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  1. Osteoarthritis (OA) is a chronic degenerative joint disorder for which there is no known cure. Non-surgical management for people with mild-to-moderate hip OA focuses mainly on alleviating pain and maximising ...

    Authors: Thomas W Wainwright, Erika P Parkinson, Tikki Immins, Sharon Docherty, Elizabeth Goodwin, Annie Hawton, Matthew Low, Joanna Samways, Tim Rees, Geoff Saunders and Robert G Middleton
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:344
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  2. After total knee arthroplasty, 10–30% of patients still complain about knee pain, even after exact positioning of the components. Altered knee kinematics are crucial in this regard.

    Authors: Andrea Lorenz, Alexander Winter, Moritz Mederake, Clemens Freidhager, Ulf Krister Hofmann and Ulf Gunther Leichtle
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:341
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  3. There is no patient-reported functional scale specific for osteochondral lesion of the ankle (OCLA). Therefore, the objectives of this study were to develop a questionnaire that measures symptom severity, func...

    Authors: Heinz Lohrer, Stephanie Wagner, Markus Wenning, Jan Kühle, Hagen Schmal and Albert Gollhofer
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:340
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  4. Lumbosacral canal stenosis is known as the most common cause of back surgery with several complications. Selecting a minimally invasive treatment with high efficacy in such patients is necessary. This study wa...

    Authors: Seyed Mansoor Rayegani, Vahid Soltani, Mohsen Cheraghi, Mohammad Reza Omid Zohor, Arash Babaei-Ghazani and Seyed Ahmad Raeissadat
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:339
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  5. Femoral neck fractures are associated with substantial morbidity and mortality for older adults. Multi-system medical diseases and complications can lead to long-term care needs, functional decline and death, ...

    Authors: Weiming Liang, Gang Qin, Lizhi Yu and Yingying Wang
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:338
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  6. National and international clinical practice guidelines have stratified the value of osteoarthritis (OA) interventions. Interventions with strong evidence supporting effectiveness and benefit are ‘high value c...

    Authors: Kathryn Mills, Anne-Marie Brewster, Danella Hackett, Chris Cheung, Michael Solomon and Justine Naylor
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:337
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  7. Lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) is a prevalent and disabling cause of low back and leg pain in elderly people and nerve root sedimentation sign (NRSS) has been demonstrated to have high sensitivity and specificit...

    Authors: Guizhen Qian, Yanshuang Wang, Jiarong Huang, Dehua Wang and Chongchang Miao
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:336
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  8. Lumbar herniated disc (HNP) is mainly treated by conservative management. Epidural steroid injection (ESI) has been an option to treat failed cases prior to surgery. Triamcinolone has been widely used due to i...

    Authors: Asarn Wongjarupong, Saran Pairuchvej, Panyajarn Laohapornsvan, Vit Kotheeranurak, Khanathip Jitpakdee, Chunrutai Yeekian and Pongsthorn Chanplakorn
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:335
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  9. Emerging adults (aged 18–29) report high levels of musculoskeletal pain; however, it is unknown if body location and intensity patterns are related to different biopsychosocial characteristics. This study iden...

    Authors: Kaitlin M. Gallagher, Erin K. Howie and Makayla Carney
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:334
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  10. This study aimed to develop and externally validate prediction models of spinal surgery outcomes based on a retrospective review of a prospective clinical database, uniquely comparing multivariate regression a...

    Authors: Monika Halicka, Martin Wilby, Rui Duarte and Christopher Brown
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:333
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  11. Robot-assisted total knee arthroplasty (r-TKA) can reportedly achieve more accurate implant positioning than conventional total knee arthroplasty (c-TKA), although its learning curve is controversial. Moreover...

    Authors: Ho Jung Jung, Min Wook Kang, Jong Hwa Lee and Joong Il Kim
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:332
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  12. Sarcopenia is defined as an age-related progressive and systemic loss of muscle mass and function. World Health Organization (WHO) definition of health-related quality of life (QoL) states that health is consi...

    Authors: Zoltán Pap, Irina Kalabiska, Ádám Balogh and Harjit Pal Bhattoa
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:331
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  13. Rotator cuff tear (RCT) is one of the main causes of shoulder pain and dysfunction. Rotator cuff repair (RCR) is a common surgical procedure for the management of RCTs. Presence of myofascial trigger points (M...

    Authors: Faeze Naseri, Mehdi Dadgoo, Mohammadreza Pourahmadi, Morteza Nakhaei Amroodi, Shirin Azizi, Pouria Tabrizian and Ali Amiri
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:330
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  14. Despite current best practices, pressure injuries (PI) remain a devastating and prevalent hospital-acquired complication for patients with acute traumatic spinal cord injuries (SCIs). This study examined assoc...

    Authors: Phumeena Balasuberamaniam, Abeer Wasim, Mopina Shrikumar, Tan Chen, Tracey Anthony, Andrea Phillips, Avery Nathens, Martin Chapman, Eric Crawford, Carolyn E. Schwartz and Joel Finkelstein
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:329
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  15. One of the current choices of treatment for Trapeziometacarpal (TMC) joint arthritis is trapeziectomy with ligament reconstruction and tendon interposition arthroplasty. The Ceruso’s technique consists of comp...

    Authors: Marco Passiatore, Giuseppe Taccardo, Vitale Cilli, Giuseppe Rovere, Francesco Liuzza, Lucia Pannuto and Rocco De Vitis
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:328
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  16. To analyze evolution and factors related with greater gains in Health Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) and with a greater probability of exceed their corresponding minimal clinically important differences (MCID...

    Authors: Marta González-Sáenz-de-Tejada, Jose M. Quintana, Juan C. Arenaza, Jesús R. Azcarate-Garitano, Pedro M. Esnaola-Guisasola, Isidoro García-Sánchez, Alejandro Baguer-Antonio and Amaia Bilbao-González
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:327
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  17. The infrapatellar fat pad (IFP) may have bilateral influence on knee osteoarthritis (KOA). IFP evaluation may be a key contributor to the diagnostic and clinical management of KOA. Few studies have evaluated K...

    Authors: Qin Ye, Dong He, Xiaonan Ding, Yajie Wang, Yuguo Wei and Jing Liu
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:326
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  18. To explore the mechanism of the healing of tendon tissue and anti-adhesion, and to discuss the role of the transforming growth factor-β3 (TGF-β3)/cAMP response element binding protein-1 (CREB-1) signaling path...

    Authors: Li-Ming Wu, Yun-Jiao Wang, Shuai-Feng Li, Jing-Kun Wang, Jun Liu, Chao-Chao Fan and Yan Xiong
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:325
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  19. The association of cognition with hand grip and pinch strength has been well-recognized in older adults. The authors sought to explore: (1) associations among forward head posture (FHP), cognition, and hand gr...

    Authors: Halil Ibrahim Celik, Banu Unver, Eda Akbas and Emin Ulas Erdem
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:324
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  20. Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic inflammatory disease involving the sacroiliac joint and axial spine. AS may render the ankylosed spine prone to trauma and cause an increased frequency of associated ep...

    Authors: Dae Kyun Kim and Seok Won Kim
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:323
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  21. Mechanically aligned total knee arthroplasty (MATKA) is a well-established procedure. Kinematically aligned TKA (KATKA) has been proposed to restore and preserve pre-arthritic knee anatomy. However, normal kn...

    Authors: Takanori Miura, Tsuneari Takahashi, Jun Watanabe, Yuki Kataoka, Ryusuke Ae, Hidetomo Saito, Katsushi Takeshita and Naohisa Miyakoshi
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:322
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  22. Volumetric muscle loss overwhelms skeletal muscle’s ordinarily capable regenerative machinery, resulting in severe functional deficits that have defied clinical repair strategies. In this manuscript we pair th...

    Authors: Kevin Roberts, John Taehwan Kim, Tai Huynh, Jacob Schluns, Grady Dunlap, Jamie Hestekin and Jeffrey C Wolchok
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:321
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  23. Acute low energy pubic rami fractures in the elderly receive primarily conservative treatment. There is debate to what extent posterior ring involvement, which is detected superiorly by CT compared to X-ray, h...

    Authors: Guy Putzeys, Thomas Dekeyser, Patrick Garré, Tim Chesser and Hans Pottel
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:320
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  24. To investigate whether the application of a curved rasp on the femoral side is effective in reducing the incidence of stem malalignment in total hip replacement with direct anterior approach (DAA-THA), followe...

    Authors: Bei Lin, Yiping Lan, Zhiming Lu, Shiwei Xie, Feitai Lin, Yan Weng, Eryou Feng and Jinhua Chen
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:319
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  25. Intraoperative cell salvage (ICS) is an important component of blood management in patients undergoing orthopedic surgery. However, the role of ICS is less well defined in total hip arthroplasty (THA) with sub...

    Authors: Enze Zhao, Xiaoyan Zhu, Kai Zhou, Zunhan Liu, Hanpeng Lu, Jiali Chen and Zongke Zhou
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:318
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  26. We aimed to compare the effects of peripherally inserted central catheters (PICC) and implantable venous access devices (TIVADs) in terms of complications and shoulder function in patients with malignant bone ...

    Authors: Jing Shan, Sumei Lv, Haihong Li, Donglai Wang, Xiaoyu Zhang and Wei Liu
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:317
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  27. In patients with axial spondyloarthritis, vertebral fracture risk is elevated and not always correlated with bone mineral density (BMD). Trabecular bone score (TBS) may offer some advantages in the assessment ...

    Authors: Elia Valls-Pascual, Ana Victoria Orenes-Vera, Ana Sendra-García, Àngels Martínez-Ferrer, Lydia Montolío-Chiva, Ignacio Vázquez-Gómez, Eduardo Flores-Fernández, Desamparados Ybáñez-García, María Vega-Martínez, Luis García-Ferrer, Magdalena Graells-Ferrer and Juan José Alegre-Sancho
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:316
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  28. Persistent pain and reduced mobility and dexterity are the typical characteristics of Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs). We aimed to determine the prevalence of back and joint pain, back, and joint stiffness, a...

    Authors: Farid Najafi, Mitra Darbandi, Sepideh Kazemi Neya, Masoud Tokazebani Belasi, Neda Izadi, Yahya Pasdar and Akbar Barzegar
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:315
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  29. This study aimed to determine the feasibility of ultrasonography in the assessment of cervical vertebral artery (VA) injury as an alternative to computed tomography angiography (CTA) in the emergency room.

    Authors: Yuyu Ishimoto, Hiroshi Iwasaki, Mayumi Sonekatsu, Shizumasa Murata, Takuhei Kozaki, Hiroshi Hashizume, Shunji Tsutsui, Masanari Takami, Keiji Nagata, Kazuhiro Hira, Seiya Kato and Hiroshi Yamada
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:314
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  30. Multiple surgical interventions exist for the treatment of symptomatic knee osteoarthritis, but the surgeon and patient may often have difficulty deciding which interventions are the best option.

    Authors: Geng Bin, Liu Jinmin, Tian Cong, Tang Yuchen, Zhang Xiaohui and Xia Yayi
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:313
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  32. Femoral head fractures are rare injuries often associated with poor functional outcomes and complications. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the incidence, treatment methods and approaches, complicatio...

    Authors: Sujan Shakya, Jialei Chen, Jiachen Sun and Zhou Xiang
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:311
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  33. Lower back pain is a common issue, but little is known about the prevalence of pain in patients with liver cirrhosis during hospitalisation. Therefore, the objective of this study was to determine lower back p...

    Authors: R. Bednár, D. Líška, D. Gurín, J. Vnenčaková, A. Melichová, T. Koller and Ľ. Skladaný
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:310
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  34. Osteoporosis leads to more serious consequences in men than in women, but less is known about its impacts on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of men, and whether the anti-osteoporosis treatment can impro...

    Authors: Di-chen Zhao, Xiao-yun Lin, Jing Hu, Bing-na Zhou, Qian Zhang, Ou Wang, Yan Jiang, Wei-bo Xia, Xiao-ping Xing and Mei Li
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:309
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  35. There is a great debate on the routine use of open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) for midshaft clavicle fractures, and one concern is the adverse events after ORIF, such as implant removal after bone u...

    Authors: Yurun Zhu, Jianping Hu, Taicheng Zhan, Kunpeng Zhu and Chunlin Zhang
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:308
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  36. Popularity of joint replacement surgery due to ever aging population surges the demand for a proper national joint registry. Our Chinese University of Hong Kong – Prince of Wales Hospital (CUHK-PWH) joint regi...

    Authors: Kevin Ki-Wai Ho, Wai-Wang Chau, Lawrence Chun-Man Lau, Jonathan Patrick Ng, Kwok-Hing Chiu and Michael Tim-Yun Ong
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:307
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  37. The results of studies exploring the association between serum uric acid (SUA) and bone mineral density (BMD) have been controversial and inconsistent. We thus sought to explore whether SUA levels were indepen...

    Authors: Min-zhe Xu, Ke Lu, Xu-feng Yang, Yao-wei Ye, Si-ming Xu, Qin Shi, Ya-qin Gong and Chong Li
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:306
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  38. Approximately 20% of total knee arthroplasty patients experience persistent postsurgical pain one year after surgery. No qualitative studies have explored previous stories of painful or stressful life experien...

    Authors: Vibeke Bull Sellevold, Unni Olsen, Maren Falch Lindberg, Simen A. Steindal, Arild Aamodt, Anners Lerdal and Alfhild Dihle
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:305
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  39. Restoration of sagittal balance is a crucial consideration in posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF) surgery and adverse postoperative outcomes are associated with inadequate restoration of sagittal alignmen...

    Authors: Lin Han, Hongdao Ma, Qisheng Li, Jincan Yuan, Haisong Yang, Yuchen Qin and Xuhua Lu
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:304
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    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:403

  40. The objective of this study was to compare the clinical efficacy of DRTR (Double Reverse Traction Repositor, DRTR)and traction table in the treatment of femoral shaft fractures with the aid of AN-IMN (Antegrad...

    Authors: Wei Song, Yueying Wang, Weihao Chen, Zhenqian Zhang, Xuzhou Liu, Guoji Ou, Benqiang Cheng and Hongsheng Lin
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:303
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  41. The advantages of unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) have led to the procedure being increasingly performed worldwide. However, revision surgery is required after UKA failure. According to the literature...

    Authors: Shih-Hui Peng, Chun-Chieh Chen, Sheng-Hsun Lee, Yu-Chih Lin, Jui-Fan Chiang, Szu-Yuan Chen, Chih-Chien Hu, Yuhan Chang, Pang-Hsin Hsieh, Hsin-Nung Shih and Chih-Hsiang Chang
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:302
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  42. The mutual compensatory relationship between the upper cervical sagittal alignment and the lower cervical sagittal alignment has been repeatedly reported. However, the evaluation of the upper cervical sagittal...

    Authors: Shicai Xu, Fei Ma, Chao Tang, Yehui Liao, Qiang Tang, Shiyu Chen, Qing Wang and Dejun Zhong
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:301
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  43. Aims were to examine gender differences in patients with gout with regard to a) self-reported gout severity, b) illness perceptions (IP), c) impact on daily activities and Quality of Life (QoL), d) advice from...

    Authors: Ulrika Bergsten, Mats Dehlin, Eva Klingberg, Anton J. Landgren and Lennart T. H. Jacobsson
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:300
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  44. The Joint tissueActivity and Damage Exam (JADE) is a point-of-care (POC) musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSKUS) protocol for non-radiologists to evaluate hemophilic arthopathy. Our aim was to determine the consistenc...

    Authors: Richard F. W. Barnes, Peter Aguero, Cris Hanacek, Andres Flores, Bruno Steiner, Cindy Bailey, Doris V. Quon, Rebecca Kruse-Jarres and Annette von Drygalski
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:299
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  46. Osteoporosis has been associated with several disorders; however, there have been only a limited number of reports on heroin-induced osteoporosis. We report a rare case presented with bilateral femoral neck in...

    Authors: Yu-Jen Shih, Wei-Ning Chang and Shan-Wei Yang
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:296
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  47. Lumbar disc degeneration (LDD) is associated with low back pain (LBP). Although both insomnia and mental distress appear to influence the pain experience, their role in the association between LDD and LBP is u...

    Authors: Teija Mertimo, Eveliina Heikkala, Jaakko Niinimäki, Roberto Blanco Sequeiros, Juhani Määttä, Markku Kankaanpää, Petteri Oura and Jaro Karppinen
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:293
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  48. Self-lock compression anti-rotation blade (SCAB) is a novel internal fixation implant for femoral neck fractures (FNF). We conducted this finite element analysis study to evaluate the biomechanical performance...

    Authors: Bo-Xuan Huang, Si-Zheng Zhan, Ming Yang and Dian-Ying Zhang
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:292
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  49. To evaluate the correlation between the degree of preoperative contralateral foraminal stenosis(CFS) and the incidence of contralateral root symptoms after unilateral transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion(TLI...

    Authors: Wenjie Lu, Lingqiao Wu, Yunlin Chen, Xudong Hu, Chaoyue Ruan, Yang Wang, Weihu Ma and Weiyu Jiang
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:291
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  50. The complications of the conventional medialized design for reverse total shoulder arthroplasty (RSA) are increased scapular notching, and decreased external rotation and deltoid wrapping. Currently, lateraliz...

    Authors: Hwan-Hee Lee, Sang-Eun Park, Jong-Hun Ji and Hyun-Sik Jun
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:290
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