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  1. Posttraumatic shoulder stiffness remains a problem after proximal humerus fracture (PHF) despite good healing rates. The aim of this pilot study was to determine whether the implant material and overlying soft...

    Authors: E. Fleischhacker, C. M. Sprecher, S. Milz, M. M. Saller, J. Gleich, G. Siebenbürger, T. Helfen, W. Böcker and B. Ockert
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2022 23:95
  2. Posterior pedicle screw fixation without fusion has been commonly applied for thoracolumbar burst fracture. Implant removal is performed secondarily after bone union. However, the occurrence of secondary kypho...

    Authors: Masahiro Hirahata, Tomoaki Kitagawa, Youichi Yasui, Hiroyuki Oka, Iwao Yamamoto, Kazuaki Yamada, Muneyoshi Fujita, Hirotaka Kawano and Keisuke Ishii
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2022 23:94
  3. We aimed to evaluate the feasibility of the upper thigh level as a landmark to measure muscle area for sarcopenia assessment on computed tomography (CT).

    Authors: Yousun Ko, Youngbin Shin, Yu Sub Sung, Jiwoo Lee, Jei Hee Lee, Jai Keun Kim, Jisuk Park, Hye Sun Ko, Kyung Won Kim and Jimi Huh
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2022 23:93
  4. Quadriceps weakness is assumed to be associated with compositional properties of the vastus medialis muscle in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA).

    Authors: Josien C. van den Noort, Marike van der Leeden, Gerard Stapper, Wolfgang Wirth, Mario Maas, Leo D. Roorda, Willem F. Lems, Joost Dekker and Martin van der Esch
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2022 23:91
  5. Kinesiotaping (KT) is widely used in several musculoskeletal disorders particularly in shoulder pain. However, literature shows controversial results regarding the effect of KT on shoulder pathology. The aim o...

    Authors: Fatima Zahrae Taik, Samia Karkouri, Latifa Tahiri, Ilham Aachari, Jihad Moulay Berkchi, Ihsane Hmamouchi, Redouane Abouqal, Hanan Rkain and Fadoua Allali
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2022 23:90
  6. Postoperative pulmonary complications are common and associated with morbidity and mortality. Congenital scoliosis is a failure of vertebral formation and/or segmentation arising from abnormal vertebral develo...

    Authors: Lulu Ma, Xuerong Yu, Jianguo Zhang, Jianxiong Shen, Yu Zhao, Shugang Li and Yuguang Huang
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2022 23:89
  7. Femoral neck fractures (FNF) are one of the most common injury in the elderly. A valid radiographic classification system is mandatory to perform the correct treatment and to allow surgeons to facilitate commu...

    Authors: Gianpiero Cazzato, Maria Serena Oliva, Giulia Masci, Raffaele Vitiello, Alessandro Smimmo, Maria Rosaria Matrangolo, Osvaldo Palmacci, Stefano D’Adamio and Antonio Ziranu
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2022 22(Suppl 2):1063

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 22 Supplement 2

  8. Osteoarthritis (OA) is a common chronic degenerative joint disease. At present, there is no effective treatment to check the progression of osteoarthritis. Osteochondral units are considered to be one of the m...

    Authors: Xin Zhao, Long Ma, Haohui Guo, Jian Wang, Shuai Zhang, Xiaochun Yang, Lvlin Yang and Qunhua Jin
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2022 23:87
  9. Combined medial and lateral plate fixation is recommended for complex tibial plateau fractures with medial fragments or no cortical bone contact. Although such fixation is adequate to resist forces during rang...

    Authors: Sorawut Thamyongkit, Pooyan Abbasi, Brent G. Parks, Babar Shafiq and Erik A. Hasenboehler
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2022 23:86
  10. Knee trauma permanently elevates one’s risk for knee osteoarthritis. Despite this, people at-risk of post-traumatic knee osteoarthritis rarely seek or receive care, and accessible and efficacious interventions...

    Authors: Jackie L. Whittaker, Linda K. Truong, Justin M. Losciale, Trish Silvester-Lee, Maxi Miciak, Andrea Pajkic, Christina Y. Le, Alison M. Hoens, Amber Mosewich, Michael A. Hunt, Linda C. Li and Ewa M. Roos
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2022 23:85
  11. Objectives were first to evaluate by education level one-year trajectories of pain, function and general health, as well as hospital resource and medication needs in patients undergoing primary total hip arthr...

    Authors: Amanda I. Gonzalez, Uyen-Sa D. T. Nguyen, Patricia Franklin, Christophe Barea, Didier Hannouche and Anne Lübbeke
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2022 23:84
  12. Rapid Entire Body Assessment (REBA) technique is one of the tools developed for predicting the risk of musculoskeletal disorders based on the effective risk factors. This method has several limitations. The pr...

    Authors: Saeid Yazdanirad, Gholamhossein Pourtaghi, Mehdi Raei and Mohammad Ghasemi
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2022 23:82
  13. In the present cross-sectional study, we analyzed the relationships of physical activity level, muscle strength, body composition, injury parameters, and smoking status with bone health in the non-paralyzed up...

    Authors: Anna Kopiczko and Joanna Cieplińska
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2022 23:81
  14. Maximum grip strength (MGS) is a reliable biomarker of overall health and physiological well-being. Therefore, an accurate and reliable measurement device is vital for ensuring the validity of the MGS assessme...

    Authors: Sharah Abdul Mutalib, Michael Mace, Chloe Seager, Etienne Burdet, Virgil Mathiowetz and Nicola Goldsmith
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2022 23:80
  15. Traditional medial malleolar osteotomy combined with autologous osteochondral transplantation (AOT) is mostly used in the treatment of osteochondral lesions of the talus (OLTs), but with high osteotomy and don...

    Authors: Yan Zhang, Jing-qi Liang, Xiao-dong Wen, Pei-long Liu, Jun Lu and Hong-mou Zhao
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2022 23:79
  16. This study aimed to determine the predictors of tight extension gap (EG) compared with the flexion gap (FG) during navigational posterior stabilized-type total knee arthroplasty using the pre-cut technique.

    Authors: Takaaki Hiranaka, Shinichi Miyazawa, Takayuki Furumatsu, Yuya Kodama, Yusuke Kamatsuki, Shin Masuda, Yuki Okazaki, Keisuke Kintaka and Toshifumi Ozaki
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2022 23:78
  17. The direct anterior approach (DAA) and posterior approach (PA) are two of the most common surgical approaches used for total hip arthroplasty (THA) worldwide. The curved anatomical collum femoris-preserving (C...

    Authors: Bingshi Zhang, Sikai Liu, Zeming Liu, Bo Liu, Jia Huo, Mengnan Li and Yongtai Han
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2022 23:77
  18. Several retrospective studies have reported spine–femur discordance in bone mineral density (BMD) values. However, the average age of individuals in these studies was the mid-50s, which is younger than the typ...

    Authors: Shoshi Akiyama, Takaaki Tanaka, Jun Udaka, Naoya Inagaki, Yoshio Kumagae, Masaaki Chazono, Tatsuki Matsuoka and Mitsuru Saito
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2022 23:76
  19. Chronic inflammatory joint diseases (CIJD) have been linked to increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. A decisive reason could be a dysregulation of the autonomic nervous system, which is responsible...

    Authors: Leona Katharin Danilin, Melanie Spindler, Peter Sörös and Carsten Bantel
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2022 23:75
  20. Osteosarcoma is the most common primary malignant bone tumor with a highly metastatic propensity in children and young adolescents. The majority of metastases develope in the lung, while metastases to the extr...

    Authors: Chuanxi Zheng, Yitian Wang, Yi Luo, Zongguo Pang, Yong Zhou, Li Min and Chongqi Tu
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2022 23:74
  21. In recent years, total hip arthroplasty via the direct anterior approach (DAA) has become more common. Little is known on the influence of the surgical approach on the microbiological spectrum and resistance p...

    Authors: Alexander Aichmair, Bernhard J. H. Frank, Gabriel Singer, Sebastian Simon, Martin Dominkus and Jochen G. Hofstaetter
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2022 23:72
  22. Few studies mentioned acetabular rim osteophytes (ARO) after arthroscopy for femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) in follow-up after primary hip arthroscopy. We found that many patients had postoperative ARO, wh...

    Authors: Guanying Gao, Rongge Liu, Hanmei Dong, Yingfang Ao, Jianquan Wang and Yan Xu
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2022 23:71
  23. A proper combination of implant materials for Total Ankle Replacement (TAR) may reduce stress at the bearing component and the resected surfaces of the tibia and talus, thus avoiding implant failure of the bea...

    Authors: Jian Yu, Dahang Zhao, Wen-Ming Chen, Pengfei Chu, Shuo Wang, Chao Zhang, Jiazhang Huang, Xu Wang and Xin Ma
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2022 23:70
  24. The use of cortical strut allograft has not been determined for Vancouver type B1 or C fracture. This study aimed to evaluate the short-term efficacy of locking compression plating with or without cortical str...

    Authors: Hui Lv, Xing Guo, Yuan Hui Wang, Zhong Jie Zhang, Long Fei Zou, Hao Xue, Deng Hua Huang and Mei Yun Tan
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2022 23:69
  25. Prompt diagnosis of bone marrow lesion (BML) is difficult but critical for correct treatment. Magnetic resonance imaging is the gold standard, although expensive and time consuming. Simple and reliable clinica...

    Authors: Valerio Sansone, Alessandro Galluzzo, Emanuele Maiorano, Marina Benedetta Polatti and Valerio Pascale
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2022 23:68
  26. Minimally-invasive techniques for hallux valgus correction are becoming increasingly popular. In the last decades, multiple techniques for minimally-invasive hallux valgus correction have been described. MICA ...

    Authors: Andreas Toepfer and Michael Strässle
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2022 23:66
  27. UCLA Shoulder Scale is a useful evaluation tool to assess the functional outcome of shoulder after treatments. It has been translated into several languages. The objectives of this study were to translate UCLA...

    Authors: Sorawut Thamyongkit, Thitiphol Wanitchanont, Kulapat Chulsomlee, Panithan Tuntiyatorn, Satetha Vasaruchapong, Chaiyanun Vijittrakarnrung and Nadhaporn Saengpetch
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2022 23:65
  28. A higher mortality and morbidity rate has been reported in COVID-19 patients undergoing surgery. To reduce the morbidity and mortality rate in COVID-19 patients undergoing orthopedic procedures, we aimed to in...

    Authors: Mehdi Mohammadpour, Hamidreza Yazdi, Abolfazl Bagherifard, Mahmoud Jabalameli, Mehdi Moghtadaei, Ali Torkaman, Hooman Yahyazadeh, Mohammad Taher Ghaderi, Mohammad Mahdi Fanaeian, Moein Khaleghi Langeroudi, Peyman Hashemi, Saeed Razi, Amer Karimpour, Sam Bemani Lirgeshasi and Milad Bahari
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2022 23:64
  29. Nowadays hip replacement is one of the most successful surgery in terms of clinical outcome and patient’s satisfaction. Therefore, the choice of biomaterials in hip replacement is increasingly important with t...

    Authors: Malerba Giuseppe, Basilico Mattia, Bonfiglio Nadia, Vitiello Raffaele, Ruberto Pasquale, D’ Adamio Stefano, Sirgiovanni Mattia, De Santis Vincenzo and Maccauro Giulio
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2022 22(Suppl 2):1062

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 22 Supplement 2

  30. Osteoarthritis (OA) is a leading cause of disability and a source of societal costs among older adults, especially with an increasingly obese population. However, very few published studies have investigated t...

    Authors: Minbo Liu, Fang Jin, Xiaocong Yao and Zhongxin Zhu
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2022 23:63
  31. The World Health Organization classified Covid-19 as a pandemic during the first months of 2020 as lockdown measures were implemented globally to mitigate the increasing incidence of Covid-19-related morbidity...

    Authors: Maria Oulianski, Philip J. Rosinsky, Ariel Fuhrmann, Ruslan Sokolov, Roberto Arriola and Omri Lubovsky
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2022 23:61
  32. The relationship between breech presentation and trochlear dysplasia has been confirmed. However, the pathological process of breech-related trochlear dysplasia remains unclear. This study aimed to establish a...

    Authors: Weifeng Li, Shengjie Wang, Shiyu Tang, Zhenyue Dong and Fei Wang
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2022 23:60
  33. To evaluate lumbar mobility in various positions using upright left and right bending radiographs in patients with degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis (DLS), as well as to assess the impact of lateral instab...

    Authors: Xin-wen Wang, Xi Chen, Yang Fu, Xiao Chen, Feng Zhang, Hai-ping Cai, Chang Ge and Wen-zhi Zhang
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2022 23:59
  34. Patient-reported outcomes are of ever-increasing importance in medical decision-making. The EQ-5D is one of the generic instruments measuring health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in arthroplasty. This review...

    Authors: Caroline Schatz, Nina Klein, Antonia Marx and Peter Buschner
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2022 23:58
  35. In this study, we present a novel electromagnetic navigation (EMN) system for percutaneous transforaminal endoscopic discectomy (PTED) procedure. The objective of this study was to investigate the safety and e...

    Authors: Boyu Wu, Tanjun Wei, Zhipeng Yao, Sai Yang, Yawei Yao, Chengwei Fu, Feng Xu and Chengjie Xiong
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2022 23:57
  36. As several studies have detected correlations between patellar and femoral trochlear development, this raises the question of whether patellar shape is associated with trochlear developmental outcomes.

    Authors: Lanyu Qiu, Jia Li, Bo Sheng, Haitao Yang, Zhibo Xiao, Fajin Lv and Furong Lv
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2022 23:56
  37. There is an existing perception that obesity has a negative impact on complications following total knee arthroplasty (TKA). However, data on the impact of obesity levels on patient-reported outcomes (PROMs) i...

    Authors: Fatemeh Baghbani-Naghadehi, Susan Armijo-Olivo, Carla M. Prado, Leah Gramlich and Linda J. Woodhouse
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2022 23:55
  38. Injuries of the tarsometatarsal joint complex ranging from purely ligamentous to multidirectionally unstable midfoot fracture-dislocations are anatomically fixed to minimize long-term sequelae including post-t...

    Authors: Saranya A. Sethuraman, Rachel S. Silverstein, Nicket Dedhia, Adam C. Shaner and David E. Asprinio
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2022 23:54
  39. Authors: Zhong-Yan Li, Yu-Chih Lin, Chih-Hsiang Chang, Szu-Yuan Chen, Tung-Wu Lu and Sheng-Hsun Lee
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2022 23:53

    The original article was published in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:1007

  40. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is an important tool in preoperative evaluation of patients with lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS). Reported reliability of various MRI findings in LSS varies from fair to excellent...

    Authors: Hasan Banitalebi, Ansgar Espeland, Masoud Anvar, Erland Hermansen, Christian Hellum, Jens Ivar Brox, Tor Åge Myklebust, Kari Indrekvam, Helena Brisby, Clemens Weber, Jørn Aaen, Ivar Magne Austevoll, Oliver Grundnes and Anne Negård
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2022 23:51
  41. In an anatomic shoulder replacement (aTSR) good results have been reported with the use of a stemless humeral prosthesis. In vitro a ceramic articulation with polyethylene has been shown to produce less polyet...

    Authors: Maciej J. K. Simon, Jennifer A. Coghlan, Jeff Hughes, Warwick Wright, Richard J. Dallalana and Simon N. Bell
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2022 23:50
  42. Femoral neck fractures in young people are usually Pauwels Type III fractures. The common treatment method are multiple parallel cannulated screws or dynamic hip screw sliding compression fixation. Due to the ...

    Authors: Jichao Liu, Zhengwei Li, Jie Ding, Bingzhe Huang and Chengdong Piao
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2022 23:49
  43. The ideal acetabular position for optimizing hip joint biomechanics in periacetabular osteotomy (PAO) remains unclear. We aimed to determine the relationship between acetabular correction in the coronal plane ...

    Authors: Kenji Kitamura, Masanori Fujii, Miho Iwamoto, Satoshi Ikemura, Satoshi Hamai, Goro Motomura and Yasuharu Nakashima
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2022 23:48
  44. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is widely used for the evaluation of knee injuries, however, the accuracy of MRI in classifying multiple ligament knee injuries (MLKIs) remains unknown. This study aimed to inv...

    Authors: Xusheng Li, Qian Hou, Xuehua Zhan, Long Chang, Xiaobing Ma and Haifeng Yuan
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2022 23:43

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