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  1. Axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) is a disabling inflammatory joint disease with chronic low back pain (CLBP) as leading symptom. Recognizing axSpA in the large amount of CLBP patients is difficult for general p...

    Authors: Lonneke van Hoeven, Yvonne Vergouwe, Bart W. Koes, Johanna M. W. Hazes and Angelique E. A. M. Weel
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:278
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  3. Pelvic girdle pain (PGP) is a multifactorial condition, which can be mentally and physically compromising both during and after pregnancy. However, long-term pregnancy-related PGP has been poorly investigated....

    Authors: Helen Elden, Annelie Gutke, Gunilla Kjellby-Wendt, Monika Fagevik-Olsen and Hans-Christian Ostgaard
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:276
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  4. Having observed a tendency towards femoral overgrowth (FO) of the affected limb in children with atrophic-type congenital pseudarthrosis of the tibia (CPT), we aimed to identify the incidence of, contributors ...

    Authors: Mi Hyun Song, Moon Seok Park, Won Joon Yoo, Tae-Joon Cho and In Ho Choi
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:274
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  5. Many physical examination (PE) maneuvers exist to assess knee function, none of which are specific to knee osteoarthritis (KOA). The Osteoarthritis Research Society International also recommends the use of six...

    Authors: Maura D. Iversen, Lori Lyn Price, Johan von Heideken, William F. Harvey and Chenchen Wang
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:273
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  6. The impact of physical exercise on joints and tendons is still a matter of debate. The aim of this study was to investigate with ultrasound the acute effects of extreme physical exercise on knee and ankle join...

    Authors: Fabian Proft, Mathias Grunke, Christiane Reindl, Felix Mueller, Maximilian Kriegmair, Jan Leipe, Peter Weinert, Hendrik Schulze-Koops and Matthias Witt
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:272
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  7. To study the reliability and validity of high-resolution peripheral quantitative CT (HR-pQCT) with microCT (μCT) as gold standard in the visual detection of cortical breaks in metacarpophalangeal (MCP) and pro...

    Authors: A. Scharmga, M. Peters, A. van Tubergen, J. van den Bergh, J. de Jong, D. Loeffen, B. van Rietbergen, R. Weijers and P. Geusens
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:271
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  8. Current guidelines for the management of patients with specific low back pain pathology suggest non-surgical intervention as first-line treatment, but there is insufficient evidence to make recommendations of ...

    Authors: Yvonne Lindbäck, Hans Tropp, Paul Enthoven, Allan Abbott and Birgitta Öberg
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:270
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  9. The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether PFNA-II (Asia proximal femoral nail anti-rotation) and DHS (dynamic hip screw) carry substantial post-operative hidden blood loss and to compare PFNA-II with D...

    Authors: Weiguang Yu, Xinchao Zhang, Rongbo Wu, Xingfei Zhu, Jun Hu, Yinfeng Xu, Jianhua Yi and Yunjiang Liu
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:269
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  10. Osteoporosis is a well-known complication of ankylosing spondylitis (AS). However, data about body composition modifications and muscle performance showed conflicting results. The aim of the study was to deter...

    Authors: Abdellah El Maghraoui, François Bertin Ebo’o, Siham Sadni, Abderrahim Majjad, Toufik Hamza and Aziza Mounach
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:268
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  11. A recent publication on efficacy of Sprifermin for knee osteoarthritis (OA) using quantitatively MRI-defined central medial tibio-femoral compartment cartilage thickness as the structural primary endpoint repo...

    Authors: Frank W. Roemer, Aida Aydemir, Stefan Lohmander, Michel D. Crema, Monica Dias Marra, Norma Muurahainen, David T. Felson, Felix Eckstein and Ali Guermazi
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:267
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  12. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s Osteoarthritis (OA) guidelines recommended that future research should consider the benefits of combination therapies in people with OA across multiple j...

    Authors: Andrew Finney, Emma Healey, Joanne L. Jordan, Sarah Ryan and Krysia S. Dziedzic
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:266
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  13. Patient-reported health-related quality of life is an important outcome measure when assessing the quality of hip fracture surgery. The frequently used EQ-5D index score has unfortunately important limitations...

    Authors: Jan-Erik Gjertsen, Valborg Baste, Jonas M. Fevang, Ove Furnes and Lars Birger Engesæter
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:265
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  14. The purpose of this study was to compare the clinical results between osteosynthesis and endoprosthesis for femoral neck fractures in asian elderly patients, and to analysis the factors that may affect the fai...

    Authors: Joon Soon Kang, Yoon Sang Jeon, Chi Hoon Ahn and Tae Hoon Roh
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:264
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  15. The objective of this study was to investigate the prevalence of self-reported low back pain (LBP) and neck and shoulder pain (NSP), and the related factors in members and non-members of adolescents’ sports cl...

    Authors: M. Rossi, K. Pasanen, S. Kokko, L. Alanko, O. J. Heinonen, R. Korpelainen, K. Savonen, H. Selänne, T. Vasankari, L. Kannas, U. Kujala, J. Villberg and J. Parkkari
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:263
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  16. The FRAX® tool estimates the risk of a fragility fracture among the population and many countries have been evaluating its performance among their populations since its creation in 2007.

    Authors: Rafael Azagra, Marta Zwart, Gloria Encabo, Amada Aguyé, Juan Carlos Martin-Sánchez, Nuria Puchol-Ruiz, Paula Gabriel-Escoda, Sergio Ortiz-Alinque, Emilio Gené, Milagros Iglesias, David Moriña, Miguel Angel Diaz-Herrera, Mireia Utzet and Josep Maria Manresa
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:262
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  17. Real-world data regarding anti-tumor necrosis factor alpha (anti-TNFα) biologic therapy use in psoriatic arthritis (PsA) are limited; therefore, we described treatment patterns and costs of anti-TNFα therapy i...

    Authors: Jacqueline B. Palmer, Yunfeng Li, Vivian Herrera, Minlei Liao, Melody Tran and Zafer E. Ozturk
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:261
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  19. Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is effective in reducing pain and improving function for end-stage knee osteoarthritis. However, muscle weakness and functional limitations persist despite assistance from post-op...

    Authors: Margaret B. Schache, Jodie A. McClelland and Kate E. Webster
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:259
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  20. Recommendations in clinical practice guidelines for non-specific low back pain (NSLBP) are not necessarily translated into practice. Multiple studies have investigated different interventions to implement best...

    Authors: Simon Alexander Mesner, Nadine E. Foster and Simon David French
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:258
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  21. Physiotherapist-led orthopaedic triage, where physiotherapists diagnose and determine management plans, aims to enhance effectiveness and provide the best care. However, scientific evidence for the effectivene...

    Authors: Karin S. Samsson, Susanne Bernhardsson and Maria E. H. Larsson
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:257
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  22. Some aspects of validity are missing for the Harris Hip Score (HHS). Our objective was to examine the clinically meaningful change thresholds, responsiveness and the predictive ability of the HHS questionnaire.

    Authors: Jasvinder A. Singh, Cathy Schleck, Scott Harmsen and David Lewallen
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:256
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  23. Bisphosphonates are a main component in the therapy of osteoporosis and other bone resorptive diseases. Previous studies have shown a positive effect of systemically applied bisphosphonates on fracture healing...

    Authors: Leif Menzdorf, Matthias Weuster, Tim Klüter, Stefan Brüggemann, Peter Behrendt, Stefanie Fitchen-Oestern, Deike Varoga, Andreas Seekamp, Nicolai Purcz, Claus C Glueer, Thomas Pufe and Sebastian Lippross
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:255
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  24. Both gravitational loading and the forces generated by muscle contraction have direct effects on serum markers of bone metabolism. The object of this study was to examine the direct effects of a single session...

    Authors: Gabriella Császárné Gombos, Viktória Bajsz, Emese Pék, Béla Schmidt, Eszter Sió, Bálint Molics and József Betlehem
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:254
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  25. Our purpose was to evaluate outcome following arthroscopic treatment of femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) in middle-aged patients and to define risk factors for conversion to total hip arthroplasty (THA).

    Authors: Simon Jakob Herrmann, Manuel Bernauer, Benjamin Erdle, Norbert Paul Südkamp, Peter Helwig and Oliver Hauschild
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:253
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  26. Rotator cuff rupture is associated with dysfunction, pain and muscular weakness related to the upper extremity. Some evidence exists to support the beneficial effect of exercises but there is lack of evidence ...

    Authors: Birgitte Hede Christensen, Kathrine Skov Andersen, Sten Rasmussen, Elizabeth Lykholt Andreasen, Lotte Mejlvig Nielsen and Steen Lund Jensen
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:252
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  27. Arthritis secondary to developmental hip dysplasia often mandates implant surgery at a relatively young age. Hip resurfacing arthroplasty (HRA), compared with standard stemmed total hip arthroplasty (THA), aff...

    Authors: Melissa D. Gaillard and Thomas P. Gross
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:251
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  28. International recommendations suggest exercise and self-management programs, including non-pharmacological treatments, for knee osteoarthritis (KOA) because they can benefit pain relief and improve function an...

    Authors: Priscila Marconcin, Margarida Espanha, Flávia Yázigi and Pedro Campos
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:250
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  29. Although international guidelines encourage urate lowering therapy (ULT) for people who have more than two attacks of gout, only 30 % of patients are prescribed it and only 40 % of those adhere to the treatmen...

    Authors: Jane C. Richardson, Jennifer Liddle, Christian D. Mallen, Edward Roddy, Samantha Hider, Suman Prinjha and Sue Ziebland
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:249
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  30. A scaphoid fracture is the most common type of carpal fracture affecting young active people. The optimal management of this fracture is uncertain. When treated with a cast, 88 to 90 % of these fractures unite...

    Authors: Joseph Dias, Stephen Brealey, Surabhi Choudhary, Liz Cook, Matthew Costa, Caroline Fairhurst, Catherine Hewitt, Stephen Hodgson, Laura Jefferson, Kanagaratnam Jeyapalan, Ada Keding, Paul Leighton, Amar Rangan, Gerry Richardson, Claire Rothery, Nicholas Taub…
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:248
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  31. Plantaris tendon, peronus brevis tendon and flexor hallucis longus tendon augmentation, commonly used in Achilles tendon rupture, often lead to weakening of injured foot and they require the immobilization aft...

    Authors: Tomasz Piontek, Paweł Bąkowski, Kinga Ciemniewska-Gorzela and Monika Grygorowicz
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:247
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  32. Seronegative rheumatoid arthritis is associated with a milder course of progression compared to seropositive disease. However, long-term follow-up data of the clinical course of seronegative rheumatoid arthrit...

    Authors: Elena Nikiphorou, Christopher Sjöwall, Pekka Hannonen, Tuomas Rannio and Tuulikki Sokka
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:246
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  33. Injuries to the human native cartilage tissue are particularly problematic because cartilage has little to no ability to heal or regenerate itself. Employing a tissue engineering strategy that combines suitabl...

    Authors: Xing Zhao, Anestis Papadopoulos, Shinichi Ibusuki, David A. Bichara, Daniel B. Saris, Jos Malda, Kristi S. Anseth, Thomas J. Gill and Mark A. Randolph
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:245
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  34. Internalised stigma is theorized to be the internalisation and legitimisation of stereotypes of the diagnosis held in society and has not been quantified within patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis. This study a...

    Authors: Elizabeth Corker, R. Claire Henderson, Heidi Lempp and June S. L. Brown
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:244
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  35. Implant infections are a major complication in the field of orthopaedics. Bacteria attach to the implant-surface and form biofilm-colonies which makes them difficult to treat. Not only immune cells exclusively...

    Authors: Ulrike Dapunt, Thomas Giese, Sabine Stegmaier, Arash Moghaddam and Gertrud Maria Hänsch
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:243
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  36. Patellofemoral pain is one of the most frequent knee conditions among adolescents with a prevalence of 7 %. Evidence-based treatment consists of patient education combined with hip and quadriceps strengthening...

    Authors: Henrik Riel, Mark Matthews, Bill Vicenzino, Thomas Bandholm, Kristian Thorborg and Michael Skovdal Rathleff
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:242
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  38. Gel-200 is a cross-linked hyaluronate single-injection device for treatment of osteoarthritis pain in the knee. This report summarizes new analyses of the safety of retreatment with Gel-200 from the 13-week, p...

    Authors: Vibeke Strand, Sooyeol Lim and Junko Takamura
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:240
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  39. Tennis elbow is a common elbow pathology typically affecting middle-aged individuals that can lead to significant disability. Most cases resolve within 2 years of symptom onset, but a subset of patients will d...

    Authors: Bogdan A. Matache, Randa Berdusco, Franco Momoli, Peter L. C. Lapner and J. W. Pollock
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:239
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  40. Although osteoarthritis (OA) is a multifactorial disease, little has been reported regarding the cooperative interaction among these factors on cartilage metabolism. Here we examined the synergistic effect of ...

    Authors: Kazumasa Miyatake, Takeshi Muneta, Miyoko Ojima, Jun Yamada, Yu Matsukura, Kahaer Abula, Ichiro Sekiya and Kunikazu Tsuji
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:238
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  41. Community-based studies of patellofemoral pain (PFP) need a questionnaire tool that discriminates between those with and those without the condition. To overcome these issues, we have designed a self-report qu...

    Authors: Paola Dey, Michael Callaghan, Neil Cook, Ruth Sephton, Chris Sutton, Elaine Hough, Jonathan James, Rukhtam Saqib and James Selfe
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:237
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  42. A major challenge facing those with late stage osteoarthritis is delayed surgery due to waiting lists. In South Africa patients wait years for a hip/knee arthroplasty. Affected patients require effective manag...

    Authors: M. M. Saw, T. Kruger-Jakins, N. Edries and R. Parker
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:236
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  43. Approximately 17 % of all fractures involve the distal radius. Two-thirds require reduction due to displacement. High redislocation rates and functional disability remain a significant problem after non-operat...

    Authors: Tjebbe Hagenaars, Guido W. Van Oijen, W. Herbert Roerdink, Paul A. Vegt, Jos P. A. M. Vroemen, Michael H. J. Verhofstad and Esther M. M. Van Lieshout
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:235
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  44. To our knowledge, there are no methods allowing for quantification of the spatial distribution of lumbar paravertebral muscle fatty infiltration (FI) in the transverse plane. There is an increasing emphasis on...

    Authors: Áine Ni Mhuiris, Thomas Volken, James M. Elliott, Mark Hoggarth, Dino Samartzis and Rebecca J. Crawford
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:234
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  45. Obesity is one of the only modifiable risk factors for both incidence and progression of Osteoarthritis (OA). So there is increasing interest from a public health perspective in addressing obesity in the manag...

    Authors: Anna Flego, Michelle M. Dowsey, Peter F. M. Choong and Marj Moodie
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:233
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  46. Optimal management for adhesive shoulder capsulitis (frozen shoulder) is currently unclear. We intended to explore whether treatment by intra-articular injections with corticosteroid and distension is more eff...

    Authors: Satya Pal Sharma, Anders Bærheim, Rolf Moe-Nilssen and Alice Kvåle
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:232
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  47. Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), including those treated with biologics, are at increased risk of some vaccine-preventable infections. We evaluated the antibody response to standard 23-valent pneumococ...

    Authors: Rieke Alten, Clifton O. Bingham III, Stanley B. Cohen, Jeffrey R. Curtis, Sheila Kelly, Dennis Wong and Mark C. Genovese
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:231
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  48. Osteoarthritis is a leading cause of pain and disability across the world. With an aging population its prevalence is likely to further increase. Current accepted medical treatment strategies are aimed at symp...

    Authors: Julien Freitag, Dan Bates, Richard Boyd, Kiran Shah, Adele Barnard, Leesa Huguenin and Abi Tenen
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:230
    Content type: Review Published on:

  50. Total hip replacement (THR) is one of the most common orthopaedic procedures in the United Kingdom (UK). Historically, people following THR have been provided with hip precautions and equipment such as: raised...

    Authors: T. O. Smith and C. M. Sackley
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:228
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