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  1. Walking, a closed kinetic chain (CKC) activity, is widely used in knee rehabilitation as it allows early weight bearing and movement. It has been suggested that retro-walking may provide additional benefits be...

    Authors: Ahmad Alghadir and Shahnawaz Anwer
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:161
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  2. Humeral fractures are common, but the association between the patho-anatomical fracture pattern and patient characteristics has been inadequately studied and epidemiological knowledge is scarce. Following the ...

    Authors: Carl Bergdahl, Carl Ekholm, David Wennergren, Filip Nilsson and Michael Möller
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:159
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  3. Gaining and maintaining spinal balance after surgery is of great importance for early onset scoliosis (EOS). However, tendency of balance on the coronal plane after growing rod surgery has not been studied bef...

    Authors: Wen-jing Li, Zhi-jian Sun, Shi-gong Guo, Gui-xing Qiu, Jian-guo Zhang, Jian-xiong Shen, Yi-peng Wang, Hong Zhao, Shu-gang Li and Yu Zhao
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:158
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  4. Females have a two-fold risk of developing knee osteoarthritis (OA) as compared to their male counterparts and atypical walking gait biomechanics are also considered a factor in the aetiology of knee OA. Howev...

    Authors: Angkoon Phinyomark, Sean T. Osis, Blayne A. Hettinga, Dylan Kobsar and Reed Ferber
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:157
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  5. Granulicatella and Abiotrophia spp. are difficult to detect due to their complex nutritional requirements. Infections with these organisms are associated with high treatment failure ra...

    Authors: Nora Renz, Fabienne Chevaux, Olivier Borens and Andrej Trampuz
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:156
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  7. Our aim was to examine the association between an expert clinician’s impression of symptomatic meniscal tears and subsequent MRI in the context of middle-aged and older adults with knee pain.

    Authors: Bhushan R. Deshpande, Elena Losina, Savannah R. Smith, Scott D. Martin, R. John Wright and Jeffrey N. Katz
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:154
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  8. The number of hip fractures and resulting post-surgical outcome are a major public health concern and the incidence is expected to increase significantly. The acute recovery phase after hip fracture surgery in...

    Authors: Nick C. Leegwater, Peter A. Nolte, Niels de Korte, Martin J. Heetveld, Kees J. Kalisvaart, Casper P. Schönhuth, Bas Pijnenburg, Bart J. Burger, Kees-Jan Ponsen, Frank W. Bloemers, Andrea B. Maier and Barend J. van Royen
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:153
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  9. Animal models serve as an important tool to understand peri-implant infection. Most of the models use high bacterial loads (>104 colony forming units, CFU) to provide high infection rates. Therefore these animals...

    Authors: Norbert Harrasser, Johannes Gorkotte, Andreas Obermeier, Susanne Feihl, Melanie Straub, Julia Slotta-Huspenina, Ruediger von Eisenhart-Rothe, Walter Moser, Philipp Gruner, Michael de Wild, Hans Gollwitzer and Rainer Burgkart
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:152
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  10. Adjacent fracture of the cemented vertebrae result from crushed fragile trabeculae during follow-up, suggesting impaired bone marrow integrity. This study aimed to determine if anti-osteoporotic therapy can de...

    Authors: Ying-Chou Chen and Wei-Che Lin
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:151
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  11. Recent studies have shown that autophagy was associated with the development of osteoarthritis (OA), the purpose of this research was to determine the exact role of autophagy in OA and investigate effective th...

    Authors: Ni-Tao Cheng, Ai Guo and Hai Meng
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:150
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  12. To ensure adequate function after orthopedic tumor reconstruction, it is important to reattach the remaining soft tissue to the implant. This study aimed at obtaining mechanical properties of textile muscle-im...

    Authors: Stefan Schleifenbaum, Michael Schmidt, Robert Möbius, Thomas Wolfskämpf, Christian Schröder, Ronny Grunert, Niels Hammer and Torsten Prietzel
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:149
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  13. The influence of stem cells and lentiviral expression of basic fibroblastic growth factor (bFGF) on tendon healing and remodelling was investigated in an in-vivo long-term (12 weeks) rat Achilles tendon defect...

    Authors: T. M. Kraus, F. B. Imhoff, J. Reinert, G. Wexel, A. Wolf, D. Hirsch, A. Hofmann, U. Stöckle, S. Buchmann, T. Tischer, A. B. Imhoff, S. Milz, M. Anton and S. Vogt
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:148
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  14. The aim of this study was to assess and present the radiological morphology of the non-ossifying fibroma (NOF), to describe the life span according to the Ritschl-stages in an effort to determine critical stag...

    Authors: Georg W. Herget, David Mauer, Tobias Krauß, Abdelrehim El Tayeh, Markus Uhl, Norbert P. Südkamp and Oliver Hauschild
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:147
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  15. The advent of Internet and World Wide Web has created new perspectives toward interaction between patients and healthcare professionals. Telemonitoring patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an emerging co...

    Authors: Fausto Salaffi, Marina Carotti, Alessandro Ciapetti, Marco Di Carlo, Stefania Gasparini, Sonia Farah and Marwin Gutierrez
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:146
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  16. To evaluate return-to-activity (RtA) after anatomical reconstruction of acute high-grade acromioclavicular joint (ACJ) separation.

    Authors: T. Saier, J. E. Plath, K. Beitzel, P. Minzlaff, J. M. Feucht, S. Reuter, F. Martetschläger, Andreas B. Imhoff, M. Aboalata and S. Braun
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:145
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  17. Recent advances in imaging modalities have enabled three-dimensional preoperative simulation. A four-dimensional preoperative simulation system would be useful for debridement arthroplasty of primary degenerat...

    Authors: Michiro Yamamoto, Yukimi Murakami, Katsuyuki Iwatsuki, Shigeru Kurimoto and Hitoshi Hirata
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:144
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  18. Sensory discrimination training (SDT) for people with chronic low back pain (CLBP) is a novel approach based on theories of the cortical reorganization of the neural system. SDT aims to reverse cortical reorga...

    Authors: Samuel Kälin, Anne-Kathrin Rausch-Osthoff and Christoph Michael Bauer
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:143
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  19. Low knee awareness after Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA) has become the ultimate goal in trying to achieve a natural feeling knee that meet patient expectations. To accommodate this manufacturers of TKAs have de...

    Authors: Morten G. Thomsen, Roshan Latifi, Thomas Kallemose, Henrik Husted and Anders Troelsen
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:141
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  20. The influence on the treatment response in patients with low back pain (LBP) and neck pain (NP) is unknown. The aim of the study was to investigate the influence of body weight in patients with low back pain (...

    Authors: Maria M. Wertli, Ulrike Held, Marco Campello and Shira Schecter Weiner
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:140
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  21. Independence in performing activities of daily living (ADLs) is a central aspect of functioning. Older adults frequently experience impairments and limitations in functioning in various life areas. The aim of ...

    Authors: Tanja Alexandra Stamm, Karin Pieber, Richard Crevenna and Thomas Ernst Dorner
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:139
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  22. The use of a prefabricated spacer in two-stage revision arthroplasty remains one of the few surgery strategies for infected-joint arthroplasty treatment, despite the many unidentified microorganisms in the inf...

    Authors: Przemysław Bereza, Alicja Ekiel, Aleksandra Auguściak-Duma, Małgorzata Aptekorz, Iwona Wilk, Damian Kusz, Piotr Wojciechowski, Aleksander L. Sieroń and Gayane Martirosian
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:138
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  23. Although ankle fracture surgery can affect glycemic control by either trauma-induced stress or a postoperative decrease in physical activity, there is little evidence on this issue. This study aimed to evaluat...

    Authors: Seung Yeol Lee, Moon Seok Park, Soon-Sun Kwon, Ki Hyuk Sung, Hyun Soo Jung and Kyoung Min Lee
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:137
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  24. Femoral neck fractures in the elderly make up a large proportion of Orthopaedic surgical admissions each year. Operating on patients with clopidogrel poses a challenge because of the risk of bleeding and the d...

    Authors: Christopher G. K. M. Soo, Paul K. Della Torre, Tristan J. Yolland and Michael A. Shatwell
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:136
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  25. Clinical guidelines recommend research on sub-groups of patients with low back pain (LBP) but, to date, only few studies have been published. One sub-group of LBP is movement control impairment (MCI) and clini...

    Authors: Vesa Lehtola, Hannu Luomajoki, Ville Leinonen, Sean Gibbons and Olavi Airaksinen
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:135
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  26. Although minimally invasive posterior spine implant systems have been introduced, clinical studies reported on reduced quality of spinal column realignment due to correction loss. The aim of this study was to ...

    Authors: D. Kubosch, E. J. Kubosch, B. Gueorguiev, I. Zderic, M. Windolf, K. Izadpanah, N. P. Südkamp and P. C. Strohm
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:134
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  27. The maintenance of nucleus pulposus (NP) viability in vitro is difficult. The annulus fibrosus (AF) pathway reflects one nutrient transport channel and may have an important effect on NP viability in disc orga...

    Authors: Pei Li, Rongmao Shi, Daosen Chen, Yibo Gan, Yuan Xu, Lei Song, Songtao Li and Qiang Zhou
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:133
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  28. The mechanism for hip pain has been unclear because of a lack of experimental animal models. We aimed to establish an intra-articular injection technique to the rat hip and to document the effect of intra-arti...

    Authors: Shuichi Miyamoto, Junichi Nakamura, Seiji Ohtori, Sumihisa Orita, Takanori Omae, Takayuki Nakajima, Takane Suzuki and Kazuhisa Takahashi
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:132
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  29. Although acetabulum orientation is well established anatomically and radiographically, its relation to the innominate bone has rarely been addressed. If explored, it could open the discussion on patomechanisms...

    Authors: Bartosz Musielak, Marek Jóźwiak, Michał Rychlik, Brian Po-Jung Chen, Maciej Idzior and Andrzej Grzegorzewski
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:131
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  30. Bizarre parosteal osteochondromatous proliferation (BPOP), first described by Nora et al. in 1983 and therefore termed “Nora’s lesion”, is a rare lesion that occurs in the short bones of the hands and feet and...

    Authors: Yuichiro Matsui, Tadanao Funakoshi, Hideyuki Kobayashi, Tomoko Mitsuhashi, Tamotsu Kamishima and Norimasa Iwasaki
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:130
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  31. Self-management of inflammatory arthritis (IA) requires patients to address the impact of symptoms, treatment, and the psychosocial consequences of a long term condition. There are several possible mechanisms ...

    Authors: Emma Dures, Sarah Hewlett, Nicholas Ambler, Remona Jenkins, Joyce Clarke and Rachael Gooberman-Hill
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:129
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  33. We evaluated effects of botulinum toxin A (Botox) and cast immobilization on tendon healing in a rat model. Injection of Botox into rat supraspinatus was hypothesized to reduce muscle active force and improved...

    Authors: Mohit N. Gilotra, Michael J. Shorofsky, Jason A. Stein and Anand M. Murthi
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:127
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  34. Facet joints play a significant role in providing stability to the spine and they have been associated with low back pain symptoms and other spinal disorders. The influence of a follower load on biomechanics o...

    Authors: Cheng-Fei Du, Nan Yang, Jun-Chao Guo, Yun-Peng Huang and Chunqiu Zhang
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:126
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  35. Better understanding of three-dimensional (3D) morphology of the pelvis at the area of inferior border of the arcuate line is very important, which could guide the surgeons to treat pelvic and acetabular fract...

    Authors: Chun Bi, Xiaoxi Ji, Fang Wang, Dongmei Wang and Qiugen Wang
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:125
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  36. Immediate early genes (IEGs) encode transcription factors which serve as first line response modules to altered conditions and mediate appropriate cell responses. The immediate early response gene EGR1 is invo...

    Authors: Guus G. H. van den Akker, Don A. M. Surtel, Andy Cremers, Martijn F. G. A. Hoes, Marjolein M. Caron, Stephen M. Richardson, Ricardo Rodrigues-Pinto, Lodewijk W. van Rhijn, Judith A. Hoyland, Tim J. M. Welting and Jan Willem Voncken
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:124
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  37. Of all the most frequent soft tissue disorders of the shoulder, idiopathic frozen shoulder (IFS) offers the greatest potential for studying proprioception. Studies concerning the presence of proprioception dys...

    Authors: Jaroslaw Fabis, Remigiusz Rzepka, Anna Fabis, Jacek Zwierzchowski, Grzegorz Kubiak, Arkadiusz Stanula, Michal Polguj and Radek Maciej
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:123
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  38. Pain is an indication for total hip arthroplasty (THA) and it should be resolved post-surgery. Because patients’ pain is typically treated pharmacologically we tested whether opioid use can be used as a surrog...

    Authors: Maria C. S. Inacio, Nicole L. Pratt, Elizabeth E. Roughead, Elizabeth W. Paxton and Stephen E. Graves
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:122
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  39. Intervertebral motion impairment is widely thought to be related to chronic back disability, however, the movements of inter-vertebral pairs are not independent of each other and motion may also be related to ...

    Authors: Alister du Rose and Alan Breen
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:121
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  40. Symptomatic extensor tendon irritation is a frequent complication in volar plate osteosynthesis of distal radius fractures. It is typically caused by dorsal screw protrusion and overdrilling of the dorsal cort...

    Authors: Alexaner Synek, Lars Borgmann, Hannes Traxler, Wolfgang Huf, Ekkehard Euler, Yan Chevalier and Sebastian F. Baumbach
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:120
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  41. Operative treatment is the standard for severely displaced proximal humerus fractures, but functional impairment can persist. Retaining of the implant can be a reason and in other fracture situations has prove...

    Authors: Yves P. Acklin, Christian Michelitsch and Christoph Sommer
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:119
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  43. Focal cartilage injuries in the knee might have devastating effect due to the predisposition of early onset osteoarthritis. Various surgical treatment options are available, however no statistically significan...

    Authors: Per-Henrik Randsborg, Jan Brinchmann, Sverre Løken, Heidi Andreassen Hanvold, Tommy Frøseth Aae and Asbjørn Årøen
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:117
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  44. Chronic Achilles tendon tears could hinder patients and represent a challenge to surgeons. Although many different surgical techniques have been proposed for reconstruction of a neglected Achilles tendon ruptu...

    Authors: Rafael Arriaza, Raquel Gayoso, Emilio López-Vidriero, Jesús Aizpurúa and Carlos Agrasar
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:116
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  45. The purpose of this study was to assess the reliability and construct validity of the Spanish version of the 6-item carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) symptoms scale (CTS-6).

    Authors: Roberto S. Rosales, Yolanda Martin-Hidalgo, Luis Reboso-Morales and Isam Atroshi
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:115
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  46. Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) has been used to assess subjects’ prognosis and recovery following hip fracture. However, evidence is mixed regarding the effectiveness of interventions to improve HRQoL ...

    Authors: Ming-Yueh Tseng, Jersey Liang, Yea-Ing L Shyu, Chi-Chuan Wu, Huey-Shinn Cheng, Ching-Yen Chen and Shu-Fang Yang
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:114
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  47. Knee arthroplasty is being increasingly performed, and also more often in a younger patient population (<65 years of age). Up to 20 % of patients remain dissatisfied after knee arthroplasty, despite the appare...

    Authors: Suzanne Witjes, Alexander Hoorntje, P. Paul F. M. Kuijer, Koen L. M. Koenraadt, Leendert Blankevoort, Gino M. M. J. Kerkhoffs and Rutger C. I. van Geenen
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:113
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  48. Real-life registry data reveal approximately one-third of patients taking biologic agents use them as monotherapy, in spite that combination therapy with Disease Modifying Drugs is more efficacious than monoth...

    Authors: Erika Catay, Maximiliano Bravo, Javier Rosa and Enrique R. Soriano
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:110
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  49. Lethal multiple pterygium syndrome (LMPS, OMIM 253290), is a fatal disorder associated with anomalies of the skin, muscles and skeleton. It is characterised by prenatal growth failure with pterygium present in...

    Authors: Ariana Kariminejad, Siavash Ghaderi-Sohi, Hamid Hossein-Nejad Nedai, Vahid Varasteh, Ali-Reza Moslemi and Homa Tajsharghi
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:109
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  50. Low-molecular-weight heparins (e.g. Enoxaparin) are widely used to prevent venous thromboembolism after orthopaedic surgery, but there are reports about serious side effects including reduction in bone density...

    Authors: Hakan Pilge, Julia Fröbel, Silvia J. Mrotzek, Johannes C. Fischer, Peter M. Prodinger, Christoph Zilkens, Bernd Bittersohl and Rüdiger Krauspe
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:108
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