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  1. New vertebral compression fractures (NVCFs) are adverse events after vertebral augmentation of osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (OVCFs). Predicting the risk of vertebral compression fractures (VCFs...

    Authors: Qiujiang Li, Xingxia Long, Yinbin Wang, Xiaomin Fang, Donggeng Guo, Jinhan Lv, Xuehua Hu and Lijun Cai
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:957
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  2. In Germany and other European countries, many occupations still involve manual handling of loads (MHL), an activity that puts the musculoskeletal system at risk of low back pain (LBP). This study aims to descr...

    Authors: Martha Sauter, Julia Barthelme, Charlotte Müller and Falk Liebers
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:956
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  3. Globally, chronic low back pain (CLBP) is the leading cause of disability associated with economic costs. However, it has received little attention in low-and-middle-income countries. This study estimated the ...

    Authors: Morris Kahere and Themba Ginindza
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:955
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  4. Although there are reports on the effectiveness of microendoscopic laminotomy using a spinal endoscope as decompression surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis, predicting the improvement of low back pain (LBP) sti...

    Authors: Ryo Taiji, Hiroshi Iwasaki, Hiroshi Hashizume, Yasutsugu Yukawa, Akihito Minamide, Yukihiro Nakagawa, Shunji Tsutsui, Masanari Takami, Keiji Nagata, Shizumasa Murata, Takuhei Kozaki, Munehito Yoshida and Hiroshi Yamada
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:954
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  5. Hand osteoarthritis is a common and disabling problem without effective therapies. Accumulating evidence suggests the role of local inflammation in causing pain and structural progression in hand osteoarthriti...

    Authors: Yuanyuan Wang, Andrew J. Teichtahl, Graeme Jones, Helen I. Keen, Catherine L. Hill, Anita E. Wluka, Jessica Kasza and Flavia M. Cicuttini
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:953
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  6. High rates of musculoskeletal injuries such as plantar fasciitis and stress fractures have been observed among physically active military personnel. During service time, infantry soldiers use issued boots dail...

    Authors: Darja Nesterovica, Normunds Vaivads and Ainars Stepens
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:952
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  7. A variety of bone graft substitutes have been introduced into the treatment of bone non-unions. However, clinical outcomes from current evidences are various and conflicting. This study aimed to present the pr...

    Authors: Wei Nie, Zhaojun Wang, Jiaqing Cao, Wei Wang, Yanjie Guo, Chi Zhang, Weitao Jia and Xiaolin Li
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:951
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  8. The supracondylar humerus fractures are the most common fracture in children’s elbows. Generally, close reduction and percutaneous pinning can provide satisfactory outcomes after adequate reduction. Baumann an...

    Authors: Gang Chen, Lu Cui, Jiaqi Shi, Peng Zhang, Jun Li, Zijian Wang, Jun Song and Bangjun Wang
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:950
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  9. Tendon diseases and injuries are a serious problem for the aged population, often leading to pain, disability and a significant decline in quality of life. The purpose of this study was to determine the influe...

    Authors: Fan Lai, Hong Tang, Jingjing Wang, Kang Lu, Xuting Bian, Yunjiao Wang, Youxing Shi, Yupeng Guo, Gang He, Mei Zhou, Xuan Zhang, Binghua Zhou, Jiqiang Zhang, Wan Chen and Kanglai Tang
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:949
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  10. Various Joint-preserving therapy (JPT) methods have been performed and tried in recent decades, but their results and efficacy were inconsistent and controversial. The purpose of this study is to evaluate its ...

    Authors: Quanzhe Liu, Wenlai Guo, Rui Li and Jae Hyup Lee
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:948
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  11. The aim of the present study was to investigate the efficacy and safety of mini-open oblique debridement and lumbar interbody fusion combined with lateral screw fixation for treating single-level pyogenic spon...

    Authors: Songsong Wu, Bin Lin, Xi Li, Shengkai Chen, Haonan Zhang, Zhanglin Wu, Shenghui Tang, Yuehua Yang and Biru Liang
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:947
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  12. Intra-articular injection in the dry knee joint is technically challenging particularly for the beginners. The aim of this study was to investigate the possible use of the vibration sensor to detect if the nee...

    Authors: Rit Apinyankul, Kritsada Siriwattanasit, Kakanand Srungboonmee, Witchaporn Witayakom and Weerachai Kosuwon
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:946
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  13. Postoperative delirium (POD) is widely reported as a common postoperative complication following total joint arthroplasty (TJA) of the hip and knee in elderly patients, leading to many adverse effects. We soug...

    Authors: Quan Zhou, Xinfeng Zhou, Yijian Zhang, Mingzhuang Hou, Xin Tian, Huilin Yang, Fan He, Xi Chen and Tao Liu
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:945
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  14. Sit-to-stand (STS) is a complex movement that requires successful postural control. Aging is a normal part of human life that leads to weakness of sensory capabilities, resulting in diminished postural control...

    Authors: Peter Annor, Kiyoung Kwak, Huigyun Kim and Dongwook Kim
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22(Suppl 1):731
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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 22 Supplement 1

  15. Poor osseointegration is the key reason for implant failure after arthroplasty,whether under osteoporotic or normal bone conditions. To date, osseointegration remains a major challenge. Recent studies have sho...

    Authors: Jiangfeng Liu, Huijun Kang, Jiangfeng Lu, Yike Dai and Fei Wang
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:944
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  16. Approximately 30% of patients with hereditary multiple osteochondromas (HMO) have forearm deformity and dysfunction. The aim of this retrospective study was to review our experience with the surgical treatment...

    Authors: Ge Yan and Guoxin Nan
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:943
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  17. Total hip arthroplasty (THA) for developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) is a complex procedure due to associated anatomical abnormalities. We studied the extent to which preoperative digital templating is re...

    Authors: Emelie Kristoffersson, Volker Otten and Sead Crnalic
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:942
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  18. To evaluate and compare the functional outcomes of combined medial-lateral approach open arthrolysis with and without hinged external fixation.

    Authors: Dan Xiao, Maoqi Gong, Chen Chen, Yejun Zha, Ting Li, Shangwei Ji, Kehan Hua, Weitong Sun and Xieyuan Jiang
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:941
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  19. Simultaneous bilateral distal tibial tubercle high tibial osteotomy (SBDTT-HTO) can result in increased blood loss. The aim of this study is to evaluate the actual hemostatic effect of different tranexamic aci...

    Authors: Zhimeng Wang, Qiang Huang, Lu Liu, Yao Lu, Congming Zhang, Teng Ma, Zhong Li, Qian Wang, Hanzhong Xue and Kun Zhang
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:940
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  20. To evaluate the difference of functional outcomes between OTA/AO type C, Gustilo type I/II open fractures and closed fractures of the distal humerus after open reduction and internal fixation.

    Authors: Chen Chen, Dan Xiao, Ting Li, Maoqi Gong, Yejun Zha, Kehan Hua, Weitong Sun, Shangwei Ji and Xieyuan Jiang
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:939
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  21. Compression-extension injury with unilateral facet joint fracture is one of the most devastating injuries of subaxial cervical spine. However, it is not yet clear which fixation technique represents the optima...

    Authors: Chen Jin, Zhong Wang, Peng Liu, Yaoyao Liu, Zhanwei Wang and Ning Xie
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:938
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  22. Authors: Janne Pesonen, Michael Shacklock, Juha-Sampo Suomalainen, Lauri Karttunen, Jussi Mäki, Olavi Airaksinen and Marinko Rade
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:937
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    The original article was published in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:808

  23. A supination-adduction (SAD) ankle fracture is a special type of ankle fracture that results in collapse of the distal tibial articular surface; as such, orthopaedic surgeons require greater awareness of this ...

    Authors: Zhida Ma, Junfeng Zhan, Nan Zhu, Liujie Zheng, Yao Hu, Wei Liu, Jinxin Li and Juehua Jing
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:936
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  24. To explore the characteristics of compensation of unfused lumbar region post thoracic fusion in Lenke 1 and 2 adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.

    Authors: Kai Chen, Xiao Zhai, Tianjunke Zhou, Yu Deng, Beichen Zhang, Shaofeng Chen, Changwei Yang and Ming Li
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:935
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  25. High primary stability is the key prerequisite for safe osseointegration of cementless intervertebral disc prostheses. The aim of our study was to determine the primary stability of intervertebral disc prosthe...

    Authors: Christoph von Schulze Pellengahr, Wolfram Teske, Saurabh Kapoor, Alexander Klein, Bernd Wegener, Andreas Büttner and Matthias Lahner
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:934
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  26. Several studies have evaluated the survivorship and clinical outcomes of proximal femoral replacement (PFR) in complex primary and revision total hip arthroplasty with severe proximal femoral bone loss; howeve...

    Authors: Fabio Mancino, Vincenzo Di Matteo, Fabrizio Mocini, Giorgio Cacciola, Giuseppe Malerba, Carlo Perisano and Ivan De Martino
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22(Suppl 2):933
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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 22 Supplement 2

  27. One of the most controversial aspects for maximizing outcomes after total hip arthroplasty (THA) remains the surgical approach to the hip joint. The posterior (PA) and lateral approaches (LA) are the two most ...

    Authors: Davide Castioni, Olimpio Galasso, Bruno Iannò, Michele Mercurio and Giorgio Gasparini
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22(Suppl 2):932
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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 22 Supplement 2

  28. The use of a tourniquet during high tibial osteotomy (HTO) is a routine procedure, but there is currently no research on the benefits and potential risks of tourniquet use during HTO. The aim of this study was...

    Authors: Limin Wang, Zhen Zhang, Wei Xiong, Qian Fang, Yunfeng Tang and Guanglin Wang
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:931
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  29. Bearing dislocation is the main complication after mobile bearing unicompartmental knee arthroplasty. The purpose of this study was to analyze the potential risk factors of bearing dislocation after Oxford pha...

    Authors: Chenkai Li, Tao Li, Zian Zhang, Hui Huang, Tian Chen and Haining Zhang
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:930
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  30. Involvement in cervical ligamentum flavum is a rare manifestation of the calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate deposition disease. Only few cases of this condition have been reported. We revealed eighteen cases of C...

    Authors: Yueh-Hsiu Lu, Hsi-Hsien Lin, Hsuan-Ying Chen, Po-Hsin Chou, Shih-Tien Wang, Chien-Lin Liu and Ming-Chau Chang
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:929
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  31. Operative management of clavicle fractures is increasingly common. In the context of explaining the risks and benefits of surgery, understanding the impact of incisional numbness as it relates to the patient e...

    Authors: Valérie Lemieux, Soheil Afsharpour, Diane Nam and Amr Elmaraghy
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:928
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  32. Numerous patients who receive hemodialysis (HD) undergo total knee arthroplasty (TKA) due to advanced knee joint arthritis. However, there are few studies that describe the clinical outcomes and complications ...

    Authors: Sakumo Kii, Motoki Sonohata, Akira Hashimoto, Takema Nakashima, Atsushi Kawaguchi, Yosuke Matsumura, Takafumi Shimazaki, Satomi Nagamine and Masaaki Mawatari
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:927
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  35. To compare intraoperative 3D fluoroscopy with a ceiling-mounted flat panel detector in plate osteosynthesis of distal radius fractures (AO/OTA 2R3C1.2) with volar locking plate systems to conventional 2D fluor...

    Authors: Raphael Seuthe, Andreas Seekamp, Bodo Kurz, Julian Pfarr, Jost Philipp Schaefer, Simon Peh and Sebastian Lippross
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:924
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  36. Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) can create a temporary or permanent disability that reduce a person’s ability to work. Physiotherapists (PTs), occupational therapists (OTs) and exercise therapists (ETs) are o...

    Authors: Wiebke Oswald, Inez Ummels, Tamara Raaijmakers, Paul Baart, J. Bart Staal, Hendrik J. Bieleman, Maria W. G. Nijhuis - van der Sanden, Yvonne F. Heerkens and Nathan Hutting
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:923
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  37. Planning surgical procedures of the lower leg benefits from considering the possibility of an aberrant anterior tibial artery (AATA), but previously published data on the frequency of this anatomic variant sho...

    Authors: Julio Marin-Concha, Pablo Rengifo, Pedro Tapia, Daniel Kaiser and Timo Siepmann
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:922
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  38. Musculoskeletal conditions and physical frailty have overlapping constructs. We aimed to quantify individual contributions of musculoskeletal factors to frailty.

    Authors: Monica C. Tembo, Mohammadreza Mohebbi, Kara L. Holloway-Kew, James Gaston, Sophia X. Sui, Sharon L. Brennan-Olsen, Lana J. Williams, Mark A. Kotowicz and Julie A. Pasco
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:921
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  39. This paper was a anatomical radiographic study of distance between lumbar bi-cortical pedicle screws (BPSs) and anterior large vessels (ALVs) in patients with lumbar spondylolisthesis, and to provide clinical ...

    Authors: Li Zhao, Chenguang Wan, Shuhong Han, Baofeng Li and Shaoyi Zheng
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:920
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  40. Bone marrow edema of the sacroiliac joint is the early imaging manifestation, an indicator of inflammatory activity of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) (Yang R, et. al. Medicine (Baltimore) 98:e14620, 2019).

    Authors: Ming-Shan Du, Xuan-Qi Xiong, He Liu, Xin Qin, Xiao-Fei Hu and Wei Chen
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:919
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  41. The variance in clinical responses to polyetheretherketone (PEEK) cages with titanium (Ti) and hydroxyapatite (HA) coatings (PEEK-Ti-HA cages) is still not clear. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the radiog...

    Authors: Ce Zhu, Miaomiao He, Lili Mao, Huiliang Yang, Bowen Hu, Li Zhang, Ganjun Feng, Limin Liu and Yueming Song
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:918
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  42. To investigate the clinical efficacy and feasibility of posterior-only debridement, internal fixation, and interbody fusion using titanium mesh in the surgical treatment of thoracolumbar tuberculosis (TB) with...

    Authors: Qile Gao, Chaofei Han, Manini Daudi Romani, Chaofeng Guo, Mingxing Tang, Yuxiang Wang, Ang Deng, Shaohua Liu and Hongqi Zhang
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:917
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  43. Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) methods such as T1rho and T2 mapping are sensitive to changes in tissue composition, however their use in cruciate ligament assessment has been limited to studies ...

    Authors: Chanuka D. S. Ranmuthu, James W. MacKay, Victoria A. Crowe, Joshua D. Kaggie, Dimitri A. Kessler and Stephen M. McDonnell
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:916
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  44. Barriers and facilitators to physical activity in inflammatory arthritis can be assessed through the Inflammatory arthritis FAcilitators and Barriers (IFAB) questionnaire. The objective was to measure the corr...

    Authors: Thomas Davergne, Rawdha Tekaya, Jérémie Sellam, Anne Tournadre, Stéphane Mitrovic, Adeline Ruyssen-Witrand, Christophe Hudry, Sabrina Dadoun, Jérôme Avouac, Bruno Fautrel and Laure Gossec
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:915
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  45. To reduce incision complications, minimally invasive operative approaches for treatment with acute Achilles tendon rupture have been developed, such as Mini-open repair and percutaneous repair. Which technique...

    Authors: Yong Li, Qiang Jiang, Hua Chen, Hongkui Xin, Qing He and Dike Ruan
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:914
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  46. Given the health and economic burden of fractures related to osteoporosis, suboptimal adherence to medication and the increasing importance of shared-decision making, the Improvement of osteoporosis Care Organ...

    Authors: Dennis Cornelissen, Annelies Boonen, Silvia Evers, Joop P. van den Bergh, Sandrine Bours, Caroline E. Wyers, Sander van Kuijk, Marsha van Oostwaard, Trudy van der Weijden and Mickaël Hiligsmann
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:913
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  47. The study aimed to investigate the effects and reliability of simultaneous vertebroplasty and radiofrequency ablation or radiofrequency ablation applied alone for pain control in patients with painful spine me...

    Authors: Serhat Yildizhan, Mehmet Gazi Boyaci, Usame Rakip, Adem Aslan and Ihsan Canbek
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:912
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  48. Neck pain has been associated with weaker neck muscle strength and decreased cervical spine range of motion. However, whether neck muscle strength or cervical spine mobility predict later neck disability has n...

    Authors: Juhani Multanen, Arja Häkkinen, Hannu Kautiainen and Jari Ylinen
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:911
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  49. The jigless knotless internal brace surgery (JKIB), a modified minimal invasive surgery (MIS) for acute Achilles tendon injury, has advantages of preventing sural-nerve injury in MIS and superficial wound infe...

    Authors: Po-Yen Ko, Chieh-Hsiang Hsu, Chih-Kai Hong, Ming-Tung Hung, Wei-Ren Su, Po-Ting Wu, I-Ming Jou and Fong-Chin Su
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:908
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  50. Degenerative lumbar scoliosis (DLS) combined with spinal stenosis is increasingly being diagnosed in the elderly. However, the appropriate surgical approach remains somewhat controversial. The aim of this stud...

    Authors: Pengfei Li, Yuexin Tong, Ying Chen, Zhezhe Zhang and Youxin Song
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:906
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