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  1. When people first experience symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) they often delay seeking medical attention resulting in delayed diagnosis and treatment. This research assesses behaviours people might engage...

    Authors: Gwenda Simons, Sophie Lumley, Marie Falahee, Kanta Kumar, Christian D. Mallen, Rebecca J. Stack and Karim Raza
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2017 18:258
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  2. One of the currently used surgical techniques in isolated type II SLAP lesions is arthroscopic SLAP repair. Postoperatively, patients tend to suffer from a prolonged period of pain and are restricted in their ...

    Authors: Sandra Boesmueller, Thomas M. Tiefenboeck, Marcus Hofbauer, Adam Bukaty, Gerhard Oberleitner, Wolfgang Huf and Christian Fialka
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2017 18:257
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  3. Cement spacers (Masquelet technique) have traditionally been used for the treatment of segmental bone defects. However, no reports have used cement spacers for the treatment of small/partial segmental bone def...

    Authors: Xu-sheng Qiu, Yi-xin Chen, Xiao-yang Qi, Hong-fei Shi, Jun-fei Wang and Jin Xiong
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2017 18:256
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  4. Two-stage reimplantation arthroplasty is one of the standard treatments for chronic periprosthetic joint infection (PJI). Scanty data exist regarding the risk factors for failure after two-stage reimplantation...

    Authors: Shun-Wun Jhan, Yu-Der Lu, Mel S. Lee, Chen-Hsiang Lee, Jun-Wen Wang and Feng-Chih Kuo
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2017 18:255
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  5. Recent findings support a connection between mitochondrial dysfunction and activation of inflammatory pathways in articular cells. This study investigates in vivo in an acute model whether intra-articular admi...

    Authors: Carlos Vaamonde-García, Jesús Loureiro, Marta N. Valcárcel-Ares, Romina R. Riveiro-Naveira, Olalla Ramil-Gómez, Laura Hermida-Carballo, Alberto Centeno, Rosa Meijide-Failde, Francisco J. Blanco and María J. López-Armada
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2017 18:254
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  6. Heightened local inflammation due to muscle trauma or disease is associated with impaired bone regeneration.

    Authors: Brady J. Hurtgen, Beth E. P. Henderson, Catherine L. Ward, Stephen M. Goldman, Koyal Garg, Todd O. McKinley, Sarah M. Greising, Joseph C. Wenke and Benjamin T. Corona
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2017 18:253
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  7. Rotational alignment of the tibial component is important for long-term success of total knee arthroplasty (TKA). This study aimed to compare five axes in normal and osteoarthritic (OA) knees to determine a re...

    Authors: Joong Il Kim, Jak Jang, Ki Woong Lee, Hyuk Soo Han, Sahnghoon Lee and Myung Chul Lee
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2017 18:252
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  8. The ability to correctly classify fractures is of importance for choosing the appropriate treatment and for providing appropriate data for research and quality registers. In the Swedish Fracture Register (SFR)...

    Authors: David Wennergren, Stina Stjernström, Michael Möller, Mikael Sundfeldt and Carl Ekholm
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2017 18:251
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  9. To prevent bone loss in hip arthroplasty, several short stem systems have been developed, including the Mayo conservative hip system. While there is a plethora of data confirming inherent advantages of these s...

    Authors: Jörg Arnholdt, Fabian Gilbert, Marc Blank, Jannis Papazoglou, Maximilian Rudert, Ulrich Nöth and Andre F. Steinert
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2017 18:250
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  10. Authors: Lisa Johansson, Nils P. Hailer and Hans Rahme
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2017 18:249
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    The original article was published in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2017 18:203

  11. The Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder, and Hand questionnaire (DASH) is a valid and reliable patient-reported outcome measure (PROM). It was designed to measure physical disability and symptoms in patients wit...

    Authors: Tarjei Rysstad, Yngve Røe, Benjamin Haldorsen, Ida Svege and Liv Inger Strand
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2017 18:248
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  12. Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) is being increasingly used to treat postoperative infections after osteosynthetic fracture fixation. The aim of the present study was to analyze the influence of epidemio...

    Authors: Kaywan Izadpanah, Stephanie Hansen, Julia Six-Merker, Peter Helwig, Norbert P Südkamp and Hagen Schmal
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2017 18:247
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  15. Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging plays an important role in the evaluation of bacterial and tuberculous spondylodiscitis and associated complications. Owing to its high sensitivity and specificity, it is a powe...

    Authors: Yogesh Kumar, Nishant Gupta, Avneesh Chhabra, Takeshi Fukuda, Neetu Soni and Daichi Hayashi
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2017 18:244
    Content type: Review Published on:

  16. 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.

    Authors: Mikk Jürisson, Mait Raag, Riina Kallikorm, Margus Lember and Anneli Uusküla
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2017 18:243
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    The Erratum to this article has been published in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2017 18:366

  17. Eliminating the symptoms during treatment of intervertebral disc degeneration (IVDD) is only a temporary solution that does not cure the underlying cause. A biological method to treat this disorder may be poss...

    Authors: Xiao-Chuan Li, Yong Tang, Jian-Hong Wu, Pu-Shan Yang, De-Li Wang and Di-Ke Ruan
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2017 18:242
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  18. The application of laminar screws is an alternative fixation for the first thoracic vertebra (T1). This paper is to determine the anatomical characteristics for adequate laminar screw fixation, and present a m...

    Authors: Xiao-Bo Wang, Xin Zheng, Hou-Qing Long, Wen-Li Chen, Xing Cheng, Yang-Liang Huang and Jing-Hui Xu
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2017 18:241
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  19. 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...

    Authors: Daniel Jerrhag, Martin Englund, Magnus K. Karlsson and Bjorn E. Rosengren
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2017 18:240
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  20. 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...

    Authors: Zoe A. Michaleff, Paul Campbell, Joanne Protheroe, Amit Rajani and Kate M. Dunn
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2017 18:239
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  22. Commercially available flexible reamer and curved guide systems allow a certain degree of control over intra-articular tunnel orientation, therefore allows a wide range of intra-osseous femoral tunnel orientat...

    Authors: Joon Ho Wang, Do Kyung Lee, Sung Taek Chung and Byung Hoon Lee
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2017 18:237
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  23. 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 ...

    Authors: Soo Beom Choi, Il Suk Lyu, Wanhyung Lee and Deok Won Kim
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2017 18:236
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  24. Leptin plays an important role in mediating chondrogenesis of limb growth plate. Previous studies suggest that bone structures and development of spine and limb are different. The expression of Ob-Rb, the gene...

    Authors: Bo Yu, Kaibiao Jiang, Bin Chen, Hantao Wang, Xinfeng Li and Zude Liu
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2017 18:235
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  25. Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) demonstrate reduced aerobic capacity, excess cardiovascular risk, mobility limitations and are less physically active than their healthy peers. Physical activity may dec...

    Authors: Thomas Quinn, Michelle Frits BS, Johan von Heideken, Christine Iannaccone, Nancy A. Shadick, Michael Weinblatt and Maura D. Iversen
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2017 18:234
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  26. 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...

    Authors: Jasvinder A. Singh, Aseem Bharat, Dinesh Khanna, Cleopatra Aquino-Beaton, Jay E. Persselin, Erin Duffy, David Elashoff and Puja P. Khanna
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2017 18:233
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  27. Low back pain (LBP) is the most common reported musculoskeletal disorder, with large prevalence numbers and high costs. Focus on early identification of patients at risk of developing chronic LBP has increased...

    Authors: Hilde Stendal Robinson and Hanne Dagfinrud
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2017 18:232
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  29. Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a chronic connective-tissue disease responsible for reduced life expectancy, disability and a decreased quality of life. In order to optimize patients-physicians relationship and ca...

    Authors: Luc Mouthon, Sophie Alami, Anne-Sophie Boisard, Benjamin Chaigne, Eric Hachulla and Serge Poiraudeau
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2017 18:230
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  30. The foremost concern of a surgeon during pedicle screw fixation is safety. Assistive modalities, especially intraoperative electromyographic monitoring (EMG) can function as an essential tool to recognize scre...

    Authors: Arun-Kumar Kaliya-Perumal, Jiun-Ran Charng, Chi-Chien Niu, Tsung-Ting Tsai, Po-Liang Lai, Lih-Huei Chen and Wen-Jer Chen
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2017 18:229
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  31. Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is characterised by immune-mediated arthritis and osteoproliferation, ultimately leading to joint ankylosis. Whether inflammation is necessary for osteoproliferation is controversia...

    Authors: Hsu-Wen Tseng, Tibor T. Glant, Matthew A. Brown, Tony J. Kenna, Gethin P. Thomas and Allison R. Pettit
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2017 18:228
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  32. 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...

    Authors: Kurt T. Hegmann, Matthew S. Thiese, Jay Kapellusch, Andrew Merryweather, Stephen Bao, Barbara Silverstein, Eric M. Wood, Richard Kendall, James Foster, David L. Drury and Arun Garg
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2017 18:227
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  33. 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...

    Authors: Birgit Juul-Kristensen, Lasse Østengaard, Sebrina Hansen, Eleanor Boyle, Tina Junge and Lise Hestbaek
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2017 18:226
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  34. No studies of Health Coach Interventions for knee OA sufferers that include patients’ perspectives have been published. The study assesses current clinical practice and primary care professionals’ advice from ...

    Authors: Victoria Carmona-Terés, Jenny Moix-Queraltó, Enriqueta Pujol-Ribera, Iris Lumillo-Gutiérrez, Xavier Mas, Enrique Batlle-Gualda, Milena Gobbo-Montoya, Lina Jodar-Fernández and Anna Berenguera
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2017 18:225
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  35. Arthritis gloves are regularly provided as part of the management of people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and undifferentiated (early) inflammatory arthritis (IA). Usually made of nylon and elastane (i.e. Lycra®

    Authors: Yeliz Prior, Chris Sutton, Sarah Cotterill, Jo Adams, Elizabeth Camacho, Nazina Arafin, Jill Firth, Terence O’Neill, Yvonne Hough, Wendy Jones and Alison Hammond
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2017 18:224
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  36. This randomized, double-blind, multi-center, non-inferiority trial was conducted to assess the efficacy and safety of a cross-linked hyaluronate (XLHA, single injection form) compared with a linear high molecu...

    Authors: Chul-Won Ha, Yong-Beom Park, Chong-Hyuk Choi, Hee-Soo Kyung, Ju-Hong Lee, Jae Doo Yoo, Ju-Hyung Yoo, Choong-Hyeok Choi, Chang-Wan Kim, Hee-Chun Kim, Kwang-Jun Oh, Seong-Il Bin and Myung Chul Lee
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2017 18:223
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  37. Viscosupplementation is a symptomatic treatment of the knee osteoarthritis based on the intra-articular injection of hyaluronic acid (IAHA). Although many studies have investigated its effect on symptoms, few ...

    Authors: Yves Henrotin, Francis Berenbaum, Xavier Chevalier, Marc Marty, Pascal Richette and François Rannou
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2017 18:222
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  38. Rheumatoid Factors (RF) are antibodies directed against the Fc portion of IgG and are involved in clearance of immune complexes. While RF can develop in a wide range of conditions, higher RF levels indicate a ...

    Authors: Johannes Nossent, Warren Raymond, Mark Divitini and Matthew Knuiman
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2017 18:221
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  39. Several studies have explored cervical kyphosis (CK) in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) patients. However, few studies have evaluated the cervical alignment in these patients according to their coronal c...

    Authors: Ce Zhu, Xi Yang, Bangjian Zhou, Lei Wang, Chunguang Zhou, Tingxian Ling, Limin Liu and Yueming Song
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2017 18:220
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  40. Musculoskeletal disorders of the lower extremities are commonly affected by chronicity and disability. One of the most commonly affected areas is the ankle. Epidemiological information is limited for chronic m...

    Authors: Ishanka Weerasekara and Claire E. Hiller
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2017 18:219
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  41. A body of evidence demonstrating changes to the glutaminergic system in tendinopathy has recently emerged. This hypothesis was further tested by studying the effects of glutamate on the tenocyte phenotype, and...

    Authors: Christoph Spang, Ludvig J. Backman, Sandrine Le Roux, Jialin Chen and Patrik Danielson
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2017 18:218
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  42. Femoral component rotation (FCR) is one of the most important factors in total knee arthroplasty. In this prospective study, we used three different techniques for FCR and analyzed their accuracy with postoper...

    Authors: Joon Kyu Lee, Sahnghoon Lee, Sae Hyung Chun, Ki Tae Kim and Myung Chul Lee
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2017 18:217
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  43. Low back pain (LBP) is a common problem that can contribute to motor dysfunction. Previous studies reporting the changes in kinematic characteristics caused by LBP present conflicting results. This study aimed...

    Authors: Shengzheng Kuai, Wenyu Zhou, Zhenhua Liao, Run Ji, Daiqi Guo, Rui Zhang and Weiqiang Liu
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2017 18:216
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  44. Transforaminal epidural injections with steroids (TESI) are used increasingly for patients with sciatica. However there is much debate about their safety and effectiveness. It is important to identify patients...

    Authors: Bastiaan C. ter Meulen, Esther T. Maas, Amrita Vyas, Marinus van der Vegt, Koo de Priester, Michiel R. de Boer, Maurits W. van Tulder, Henry C. Weinstein and Raymond W. J. G. Ostelo
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2017 18:215
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    The Update to this article has been published in Trials 2021 22:80

  45. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients carry a high risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. The excess of cardiovascular disease cannot be entirely explained by traditional risk factors and the immune syst...

    Authors: Francesca Romana Spinelli, Arbi Pecani, Francesco Ciciarello, Tania Colasanti, Manuela Di Franco, Francesca Miranda, Fabrizio Conti, Guido Valesini and Cristiano Alessandri
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2017 18:214
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    The Erratum to this article has been published in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2017 18:263

  46. The purpose of this study was to examine biomechanical properties and the degree of radiolucency of two cemented basic glenoid designs for total shoulder arthroplasty. Our hypothesis was that a component with ...

    Authors: Andreas Voss, Knut Beitzel, Elifho Obopilwe, Stefan Buchmann, John Apostolakos, Jessica Di Venere, Michael Nowak, Mark P. Cote, Anthony A. Romeo and Augustus D. Mazzocca
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2017 18:213
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  47. Many patients who undergo anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstructive surgery develop post-traumatic osteoarthritis (PTOA). ACL reconstructive surgery may not fully restore pre-injury joint biomechanics, t...

    Authors: B. J. Heard, J. E. Beveridge, M. Atarod, E. J. O’Brien, C. Rolian, C. B. Frank, D. A. Hart and N. G. Shrive
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2017 18:212
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  48. Recent studies showed that preoperative deep vein thrombosis (DVT) was common after hip fracture (HF), and preoperative DVT screening has been recommended for preventing the fatal DVT-related complications, es...

    Authors: Kitchai Luksameearunothai, Paphon Sa-ngasoongsong, Noratep Kulachote, Sorawut Thamyongkit, Praman Fuangfa, Pongsthorn Chanplakorn, Patarawan Woratanarat and Chanyut Suphachatwong
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2017 18:208
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  49. To identify best practices and quality improvement initiatives, we aimed to assess whether the incidence of Periprosthetic Joint Infection (PJI) and treatment strategies differed across patients treated in Aus...

    Authors: Perla J. Marang-van de Mheen, Ellie Bragan Turner, Susan Liew, Nora Mutalima, Ton Tran, Sten Rasmussen, Rob G. H. H. Nelissen and Andrew Gordon
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2017 18:207
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  50. The aim of this study was to compare the functional outcomes and complication rates after distal femoral replacement (DFR) performed with the modular Munich-Luebeck (MML) modular prosthesis (ESKA/Orthodynamics...

    Authors: Andreas Toepfer, Norbert Harrasser, Paul-Ruben Schwarz, Florian Pohlig, Ulrich Lenze, Heinrich M. L. Mühlhofer, Ludger Gerdesmeyer, Ruediger von Eisenhart-Rothe and Christian Suren
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2017 18:206
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