. Zhang and M. Doherty

Published on: 21 September 2017
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Treatment and outcomes of tumor-induced osteomalacia associated with phosphaturic mesenchymal tumors: retrospective review of 12 patients

Qing-yao Zuo, Hong Wang, Wei Li, Xiao-hui Niu, Yan-hong Huang, Jia Chen, Yu-hua You, Bao-yue Liu, Ai-min Cui and Wei Deng

Published on: 21 September 2017
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Development of the “Treatment beliefs in knee and hip OsteoArthritis (TOA)” questionnaire

Ellen M. H. Selten, Johanna E. Vriezekolk, Henk J. Schers, Marc W. Nijhof, Willemijn H. van der Laan, Roelien G. van der Meulen-Dilling, Rinie Geenen and Cornelia H. M. van den Ende

Published on: 19 September 2017
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Dry needling in a manual physiotherapy and therapeutic exercise protocol for patients with chronic mechanical shoulder pain of unspecific origin: a protocol for a randomized control trial

Emma Tejera-Falcón, Nuria del Carmen Toledo-Martel, Francisco Manuel Sosa-Medina, Fátima Santana-González, Miriam del Pino Quintana-de la Fe, Tomás Gallego-Izquierdo and Daniel Pecos-Martín

Published on: 18 September 2017
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Comparison of volar-flexion, ulnar-deviation and functional position cast immobilization in the non-operative treatment of distal radius fracture in elderly patients: a pragmatic randomized controlled trial study protocol

Lauri Raittio, Antti Launonen, Teemu Hevonkorpi, Toni Luokkala, Juha Kukkonen, Aleksi Reito, Bakir Sumrein, Minna Laitinen and Ville M. Mattila

Published on: 18 September 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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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.

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James Mockridge, BioMed Central

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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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