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  1. Subacromial pain syndrome (SAPS) is a common complaint in orthopaedics. Subacromial corticosteroid injections (CSI) can relieve pain in the short term. Anodal transcranial direct current stimulation (a-tDCS) h...

    Authors: Samuel Larrivée, Frédéric Balg, Guillaume Léonard, Sonia Bédard, Michel Tousignant and Patrick Boissy
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:265
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  3. Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) is a patchy and slowly progressive disease of skeletal muscle. For MRI to be a useful biomarker in an FSHD clinical trial, it should reliably detect changes over r...

    Authors: Leo H. Wang, Dennis W. W. Shaw, Anna Faino, Christopher B. Budech, Leann M. Lewis, Jeffrey Statland, Katy Eichinger, Stephen J. Tapscott, Rabi N. Tawil and Seth D. Friedman
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:262
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  4. Altered circulating levels and genetic variation of B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP), has been associated with lower bone mineral density (BMD) values and incidence of osteoporosis in peritoneal dialysis patie...

    Authors: Pan Chen, Pijun Yan, Qin Wan, Zhihong Zhang, Yong Xu, Ying Miao and Jun Yang
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:261
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  5. Falls, associated injuries and fear-of-falling are common in adults with RA. Fear-of-falling can be a major consequence of, and as debilitating as falling, resulting in a cycle of activity restriction, reduced...

    Authors: Emma K. Stanmore, Jackie Oldham, Dawn A. Skelton, Terence O’Neill, Mark Pilling and Chris Todd
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:260
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  6. Although sarcopenia has been known as a risk factor for hip fracture, only a few reports have described the impact of muscle mass on hip fracture treatment outcomes. The current study aimed to investigate the ...

    Authors: Hiroki Iida, Taisuke Seki, Yoshihito Sakai, Tsuyoshi Watanabe, Norimitsu Wakao, Hiroki Matsui and Shiro Imagama
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:259
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  7. There remain limited data on the epidemiological characteristics and related predictors of surgical site infection (SSI) after open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) for distal femur fractures (DFFs). We ...

    Authors: Chao Zhu, Junzhe Zhang, Junyong Li, Kuo Zhao, Hongyu Meng, Yanbin Zhu and Yingze Zhang
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:258
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  8. Schnitzler’s syndrome (SchS) is a rare autoinflammatory syndrome with diagnostic challenge and be characterized by chronic urticaria, a monoclonal gammopath, periodic fever and bone pain. In addition to the mo...

    Authors: Yuya Fujita, Tomoyuki Asano, Akira Sakai, Natsumi Norikawa, Toshiyuki Yamamoto, Haruki Matsumoto, Shuzo Sato, Jumpei Temmoku, Makiko Yashiro-Furuya, Naoki Matsuoka, Hiroshi Watanabe and Kiyoshi Migita
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:257
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  9. Authors: Christian Morgenstern, Nora Renz, Sabrina Cabric, Elena Maiolo, Carsten Perka and Andrej Trampuz
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:256
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    The Correspondence to this article has been published in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:255

    The Research article to this article has been published in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2020 21:345

  10. Assessment of a new diagnostic test must be performed against an acceptable and validated standard to allow comparison with other studies. We are concerned that the adoption of lower diagnostic criteria in thi...

    Authors: Martin McNally, Marjan Wouthuyzen-Bakker, Ricardo Sousa, Bridget Atkins and Alex Soriano
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:255
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    The Correspondence to this article has been published in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:256

    The Research article to this article has been published in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2020 21:345

  11. Delirium is a common complication of hip surgery patients. It is necessary to investigate the epidemiological characteristics and related risk factors of delirium after hip fracture surgery, to provide evidenc...

    Authors: Weifang Xu, Haiping Ma, Wang Li and Chen Zhang
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:254
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  12. Osteoporosis and cardiovascular disease (CVD) are age-related diseases. It is reported that patients with CVD have a higher risk of bone loss. This retrospective study sought to reveal the association between ...

    Authors: Hao Chai, Jirong Ge, Li Li, Jianyang Li and Yunjin Ye
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:253
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  14. There are no clear indicators for predicting return to work for patients with chronic low back pain (LBP). We aim to report the outcomes of a 14-week multidisciplinary programme targeting patients with chronic...

    Authors: Gabriel Ching Ngai Leung, Prudence Wing Hang Cheung, Gareth Lau, Sin Ting Lau, Keith Dip Kei Luk, Yat Wa Wong, Kenneth Man Chee Cheung, Paul Aarne Koljonen and Jason Pui Yin Cheung
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:251
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  15. A novel implant for occipitocervical fusion consisting of a median plate with an additional hook inserting in the foramen magnum was tested. Aim of this study was to test the stability of a new implant for occ...

    Authors: Filippo Migliorini, Alice Baroncini, Yasser El Mansy, Valentin Quack, Andreas Prescher, Max Mischer, Johannes Greven, Markus Tingart and Jörg Eschweiler
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:250
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  17. Understanding how much physiotherapy people receive before lumbar spine surgery could give insight into what people and clinicians consider an adequate trial of non-operative management. The aim of this study ...

    Authors: Joshua R. Zadro, Adriane M. Lewin, Priti Kharel, Justine Naylor, Christopher G. Maher and Ian A. Harris
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:248
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  18. Hyaluronic acid (HA) is the major extracellular matrix glycosaminoglycan with a reduced synovial fluid (SF) concentration in arthropathies. Cell-derived extracellular vesicles (EV) have also been proposed to c...

    Authors: Anne-Mari Mustonen, Janne Capra, Kirsi Rilla, Petri Lehenkari, Sanna Oikari, Tommi Kääriäinen, Antti Joukainen, Heikki Kröger, Tommi Paakkonen, Johanna Matilainen and Petteri Nieminen
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:247
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  19. Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory condition characterized by autoantibodies development and an elevated spectrum of pro-inflammatory cytokines. Previous reports highlighted a relationship bet...

    Authors: Youguo Hao, Lijun Xie, Jing Xia, Zhen Liu, Baoxiu Yang and Minqin Zhang
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:246
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  20. To explore orthopaedic and musculoskeletal clinicians’ views and experiences of legal, safety, safeguarding and security issues regarding the use of virtual consultations (VC) during the COVID-19 pandemic. A s...

    Authors: Anthony W Gilbert, Gregory Booth, Tony Betts and Andy Goldberg
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:245
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  21. Placebo can have a significant therapeutic effect in patients with hand osteoarthritis (OA). This aim of the study is to identify factors associated with a clinically meaningful placebo response in patients wi...

    Authors: Jin Kyun Park, Se Han Ahn, Kichul Shin, Yun Jong Lee, Yeong Wook Song and Eun Bong Lee
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:244
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  22. Non - pharmacological management of migraine, tension-type headache (TTH), and cervicogenic headache (CGH) may include spinal manual therapy and exercise. Mulligan Manual Therapy (MMT) utilizes a protocol of h...

    Authors: Kiran Satpute, Nilima Bedekar and Toby Hall
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:243
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  23. Although it is well-established that osteoarthritis (OA) impairs daily-life gait, objective gait assessments are not part of routine clinical evaluation. Wearable inertial sensors provide an easily accessible ...

    Authors: Ramon J. Boekesteijn, José M. H. Smolders, Vincent J. J. F. Busch, Alexander C. H. Geurts and Katrijn Smulders
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:242
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  24. The FINE total knee was developed in Japan and clinical use began in 2001. It has unique design features, including an oblique 3o femorotibial joint line that reproduces anatomical geometry. Although 20 years hav...

    Authors: Arata Nakajima, Manabu Yamada, Masato Sonobe, Yorikazu Akatsu, Masahiko Saito, Keiichiro Yamamoto, Junya Saito, Masaki Norimoto, Keita Koyama, Hiroshi Takahashi, Yasuchika Aoki, Toru Suguro and Koichi Nakagawa
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:241
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  25. Intraoperative pelvic tilt changes that occurs during total hip arthroplasty (THA) in the supine position affects cup placement and sometimes causes malalignment. The relationship between body mass index (BMI)...

    Authors: Masanori Okamoto, Masashi Kawasaki, Toshiaki Okura, Taisuke Seki and Shiro Imagama
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:240
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  26. To explore the value of magnetic resonance quantitative analysis using diffusion tensor imaging, T2 mapping, and intravoxel incoherent motion in the evaluation of eccentric exercise-induced muscle damage and t...

    Authors: Xiaohong Lyu, Yue Gao, Qiang Liu, Heng Zhao, Huadong Zhou and Shinong Pan
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:239
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  27. Mechanical overload applied on the articular cartilage may play an important role in the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis. However, the mechanism of chondrocyte mechanotransduction is not fully understood. The p...

    Authors: Yuki Takeda, Yasuo Niki, Yusuke Fukuhara, Yoshitsugu Fukuda, Kazuhiko Udagawa, Masayuki Shimoda, Toshiyuki Kikuchi, Shu Kobayashi, Kengo Harato, Takeshi Miyamoto, Morio Matsumoto and Masaya Nakamura
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:238
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  28. Many women develop pelvic girdle pain (PGP) during pregnancy and about 10% have chronic pain several years after delivery. Self-administered pain provocation tests are one way to diagnose and evaluate this pai...

    Authors: Monika Fagevik Olsén, Paulina Körnung, Sophie Kallin, Helen Elden, Gunilla Kjellby Wendt and Annelie Gutke
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:237
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  29. Recently, a percutaneous spinal endoscopy unilateral posterior interlaminar approach to perform bilateral decompression has been proposed for use in treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis, As a development and su...

    Authors: Jingbo Xue, Haoxiang Chen, Bin Zhu, Xuelin Li, Zhihua Ouyang, Shan Li, Zhun Xu, Yong Xie and Yiguo Yan
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:236
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  30. Bone-tendon interface (enthesis) plays a pivotal role in relaxing load transfer between otherwise structurally and functionally distinct tissue types. Currently, decellularized extracellular matrix (DEM) from ...

    Authors: Qiang Shi, Can Chen, Muzhi Li, Yang Chen, Yan Xu, Jianzhong Hu, Jun Liu and Hongbin Lu
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:235
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  31. The aim of this retrospective monocentric study was to investigate the outcomes of surgically treated intra-articular calcaneus fractures in a maximum care trauma center.

    Authors: Christin Schindler, Andreas Schirm, Vilijam Zdravkovic, Primoz Potocnik, Bernhard Jost and Andreas Toepfer
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:234
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  32. We evaluated the 1-year safety and efficacy of diclofenac etalhyaluronate (DF-HA), a diclofenac-conjugated hyaluronate, in patients with osteoarthritis (OA).

    Authors: Yoshihiro Nishida, Kazuyuki Kano, Taiki Osato and Takayuki Seo
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:233
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  33. Transverse acetabular fractures, although classified as elementary, have worse outcomes than other types of acetabular fractures. Prognostic factors for this fracture type are not clearly established. This stu...

    Authors: Jae Hoon Jang, Nam Hoon Moon, Seung Joon Rhee, Seok Jin Jung and Tae Young Ahn
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:222
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  34. This study aimed to compare the radiological results between closed nailing without bone graft (BG) and open nailing with BG for aseptic subtrochanteric nonunion and to determine when an open procedure with BG...

    Authors: Won Chul Shin, Jae Hoon Jang, Nam Hoon Moon and Se Bin Jun
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:145
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  35. In recent years, technological improvements allowed imaging modalities to become increasingly essential in achieving early and precise diagnoses in the field of rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs). T...

    Authors: Domenico Albano and Francesco Carubbi
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:227
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  36. To tailor physical activity treatment programs for patients with osteoarthritis, clinicians need valid and feasible measurement tools to evaluate habitual physical activity. The widely used International Physi...

    Authors: Kenth Louis Joseph, Hanne Dagfinrud, Anne Christie, Kåre Birger Hagen and Anne Therese Tveter
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:232
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  37. In osteoarthritis (OA), cartilage matrix is lost gradually despite enhanced matrix synthesis by chondrocytes. This paradox may be explained, at least partly, by reduced chondrocyte anabolism in degenerated are...

    Authors: Nobuho Tanaka, Hirotaka Tsuno, Satoru Ohashi, Mitsuyasu Iwasawa, Hiroshi Furukawa, Tomohiro Kato and Naoshi Fukui
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:231
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  38. Total hip arthroplasty (THA) is an effective procedure for patients with end-stage hip osteoarthritis. However, whether or not pre-operatively existing functional deficits are persisting several years post-sur...

    Authors: Stefanie John, David Weizel, Anna S. Heumann, Anja Fischer, Katja Orlowski, Kai-Uwe Mrkor, Jürgen Edelmann-Nusser and Kerstin Witte
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:230
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  39. The nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-like receptor pyrin domain containing 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome signaling pathway is a highlighted topic in the field of inflammation. However, there is little resear...

    Authors: Mengying Jia, Yaoguang Lv, Yingjie Xu and Zhongcheng Gong
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:229
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  40. Pain is the principal symptom in knee osteoarthritis (OA). Current non-operative treatment options have only moderate effects and often patients experience persistent pain or side-effects. Novel advances in th...

    Authors: Niels-Peter Brøchner Nygaard, Carsten Koch-Jensen, Henrik Bjarke Vægter, Niels Wedderkopp, Morten Blichfeldt-Eckhardt and Bibi Gram
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:228
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  41. To evaluate the prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WRMSDs) in perioperative nurses and to explore their association with personal characteristics.

    Authors: Marco Clari, Alessandro Godono, Giacomo Garzaro, Gianluca Voglino, Maria Rosaria Gualano, Giuseppe Migliaretti, Attilia Gullino, Catalina Ciocan and Valerio Dimonte
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:226
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  42. Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is a common spinal deformity. Posterior spinal fusion remains an important surgical treatment for AIS. This study aims to determine the predictive factors for intraoperati...

    Authors: Chris Yuk Kwan Tang, Vijay H. D. Kamath, Prudence Wing Hang Cheung and Jason Pui Yin Cheung
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:225
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  43. The secondary fracture prevention gap in the osteoporosis field has been previously described as a ‘crisis’. Closing this gap is increasingly important in the context of accumulating evidence showing that an i...

    Authors: Jonathan D. Adachi, Jacques P. Brown, Emil Schemitsch, Jean-Eric Tarride, Vivien Brown, Alan D. Bell, Maureen Reiner, Millicent Packalen, Ponda Motsepe-Ditshego, Natasha Burke and Lubomira Slatkovska
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:224
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  44. Although varus inclination of the tibial plateau has increasingly been recognized as a major risk factor in the progression of Osteoarthritis of the knee (OA knee), little attention has been placed on the deve...

    Authors: Shun-Ping Wang, Po-Kuan Wu, Cheng-Hung Lee, Cheng-Min Shih, Yung-Cheng Chiu and Cheng-En Hsu
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:223
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  45. The hexapod external fixator (HEF), such as the Taylor spatial frame (TSF), offering the ability of multidirectional deformities correction without changing the structure, whereas there are so many parameters ...

    Authors: Yanshi Liu, Hong Li, Jialin Liu, Xingpeng Zhang, Maimaiaili Yushan, Zhenhui Liu, Chuang Ma and Aihemaitijiang Yusufu
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:221
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  46. Myeloid sarcoma is a rare, extramedullary, solid tumor derived from immature myeloid cell precursors. It is most frequently accompanied by acute myelogenous leukemia, though infrequently found in non-acute mye...

    Authors: Cheng-Rui Bai, Xiang Li, Jing-Shi Wang, Jin-Jun Li, Ning Liu, Qi Fei, Dong Li and Yong Yang
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:220
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  47. Musculoskeletal injuries, such as stress fractures, are the single most important medical impediment to military readiness in the U.S. Army. While multiple studies have established race- and sex-based risks as...

    Authors: Ginu Unnikrishnan, Chun Xu, Michael Baggaley, Junfei Tong, Sahil Kulkarni, W. Brent Edwards and Jaques Reifman
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:219
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  48. For patients with degenerative spondylolisthesis, whether additional posterior fixation can further improve segmental alignment is unknown, compared with stand-alone cage insertion in oblique lumbar interbody ...

    Authors: Jingye Wu, Tenghui Ge, Ning Zhang, Jianing Li, Wei Tian and Yuqing Sun
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:218
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  49. Anterior scoliosis correction is a powerful technique with the disadvantage of a kyphotic effect on lumbar and thoracolumbar curves. We aimed to investigate whether a cognizant interposition of a rib graft ant...

    Authors: Mazda Farshad, Andrea Frey, Thorsten Jentzsch, Michael Betz, Jonas Widmer and José Miguel Spirig
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:216
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  50. Although pelvic incidence (PI) is a key morphologic parameter in assessing spinopelvic sagittal alignment, accurate measurements of PI become difficult in patients with severe hip dislocation or femoral head d...

    Authors: Yasuhito Takahashi, Kei Watanabe, Masashi Okamoto, Shun Hatsushikano, Kazuhiro Hasegawa and Naoto Endo
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:214
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