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  1. Bone loss with aging and menopause increases the risk of fragile vertebral fracture, osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture (OVCF). The fracture causes severe pain, impedes respiratory function, lower the...

    Authors: Yuan-Zhe Jin, Jae Hyup Lee, Bin Xu and Minjoon Cho
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2019 20:399
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  2. This paper describes (the development of) an eHealth tool (dr. Bart app) to enhance self-management and to optimize non-surgical health care utilization in patients with knee and/or hip osteoarthritis (OA) and...

    Authors: Tim Pelle, Karen Bevers, Job van der Palen, Frank H. J. van den Hoogen and Cornelia H. M. van den Ende
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2019 20:398
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  3. Treatment of anterior cruciate ligament injuries commonly involves the use of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) artificial ligaments for reconstruction. However, the currently available methods require long fix...

    Authors: Takuya Egawa, Yusuke Inagaki, Manabu Akahane, Akira Furukawa, Kazuya Inoue, Munehiro Ogawa and Yasuhito Tanaka
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2019 20:396
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  4. Individuals afflicted with nonspecific chronic low back pain (CLBP) exhibit altered fundamental movement patterns. However, there is a lack of validated analysis tools. The present study aimed to elucidate the...

    Authors: Johanna Vogel, Jan Wilke, Frieder Krause, Lutz Vogt, Daniel Niederer and Winfried Banzer
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2019 20:395
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  5. Acute lateral ankle ligament sprains (LALS) are a common injury seen by many different clinicians. Knowledge translation advocates that clinicians use Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs) to aid clinical decisi...

    Authors: Toni Green, Grant Willson, Donna Martin and Kieran Fallon
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2019 20:394
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  6. Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis (CRMO) is a rare idiopathic autoinflammatory bone disease that mostly affects children and adolescents. It is a diagnosis of exclusions since no clinical signs and sy...

    Authors: Joanna Świdrowska-Jaros and Elżbieta Smolewska
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2019 20:392
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  7. Subtrochanteric femur fractures (SFF) are uncommon, but have a high complication rate concerning non-union and mechanical complications. There is ongoing discussion about risk factors for delayed fracture heal...

    Authors: Viola Freigang, Franziska Gschrei, Himanshu Bhayana, Paul Schmitz, Johannes Weber, Maximilian Kerschbaum, Michael Nerlich and Florian Baumann
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2019 20:391
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  8. The purpose of this meta-analysis is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of tranexamic acid (TXA) for patients with degenerative lumbar disc herniation, stenosis or instability undergoing posterior lumbar fusi...

    Authors: Jianzhong Bai, Pei Zhang, Yuan Liang, Jingcheng Wang and Yongxiang Wang
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2019 20:390
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  9. Ankle fractures cause considerable pain, loss of function and healthcare resource use. High quality randomised controlled trials are required to evaluate the optimal management protocols for ankle fracture. Ho...

    Authors: Rebecca McKeown, Abdul-Rasheed Rabiu, David R. Ellard and Rebecca S. Kearney
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2019 20:388
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  10. Dupuytren’s contracture (DC) is a fibrotic hand condition in which one or more fingers develop progressive flexion deformities. Quality of life is diminished due to disabling limitations in performing everyday...

    Authors: Terese Aglen, Karin Hoegh Matre, Cecilie Lind, Ruud W. Selles, Jörg Aßmus and Tina Taule
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2019 20:387
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  11. This study evaluated the technical adequacy of trans-articular sacroiliac joint (SIJ) fusion using three screws for non-traumatic SIJ pain, considering different grades of sacral dysplasia.

    Authors: Soo-An Park, Dai-Soon Kwak and Ho-Jung Cho
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2019 20:386
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  12. Total hip arthroplasty (THA) is used increasingly in younger patients. There is little knowledge about the effect of THA characteristics on risk of revision, especially in young patients. Therefore, we studied...

    Authors: M. F. L. Kuijpers, G. Hannink, S. B. W. Vehmeijer, L. N. van Steenbergen and B. W. Schreurs
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2019 20:385
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  14. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the gold standard in diagnosing rotator cuff pathology; however, there is a lack of studies investigating the reliability agreement for supraspinatus partial-thickness tears...

    Authors: João Alberto Yazigi Junior, Fábio Anauate Nicolao, Nicola Archetti Netto, Fabio Teruo Matsunaga, Jéssica Hae Lim Lee, Stéphanie Yuri Torres Ogata, Leonardo Massamaro Sugawara, André Yui Aihara and Marcel Jun Sugawara Tamaoki
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2019 20:383
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  16. Our hypothesis was that minimally invasive plate osteosynthesis (MIPO) using long philos plate (LPP) would show better clinical and radiological outcomes and less complications than narrow locking compression ...

    Authors: Jae-Jung Jeong, Sang-Eun Park, Hwan-Hee Lee, Jong-Hun Ji, Min-Sik Park and Yong-Taek Park
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2019 20:381
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  17. At present, bicortical pedicle screws (BPSs) are not used clinically because they carry the potential risk of damaging the prevertebral great vessels (PGVs). The authors observed the anatomical relationship be...

    Authors: Liehua Liu, Haoming Wang, Jiangang Wang, Qian Wang, Shiming Cheng, Ying Li, Weidong Jin, Zili Wang and Qiang Zhou
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2019 20:380
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  18. The aim of this study was to investigate the correlation between radiographic measurement in lumbar spine and clinical information including symptoms or results of functional testing using a baseline data of l...

    Authors: Kosuke Uehara, Masami Akai, Tokuhide Doi, Hiroyuki Oka and Tsutomu Iwaya
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2019 20:379
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  19. Corticosteroid injection is frequently used for plantar heel pain (plantar fasciitis), although there is limited high-quality evidence to support this treatment. Therefore, this study reviewed randomised trial...

    Authors: Glen A. Whittaker, Shannon E. Munteanu, Hylton B. Menz, Daniel R. Bonanno, James M. Gerrard and Karl B. Landorf
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2019 20:378
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  20. Fat embolism syndrome (FES) is a rare complication that can occur between 12 and 72 h after the initial insult. Isolated cerebral FES without pulmonary symptoms is rarer. Early fracture fixation might prevent ...

    Authors: Chin-Kai Huang, Chih-Yuan Huang, Chia-Lung Li, Jui-Ming Yang, Chin-Hsien Wu, Chih-Hui Chen and Po-Ting Wu
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2019 20:377
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  21. Obesity and radiological severity have been identified to be independent predictors of a low rate of response to viscosupplementation (VS), in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA). Is that enough to formally...

    Authors: Thierry Conrozier, Florent Eymard, Mickael Chouk and Xavier Chevalier
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2019 20:376
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  22. Lateral epicondylitis or tennis elbow is a frequent condition with long-lasting symptoms. In order to identify predictors for treatment success and pain in lateral epicondylitis, we used data from a randomized...

    Authors: Øystein Holmedal, Morten Olaussen, Ibrahimu Mdala, Bård Natvig and Morten Lindbæk
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2019 20:375
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  23. The number of hip, knee and shoulder arthroplasties continues to rise worldwide. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development has launched an initiative (called PaRIS Initiative) for the systemati...

    Authors: Alberto Grassi, Davide Golinelli, Dario Tedesco, Maurizia Rolli, Barbara Bordini, Marilina Amabile, Paola Rucci, Maria Pia Fantini and Stefano Zaffagnini
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2019 20:374
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  24. To determine the known-group validity, a type of construct validity, and the test-retest reliability of a newly developed tool, the Personalized Exercise Questionnaire (PEQ), that assesses the barriers, facili...

    Authors: Isabel B. Rodrigues, Jonathan D. Adachi, Karen A. Beattie, Arthur Lau and Joy C. MacDermid
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2019 20:373
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  25. This study aimed to investigate the risk factors for mechanical failure of cement spacers and the impact on hip function after two-stage exchange arthroplasty for periprosthetic joint infection (PJI).

    Authors: Fu-Shine Yang, Yu-Der Lu, Cheng-Ta Wu, Kier Blevins, Mel S. Lee and Feng-Chih Kuo
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2019 20:372
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  26. A displaced femoral neck fracture (FNF) in patients 55-70 years is a serious injury with a high risk of treatment failure and the optimal surgical treatment remains unclear. We aimed to describe characteristic...

    Authors: Stefan Bartels, Jan-Erik Gjertsen, Frede Frihagen, Cecilia Rogmark and Stein Erik Utvåg
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2019 20:371
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  27. Scoliosis is a serious disease that can affect all segments of society. Few studies have investigated the response to vibration of differing sinusoidal axial cyclic loading frequencies for different forms of s...

    Authors: Shaowei Jia, Ye Li, Junde Xie, Tian Tian, Shunxin Zhang and Li Han
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2019 20:370
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  28. Percutaneous transforaminal endoscopic discectomy (PTED) is widely used for the treatment of lumbar disc herniation. Facetectomy in PTED is necessary for accessing the intraspinal region and for decompressing ...

    Authors: Jingchi Li, Xiaoyu Zhang, Wenqiang Xu, Zhipeng Xi and Lin Xie
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2019 20:369
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  30. Reconstruction for large bone defect of distal tibia after wide resection of tumor is difficult, and the best option remains controversial. This study presents a novel “double-strut” fibula ankle arthrodesis f...

    Authors: Zhiqing Zhao, Taiqiang Yan, Xiaodong Tang, Wei Guo, Rongli Yang and Shun Tang
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2019 20:367
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  31. During ambulatory follow-up of patients with cerebral palsy (CP) systematic radiographic screening is required firstly to evaluate hip migration and development in the prevention of hip dislocation and secondl...

    Authors: Jef Neirynck, Renee Proost and Anja Van Campenhout
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2019 20:366
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  32. This study describes how patients with knee or hip osteoarthritis (OA), scheduled for arthroplasty, characterize their pain qualitatively and quantitatively and investigates whether differences exist in pain e...

    Authors: Josefina Skogö Nyvang, Josefine E. Naili, Maura D. Iversen, Eva W. Broström and Margareta Hedström
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2019 20:365
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  33. Using mass spectrometry, we evaluated the metabolic profiles of patients who had rotator cuff tears with shoulder stiffness, or shoulder stiffness only, and compared these with samples from a control group.

    Authors: Hyo-Jin Lee, Oak-Kee Hong, Dong-Ho Kwak and Yang-Soo Kim
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2019 20:364
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  34. The main purpose of this retrospective case series study was to evaluate long-term radiographic and clinical outcomes of a consecutive series of patients diagnosed with isolated, displaced, closed talar neck o...

    Authors: Carlo Biz, Nicolò Golin, Michele De Cicco, Nicola Maschio, Ilaria Fantoni, Antonio Frizziero, Elisa Belluzzi and Pietro Ruggieri
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2019 20:363
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  35. Fahr’s syndrome presenting multiple and symmetric calcification of basal ganglia and cerebral cortex is rare, and idiopathic hypoparatyroidism is known as one of the causes. The relationship between ossificati...

    Authors: Ikchan Jeon, Kyu Hyang Cho and Sang Woo Kim
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2019 20:362
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  36. Extramedullary systems are commonly used in knee arthroplasty, with the rod location being determined from the tibial torsion line during surgery. The traditional method for tibial torsion measurement is not i...

    Authors: Yeran Li, Yu-Hang Gao, Lu-Ding, Jianguo Liu, Chen Yang, Ming Li and Xin Qi
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2019 20:361
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  37. Strength testing of the serratus anterior muscle with hand held dynamometry (HDD) in supine subjects has low reproducibility, and is influenced by compensatory activity of other muscles like the pectoralis maj...

    Authors: Jos IJspeert, Hans C. J. W. Kerstens, Renske M. J. Janssen, Alexander C. H. Geurts, Nens van Alfen and Jan T. Groothuis
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2019 20:360
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  38. The present study aims to describe the imaging features in incident radiographic patellofemoral osteoarthritis (RPFOA) population in a Chinese suburban area.

    Authors: Yudian Qiu, Chutong Lin, Qiang Liu, Qunjie Zhong, Ke Tao, Dan Xing, Hu Li and Jianhao Lin
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2019 20:359
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  39. Despite advances in operative techniques and preoperative care, proximal femur fractures (PFF) still represent a great public health problem. Displacement and fracture stability have been assumed as important ...

    Authors: Mehdy Farhang, Sebastian Mukka, Ulrica Bergström, Olle Svensson and Arkan S. Sayed-Noor
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2019 20:358
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  40. Scaphoid fractures are the most common carpal fractures. They often need to be treated by surgery, where the use of a compression screw is the globally accepted gold standard. Surgeons may choose between diffe...

    Authors: Sören Könneker, Katja Krockenberger, Claudia Pieh, Christian von Falck, Bernard Brandewiede, Peter M. Vogt, Martin H. Kirschner and Andreas Ziegler
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2019 20:357
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  41. Fibrous hamartoma of infancy(FHI) is a rare benign lesion most frequently occurring within the first year of life. So far, just over 200 cases have been reported in the English literature, in which the radiolo...

    Authors: Yang Ji, Peizhen Hu, Chuanshan Zhang, Qingguo Yan, Hong Cheng, Ming Han, Zhe Huang, Xia Wang, Heng Li and Yuedong Han
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2019 20:356
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  42. Good outcomes have been reported in revision total hip replacement with massive segmental defects using impaction bone grafting with circumferential metal meshes. However, the morphology of defects that requir...

    Authors: Tohru Irie, Daisuke Takahashi, Tsuyoshi Asano, Tomohiro Shimizu, Ryuta Arai, Alaa Muhammad Terkawi, Yoichi M. Ito and Norimasa Iwasaki
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2019 20:355
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  43. There are only a few published case reports of irreducible Galeazzi fracture-dislocation, and patients in these studies had undergone reduction by open surgical methods. Arthroscopy for the distal radioulnar j...

    Authors: Masayoshi Iwamae, Koichi Yano, Yasunori Kaneshiro and Hideki Sakanaka
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2019 20:354
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  44. We assessed the morphological differences in the knee joint related to knee rotation angle in patients with hip dysplasia. These results may explain the anatomy of the knee in patients with hip dysplasia and a...

    Authors: Norio Imai, Dai Miyasaka, Yuki Hirano, Hayato Suzuki, Kazuki Tsuchiya and Naoto Endo
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2019 20:353
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  45. The relationship between spinal alignment and skeletal muscle mass (SMM) has attracted attention in recent years. Sagittal alignment is known to deteriorate with age, but it is not known whether this is relate...

    Authors: Akihiko Hiyama, Hiroyuki Katoh, Daisuke Sakai, Masahiro Tanaka, Masato Sato and Masahiko Watanabe
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2019 20:352
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  46. In the treatment of Lateral Epicondylitis (LE) no single intervention concerning injection therapies has been proven to be the most effective with regard to pain reduction. In this trial 3 injection therapies ...

    Authors: Renée Keijsers, P. Paul F. M. Kuijer, Koen L. M. Koenraadt, Michel P. J. van den Bekerom, Carina L. E. Gerritsma-Bleeker, Annechien Beumer, Monique H. W. Frings-Dresen and Denise Eygendaal
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2019 20:351
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  47. Isolated rectus femoris (RF) contracture is encountered very rarely in orthopaedic practices. There are few reports on its imaging manifestations and no cases reported to be treated with arthroscopy.

    Authors: Yunfeng Zhou, Zhengzheng Zhang, Jingyi Hou and Rui Yang
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2019 20:350
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  48. Female patients are more likely to have tendon injuries than males, especially those who has a higher concentration of relaxin. Previous studies have demonstrated that relaxin attenuates extracellular matrix (...

    Authors: Tianpeng Xu, Jiaxiang Bai, Menglei Xu, Binqing Yu, Jiayi Lin, Xiaobin Guo, Yu Liu, Di Zhang, Kai Yan, Dan Hu, Yuefeng Hao and Dechun Geng
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2019 20:349
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  49. Heterotopic ossification (HO) is a relatively common complication following hip surgery treated with open reduction and internal fixation, total arthroplasty or hemiarthroplasty. Development of HO after hip su...

    Authors: Daichi Hayashi, Elaine S. Gould, Corey Ho, Dennis L. Caruana, David E. Komatsu, Jie Yang, Chencan Zhu, Musa Mufti and James Nicholson
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2019 20:348
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  50. Tranexamic acid (TXA) is effective in reduction of hemorrhage after major surgical procedures. In total joint replacement it is commonly administered intravenously. Despite various studies regarding the safety...

    Authors: Eric Tille, Jonas Mysliwietz, Franziska Beyer, Anne Postler and Jörg Lützner
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2019 20:341
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