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This section concerns all aspects of the epidemiology of musculoskeletal disorders including but not limited to: cohort studies, genetic association studies, and prevalence studies.
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Musculoskeletal [MSK] injuries are common causes of long-term pain and physical disability which affect many people worldwide. The economic and social impacts on the individual, society and national health sys...
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2017 18:349
Published on: 11 August 2017
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Heterogeneity in patients with low back pain is well recognised and different approaches to subgrouping have been proposed. One statistical technique that is increasingly being used is Latent Class Analysis as...
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2017 18:345
Published on: 9 August 2017
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Musculoskeletal disorders and injuries are common causes of morbidity and loss of active, physically demanding training days in military populations. We evaluated the incidence, diagnosis, and risk factors of ...
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2017 18:340
Published on: 7 August 2017
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Most studies of risk factors for new low back pain (LBP) have been conducted in Western populations, but because of cultural and environmental differences, the impact of causal factors may not be the same in o...
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2017 18:334
Published on: 2 August 2017
Study protocol
Both acute and overuse injuries are common among recreational volleyball players, especially finger/wrist, ankle, shoulder and knee injuries. Consequently, an intervention (‘VolleyVeilig’) was developed to pre...
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2017 18:333
Published on: 2 August 2017
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Slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE) is the most common hip disorder in children 9–15 years old. This is a population-based study in Sweden presenting the epidemiology for SCFE.
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2017 18:304
Published on: 18 July 2017
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Fibromyalgia, a potentially debilitating chronic pain syndrome of unknown etiology, may be characterized by inflammation. In this study, we investigated the relation of FMS to serum C-reactive protein (CRP) in...
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2017 18:294
Published on: 7 July 2017
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Similar types of trajectory patterns have been identified by Latent Class Analyses (LCA) across multiple low back pain (LBP) cohorts, but these patterns are impractical to apply to new cohorts or individual pa...
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2017 18:285
Published on: 3 July 2017
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Norway has no prospective surveillance system to monitor the outcome of knee cartilage surgery. In 2004 the Norwegian Registry of Knee Ligament (NKLR) was successfully established, and has yielded useful infor...
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2017 18:282
Published on: 30 June 2017
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Axial spondyloarthritis (AxSpA) is a relatively frequent and debilitating disease, with a prevalence ranging from 0.1 to 2% in the Caucasian population. Current Assessment of Spondyloarthritis International So...
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2017 18:280
Published on: 29 June 2017
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In higher income countries, social disadvantage is associated with higher arthritis prevalence; however, less is known about arthritis prevalence or determinants in low to middle income countries (LMICs). We a...
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2017 18:271
Published on: 21 June 2017
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Studies of the epidemiology and outcomes of avascular necrosis (AVN) require accurate case-finding methods. The aim of this study was to evaluate performance characteristics of a claims-based algorithm designe...
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2017 18:268
Published on: 19 June 2017
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To examine the association of radiographic frontal plane knee alignment with three-dimensional foot posture in patients with medial knee osteoarthritis (OA).
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2017 18:246
Published on: 7 June 2017
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Estimates of hip fracture mortality in Eastern Europe are scarce. We aimed to estimate the magnitude and duration of excess mortality after hip fracture in Estonia.
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2017 18:243
Published on: 5 June 2017
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Knee problems are common in children and adolescents. Despite this, little is known about the epidemiology of knee problems in children and adolescents who consult in general practice. The aim of this study wa...
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2017 18:239
Published on: 2 June 2017
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A distal forearm fracture is a very common injury causing both suffering and substantial health care costs. The incidence of this fracture type seemed to increase worldwide until the middle 1980’s, but thereaf...
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2017 18:240
Published on: 2 June 2017
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All published studies of health care utilization in gout have been cross-sectional to date, and most used a patient-reported diagnosis of gout. Our objective was to assess health care utilization and its predi...
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2017 18:233
Published on: 31 May 2017
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Snoring is frequently associated with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Previous studies have shown that bone mineral density was significantly lower in patients with OSA than in controls; however, these studies ...
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2017 18:236
Published on: 31 May 2017
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The pathophysiology of lateral epicondylitis (LE) is unclear. Recent evidence suggests some common musculoskeletal disorders may have a basis in cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors. Thus, we examined CVD...
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2017 18:227
Published on: 30 May 2017
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Generalised Joint Hypermobility (GJH) is a hereditary condition with an ability to exceed the joints beyond the normal range. The prevalence of GJH in the adult population and its impact on upper body musculos...
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2017 18:226
Published on: 30 May 2017
