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  1. Diffuse pigmented villonodular synovitis (PVNS) of the knee is a rare proliferative joint disease associated with high recurrence rates following surgical treatment. Intra-articular joint instability in conjun...

    Authors: Cliodhna Farthing, Gernot Lang, Matthias J. Feucht, Norbert P. Südkamp and Kaywan Izadpanah
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2018 19:330
  2. Rotator cuff disorders represent the commonest type of painful shoulder complaints in clinical practice. Although conservative treatment including physiotherapy is generally recommended as first-line treatment...

    Authors: Cordula Braun, Nigel C. Hanchard, Helen H. Handoll and Andreas Betthäuser
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2018 19:329
  3. Clinical practice guidelines generally recommend clinicians use self-management support (SMS) when managing patients with spine pain. However, even within the educational setting, the implementation of SMS rem...

    Authors: Owis Eilayyan, Aliki Thomas, Marie-Christine Hallé, Sara Ahmed, Anthony C. Tibbles, Craig Jacobs, Silvano Mior, Connie Davis, Roni Evans, Michael J. Schneider, Fadi Alzoubi, Jan Barnsley, Cynthia R. Long and Andre Bussières
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2018 19:328
  4. Formation of lamellar bone in non-osseus tissue is a pathological process called heterotopic ossification. It is the aim of this study to analyse the morphology and immunological status of patients with hetero...

    Authors: Klemens Trieb, Andreas Meryk, Sascha Senck, Erin Naismith and Beatrix Grubeck-Loebenstein
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2018 19:327
  5. Success rates for lumbar discectomy are estimated as 78–95% patients at 1–2 years post-surgery, supporting its effectiveness. However, ongoing pain and disability is an issue for some patients, and recurrence ...

    Authors: Alison Rushton, Konstantinos Zoulas, Andrew Powell and JB Staal
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2018 19:326

    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2018 19:372

  6. Cervical spondylosis adversely affects life quality for its heavy disease burden. The report on the community-based prevalence and associated factors of cervical spondylosis is rare, especially in Chinese popu...

    Authors: Yanwei Lv, Wei Tian, Dafang Chen, Yajun Liu, Lifang Wang and Fangfang Duan
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2018 19:325
  7. Periprosthetic fractures after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) are an increasing problem and challenging to treat. The tibial side is commonly less affected than the femoral side wherefore few studies and case r...

    Authors: Anna Janine Schreiner, Florian Schmidutz, Atesch Ateschrang, Christoph Ihle, Ulrich Stöckle, Björn Gunnar Ochs and Christoph Gonser
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2018 19:323
  8. Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is an important complication following total hip replacement (THR) and total knee replacement (TKR) surgeries. Aim of this study was to comprehensively compare the clinical outcome...

    Authors: Xin Lu and Jin Lin
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2018 19:322
  9. The combined administration of intravenous (IV) and topical tranexamic acid (TXA) in primary total knee (TKA) knee remains controversial. The purpose of this meta-analysis was to assess the efficacy and safety...

    Authors: Huazhang Xiong, Yi Liu, Yi Zeng, Yuangang Wu and Bin Shen
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2018 19:321
  10. Posterolateral tibial plateau fractures have become more common, and their treatment is of great importance to knee function. Additionally, there is no available literature detailing specialized anatomic locki...

    Authors: Zhen Jian, Rongguang Ao, Jianhua Zhou, Xinhua Jiang, Dianying Zhang and Baoqing Yu
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2018 19:319
  11. Treatment for osteonecrosis of the femoral head (ONFH) in young individuals remains controversial. We developed a lantern-shaped screw, which was designed to provide mechanical support for the femoral head to ...

    Authors: Dasheng Lin, Lei Wang, Zhaoliang Yu, Deqing Luo, Xigui Zhang and Kejian Lian
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2018 19:318
  12. Big data research is important for studying uncommon diseases in real-world settings. Most big data studies in axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) have been limited to populations identified with billing codes for...

    Authors: Jessica A. Walsh, Shaobo Pei, Gopi K. Penmetsa, Jianwei Leng, Grant W. Cannon, Daniel O. Clegg and Brian C. Sauer
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2018 19:317
  13. IDC in children, first reported by Baron in 1924, is very rare. OPLL of the cervical spine mainly affect people ages 50–70 years. The coexistence of IDC and OPLL in children is very rare, only six cases with 3...

    Authors: Jun-Jie Du, Yu-Fei Chen, Ye Peng, Xiao-jie Li and Wei Ma
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2018 19:316
  14. Survival and reconstruction constitute important challenges in multimodal treatment of osteosarcoma of the proximal tibia. The purpose of this study was to assess the efficacy and prognosis of neoadjuvant chem...

    Authors: Junqi Huang, Wenzhi Bi, Gang Han, Jinpeng Jia, Meng Xu and Wei Wang
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2018 19:315
  15. Dislocation following total hip arthroplasty has to date not been resolved satisfactorily. Previous work has shown that using a less-invasive adaption of Bauer’s lateral transgluteal approach with capsular rep...

    Authors: Julia Jurkutat, Dirk Zajonz, Gerald Sommer, Stefan Schleifenbaum, Robert Möbius, Ronny Grunert, Niels Hammer and Torsten Prietzel
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2018 19:314
  16. Fractures of the greater tuberosity may result from a variety of mechanisms. Missed injury remains a persistent problem, both from a clinical and medico-legal point-of-view. Few studies on this topic are avail...

    Authors: Umile Giuseppe Longo, Steven Corbett and Philip Michael Ahrens
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2018 19:313
  17. Acute Essex-Lopresti injury is a rare and disabling condition of longitudinal instability of the forearm. When early diagnosed, patients report better outcomes with higher functional recovery. Aim of this stud...

    Authors: Maurizio Fontana, Marco Cavallo, Graziano Bettelli and Roberto Rotini
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2018 19:312
  18. The age-related osteoporosis is an increasing risk severely threatening the live quality of aged people. Human parathyroid hormone (hPTH) is applied to the therapy of osteoporosis successfully, however, the me...

    Authors: Wei Li, Liang Yuan, Guojun Tong, Youhua He, Yue Meng, Song Hao, Jianting Chen, Jun Guo, Richard Bringhurst and Dehong Yang
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2018 19:311
  19. The aim of this study was to assess the inter observer and intra observer reliability of acute scaphoid fracture classification methods including a novel ‘long axis’ measurement, a simple method which we have ...

    Authors: Benjamin J. F. Dean, Nicholas D. Riley, Earl Robert McCulloch, Jennifer C. E. Lane, Amy Beth Touzell and Alastair J. Graham
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2018 19:310
  20. Movement dysfunctions have been associated with persistent low back pain (LBP) but optimal treatment remains unclear. One possibility is that subgroups of persistent LBP patients have differing movement charac...

    Authors: Robert A. Laird, Jennifer L. Keating and Peter Kent
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2018 19:309
  21. Cervical spine fixation or immobilization has become a routine treatment for spinal fracture, dislocation, subluxation injuries, or spondylosis. The effects of immobilization of intervertebral discs of the cer...

    Authors: Yan-Jun Che, Hai-Tao Li, Ting Liang, Xi Chen, Jiang-Bo Guo, Hua-Ye Jiang, Zong-Ping Luo and Hui-Lin Yang
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2018 19:308
  22. Pain in osteoarthritis (OA) remains poorly understood. Different types of somatosensory alterations exist in OA including hyperesthesia and increased sensitivity to painful stimuli as well as those of decrease...

    Authors: Anisha B. Dua, Tuhina Neogi, Rachel A. Mikolaitis, Joel A. Block and Najia Shakoor
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2018 19:307
  23. While low back pain is a common presenting complaint in the emergency department, current estimates from Canada are limited. Furthermore, existing estimates do not clearly define low back pain. As such, our ma...

    Authors: Jordan Edwards, Jill Hayden, Mark Asbridge and Kirk Magee
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2018 19:306
  24. Kinesiotape (KT) is widely used in musculoskeletal rehabilitation as an adjuvant to treatment, but minimal evidence supports its use. The aim of this study is to determine the immediate and short-term effects ...

    Authors: Fabienne Reynard, Philippe Vuistiner, Bertrand Léger and Michel Konzelmann
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2018 19:305
  25. There is a paucity of research on the association between psychological factors and persistent shoulder pain. The aim of this study was to investigate whether emotional distress was associated with pain intens...

    Authors: Kaja Smedbråten, Britt Elin Øiestad and Yngve Røe
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2018 19:304
  26. Individuals with advanced hip osteoarthritis (OA) exhibit generalized muscle weakness of the affected limb and so clinical practice guidelines recommend strength training for the management of hip OA. However,...

    Authors: Aderson Loureiro, Maria Constantinou, Laura E. Diamond, Belinda Beck and Rod Barrett
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2018 19:303
  27. Lisfranc injuries are known to be rare and often overlooked injuries that can cause long-term disability and pain when missed or treated incorrectly. The wide variety of Lisfranc injuries ranges from subtle li...

    Authors: Ville T. Ponkilainen, Ville M. Mattila, Heikki-Jussi Laine, Antti Paakkala, Heikki M. Mäenpää and Heidi H. Haapasalo
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2018 19:301
  28. This study aimed to a) describe the prevalence of knee and hip osteoarthritis risk factors in a population of 29–59 year old individuals, b) estimate the association between persistent knee/hip pain and osteoa...

    Authors: Joyce A. C. van Tunen, George Peat, Alessio Bricca, Lars B. Larsen, Jens Søndergaard, Trine Thilsing, Ewa M. Roos and Jonas B. Thorlund
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2018 19:300
  29. Proximal humerus fractures are the third most common fracture in the elderly population and are expected to increase due to the aging population. Surgical fixation with locking plate technology has increased o...

    Authors: Lisa Howard, Randa Berdusco, Franco Momoli, J. Pollock, Allan Liew, Steve Papp, Karl-Andre Lalonde, Wade Gofton, Sara Ruggiero and Peter Lapner
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2018 19:299
  30. There have been fewer improvements in the clinical outcomes of adolescent and young adult (AYA) patients with cancer than for children and older adults, possibly because fewer studies focus on patients in this...

    Authors: Takashi Fukushima, Koichi Ogura, Toru Akiyama, Katsushi Takeshita and Akira Kawai
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2018 19:297
  31. To use Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) to characterize the severity, location, prevalence, and demographics of shoulder injuries in athletes at the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Summer Olympic Games.

    Authors: Akira M. Murakami, Andrew J. Kompel, Lars Engebretsen, Xinning Li, Bruce B. Forster, Michel D. Crema, Daichi Hayashi, Mohamed Jarraya, Frank W. Roemer and Ali Guermazi
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2018 19:296
  32. Osteoarthritis (OA) is a leading cause of pain and disability. NICE OA guidelines (2008) recommend that patients with OA should be offered core treatments in primary care. Assessments of OA management have ide...

    Authors: Emma Louise Healey, Ebenezer K. Afolabi, Martyn Lewis, John J. Edwards, Kelvin P. Jordan, Andrew Finney, Clare Jinks, Elaine M. Hay and Krysia S. Dziedzic
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2018 19:295
  33. Theoretically, potential errors in femoral component (FC) sizing can affect postoperative functional outcomes after total knee arthroplasty (TKA), including range of motion (ROM), anterior knee pain, and flexi...

    Authors: Piya Pinsornsak, Adisai Chaiwuttisak and Krit Boontanapibul
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2018 19:294
  34. Nutrient foramina are often encountered around the entry point of pedicle screws. Further, while probing the pedicle for pedicle screw insertion around the nutrient foramen, bleeding from the probe insertion h...

    Authors: Masahito Oshina, Yasushi Oshima, Yoshitaka Matsubayashi, Yuki Taniguchi, Hirotaka Chikuda, Kiehyun Daniel Riew and Sakae Tanaka
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2018 19:293
  35. Musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions are common and the biggest global cause of physical disability. The objective of the current study was to estimate the population prevalence of MSK-related pain using a standar...

    Authors: D. G. Hoy, T. Raikoti, E. Smith, A. Tuzakana, T. Gill, K. Matikarai, J. Tako, A. Jorari, F. Blyth, A. Pitaboe, R. Buchbinder, I. Kalauma, P. Brooks, C. Lepers, A. Woolf, A. Briggs…
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2018 19:292
  36. The major complaint of knee osteoarthritis (OA) is persistent pain. Unlike acute inflammatory pain, persistent pain is usually difficult to manage since its pathology is not fully understood. To elucidate the ...

    Authors: Takashi Hoshino, Kunikazu Tsuji, Hiroaki Onuma, Mio Udo, Hiroko Ueki, Masako Akiyama, Kahaer Abula, Hiroki Katagiri, Kazumasa Miyatake, Toshihumi Watanabe, Ichiro Sekiya, Hideyuki Koga and Takeshi Muneta
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2018 19:291
  37. Lumbar intervertebral disc herniation is a common cause of lower back and leg pain, with surgical intervention (e.g. discectomy to remove the herniated disc) recommended after an appropriate period of conserva...

    Authors: Wen Jie Choy, Kevin Phan, Ashish D. Diwan, Chon Sum Ong and Ralph J. Mobbs
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2018 19:290
  38. Total hip arthroplasty (THA) with failure of tantalum rod implant for osteonecrosis of the femoral head (ONFH) will be the only choice for patients. However,it remains unknown whether tantalum rod implantation...

    Authors: Qi Cheng, Jin-long Tang, Jiang-jiang Gu, Kai-jin Guo, Wang-shou Guo, Bai-liang Wang and Feng-chao Zhao
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2018 19:289
  39. The use of bone graft for the radial head fractures has been previously described and occasionally used by other authors.This is the first paper, to my knowledge, dealing with the relevant issue about the impo...

    Authors: Guanyi Liu, Erman Chen, Dingli Xu, Weihu Ma, Leijie Zhou, Jianming Chen and Zhijun Pan
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2018 19:288
  40. Lower extremity joint contractures have negative effects on gait in children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Thus, contracture prevention is essential for maintaining a patient’s functional ability and...

    Authors: Young-Ah Choi, Seong-Min Chun, Yale Kim and Hyung-Ik Shin
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2018 19:287
  41. The aim of this retrospective study is to evaluate distal resection interposition arthroplasty of the wrist as a tool to restore mobility as well as to restore stability in severely destroyed wrist joints.

    Authors: Christoph Biehl, Thomas Braun, Ulrich Thormann, Amir Oda, Gabor Szalay and Stefan Rehart
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2018 19:286
  42. Cervical disc arthroplasty (CDA) has been considered as an alternative to cervical arthrodesis in the treatment of cervical degenerative disc diseases (CDDD). The aim of this study was to assess the long-term ...

    Authors: Junfeng Zeng, Hao Liu, Xin Rong, Beiyu Wang, Yi Yang, Xinlin Gao, Tingkui Wu and Ying Hong
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2018 19:285
  43. Knee osteoarthritis (KOA) is the most common form of chronic degenerative joint disease worldwide. Its incidence has increased in recent years. Aberrant expression profile of lncRNAs in damaged bone and cartil...

    Authors: Kejie Wang, Minjie Chu, Wenge Ding and Qing Jiang
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2018 19:284
  44. To investigate the clinical efficacy of minimally invasive direct lateral approach debridement, interbody bone grafting, and interbody fusion in the treatment of the thoracic and lumbar spinal tuberculosis.

    Authors: Fengping Gan, Jianzhong Jiang, Zhaolin Xie, Shengbin Huang, Ying Li, Guoping Chen and Haitao Tan
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2018 19:283
  45. Tibial plateau fractures requiring surgery are severe injuries of the lower extremity. Tibial plateau fractures have an impact not only on physically demanding jobs but notably on general professional life too...

    Authors: Tobias M. Kraus, Charlotte Abele, Thomas Freude, Atesch Ateschrang, Ulrich Stöckle, Fabian M. Stuby and Steffen Schröter
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2018 19:281
  46. Injury prevalence data commonly indicate trends of higher rates of work-related musculoskeletal disorders in older workers over their younger counterparts, and for females more than males. The purpose of this ...

    Authors: John D. Collins and Leonard O’Sullivan
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2018 19:280

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