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  1. There is strong evidence that athletes have a twofold risk for re-injury after a previous ankle sprain, especially during the first year post-injury. These ankle sprain recurrences could result in disability a...

    Authors: Maarten DW Hupperets, Evert ALM Verhagen and Willem van Mechelen
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2008 9:71
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  2. It is recognized that different types of hallux valgus exist. Classification occurs with radiographic and clinical parameters. Severity of different parameters is used in algorithms to choose between different...

    Authors: Axel R Deenik, Enrico de Visser, Jan-Willem K Louwerens, Maarten de Waal Malefijt, Frits F Draijer and Rob A de Bie
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2008 9:70
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  3. Some studies have raised the question about whether the good results obtained with the Charnley prosthesis could be replicated at general hospitals when it comes to the frequency of early complications and fai...

    Authors: Daniel Hernández-Vaquero, Abelardo Suárez-Vazquez and Jesus Fernandez-Lombardia
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2008 9:69
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  4. Self-report questionnaires play an important role as outcome measures in shoulder research. Having an estimate of the measurement error of these questionnaires is of importance when assessing follow-up results...

    Authors: Ole M Ekeberg, Erik Bautz-Holter, Einar K Tveitå, Anne Keller, Niels G Juel and Jens I Brox
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2008 9:68
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  5. Percutaneous vertebroplasty (PV) is generally performed under fluoroscopic guidance. Technically, single fluoroscope is considered sufficient for effectively monitoring PV. However, single fluoroscopic techniq...

    Authors: Yen-Yao Li, Tsung-Jen Huang, Chin-Chang Cheng and Robert Wen-Wei Hsu
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2008 9:67
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  6. Osteolytic metastases around the acetabulum are frequent in tumour patients, and may cause intense and drug-resistant pain of the hip. These lesions also cause structural weakening of the pelvis, limping, and ...

    Authors: Giulio Maccauro, Francesco Liuzza, Laura Scaramuzzo, Alessandro Milani, Francesco Muratori, Barbara Rossi, Victor Waide, Giandomenico Logroscino, Carlo A Logroscino and Nicola Maffulli
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2008 9:66
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  7. Chronic low back pain remains a major health problem in Australia and around the world. Unfortunately the majority of treatments for this condition produce small effects because not all patients respond to eac...

    Authors: Luciana G Macedo, Jane Latimer, Chris G Maher, Paul W Hodges, Michael Nicholas, Lois Tonkin, James H McAuley and Ryan Stafford
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2008 9:65
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  8. Anterior knee pain (AKP) is a common musculoskeletal complaint. It has been suggested that one factor that may contribute to the presence of AKP is a delay in the recruitment of the vastus medialis oblique mus...

    Authors: Rachel Chester, Toby O Smith, David Sweeting, John Dixon, Sarah Wood and Fujian Song
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2008 9:64
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  9. Fatigue is recognized as a disabling symptom in many chronic conditions including rheumatic disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and lupus. Fatigue in osteoarthritis (OA) is not routinely evaluated and ...

    Authors: J Denise Power, Elizabeth M Badley, Melissa R French, Angela J Wall and Gillian A Hawker
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2008 9:63
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  10. Splinting as part of the overall post-surgical management of patients after release of Dupuytren's contracture has been widely reported, though there is variation in practice and criteria for using it. The evi...

    Authors: Christina Jerosch-Herold, Lee Shepstone, Adrian J Chojnowski and Debbie Larson
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2008 9:62
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  11. Low back pain (LBP) is a frequent health complaint among health care personnel. Several work tasks and working postures are associated with an increased risk of LBP. The aim of this study was to compare two se...

    Authors: Kirsten Nabe-Nielsen, Nils Fallentin, Karl B Christensen, Jette N Jensen and Finn Diderichsen
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2008 9:61
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  12. Adequate and intensive rehabilitation is an important requirement for successful total knee arthroplasty.

    Authors: Ton AF Lenssen, Mike JA van Steyn, Yvonne HF Crijns, Eddie MH Waltjé, George M Roox, Ruud JT Geesink, Piet A van den Brandt and Rob A De Bie
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2008 9:60
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  13. In Denmark, approximately 12,000 hip and knee arthroplasties were performed in 2006, and the hospital costs were close to US$ 110,000,000. In a randomized clinical trial, we have recently demonstrated the effi...

    Authors: Kristian Larsen, Karen Elisabeth Hvass, Torben B Hansen, Per B Thomsen and Kjeld Søballe
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2008 9:59
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  14. Back pain is a major health problem and many sufferers develop persistent symptoms. Detecting relevant subgroups of patients with non-specific low back pain has been highlighted as a priority area for research...

    Authors: Elaine M Hay, Kate M Dunn, Jonathan C Hill, Martyn Lewis, Elizabeth E Mason, Kika Konstantinou, Gail Sowden, Simon Somerville, Kanchan Vohora, David Whitehurst and Chris J Main
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2008 9:58
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  16. Major shoulder surgery often results in severe post-operative pain and a variety of interventions have been developed in an attempt to address this. The continuous slow infusion of a local anaesthetic directly...

    Authors: Jennifer A Coghlan, Andrew Forbes, Simon N Bell and Rachelle Buchbinder
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2008 9:56
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  17. Cutpoints (CPs) for mild, moderate and severe pain are established and used primarily in cancer pain. In this study, we wanted to determine the optimal CPs for mild, moderate, and severe pain in joint replacem...

    Authors: Heidi Kapstad, Berit R Hanestad, Norvald Langeland, Tone Rustøen and Knut Stavem
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2008 9:55
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  18. Low-back pain is responsible for significant disability and costs in industrialized countries. Only a minority of subjects suffering from low-back pain will develop persistent disability. However, this minorit...

    Authors: Stéphane Poitras, Michel Rossignol, Clermont Dionne, Michel Tousignant, Manon Truchon, Bertrand Arsenault, Pierre Allard, Manon Coté and Alain Neveu
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2008 9:54
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  19. Hydrodilatation of the glenohumeral joint is by several authors reported to improve shoulder pain and range of motion for patients with adhesive capsulitis. Procedures described often involve the injection of ...

    Authors: Einar Kristian Tveitå, Rana Tariq, Sølve Sesseng, Niels Gunnar Juel and Erik Bautz-Holter
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2008 9:53
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  20. To analyse available evidence on the efficacy and safety of anti-TNFα drugs (infliximab, etanercept and adalimumab) for treating rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

    Authors: Alberto Alonso-Ruiz, Jose Ignacio Pijoan, Eukene Ansuategui, Arantxa Urkaregi, Marcelo Calabozo and Antonio Quintana
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2008 9:52
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  21. Modic changes are bone marrow lesions visible in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and they are assumed to be associated with symptomatic intervertebral disc disease, especially changes located at L5-S1. Only ...

    Authors: Mari Kuisma, Jaro Karppinen, Marianne Haapea, Jaakko Niinimäki, Risto Ojala, Markku Heliövaara, Raija Korpelainen, Kaisu Kaikkonen, Simo Taimela, Antero Natri and Osmo Tervonen
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2008 9:51
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  22. Despite emphasis on patient centred healthcare, healthcare professionals have been slow to use validated measurements of patient satisfaction in physiotherapy practice. The aim of this cross sectional survey w...

    Authors: Sarah N Casserley-Feeney, Martin Phelan, Fionnuala Duffy, Susan Roush, Melinda C Cairns and Deirdre A Hurley
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2008 9:50
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  23. Measurements of range of motion play a key role in shoulder research. The purpose of this study is to investigate intra-observer reproducibility of measurements of active and passive range of motion in patient...

    Authors: Einar Kristian Tveitå, Ole Marius Ekeberg, Niels Gunnar Juel and Erik Bautz-Holter
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2008 9:49
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  24. Spontaneous reporting systems for adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are handicapped by under-reporting and limited detail on individual cases. We report an investigation from a local surveillance for serious adver...

    Authors: Paresh Jobanputra, Roshan Amarasena, Fiona Maggs, Dawn Homer, Simon Bowman, Elizabeth Rankin, Andrew Filer, Karim Raza and Ronald Jubb
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2008 9:48
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  25. Occupational computer use has been associated with upper extremity musculoskeletal disorders (UEMSDs), but the etiology and pathophysiology of some of these disorders are poorly understood. Various theories at...

    Authors: Ronald A Burgess, R Terry Thompson and Gary B Rollman
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2008 9:47
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  27. Intra-articular shift (migration) of bone marrow edema syndrome (BMES) is a very rare disease. Only a few cases have been reported thus far. The condition may cause the clinician to suspect an aggressive disease.

    Authors: Nicolas Aigner, Roland Meizer, Gerd Petje, Elisabeth Meizer, Ashraf Abdelkafy and Franz Landsiedl
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2008 9:45
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  28. Measurement of spasticity is a difficult and unresolved problem, partly due to its complexity and the fact that there are many factors involved. In the assessment of spasticity in the pediatric disabled popula...

    Authors: Akmer Mutlu, Ayse Livanelioglu and Mintaze Kerem Gunel
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2008 9:44
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  29. The minimal detectable change (MDC) and the minimal clinically important changes (MCIC) have been explored for nonspecific low back pain patients and are similar across different cultural settings. No data on ...

    Authors: Francisco M Kovacs, Víctor Abraira, Ana Royuela, Josep Corcoll, Luis Alegre, Miquel Tomás, María Antonia Mir, Alejandra Cano, Alfonso Muriel, Javier Zamora, María Teresa Gil del Real, Mario Gestoso and Nicole Mufraggi
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2008 9:43
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  30. The NDI, COM and NPQ are evaluation instruments for disability due to NP. There was no Spanish version of NDI or COM for which psychometric characteristics were known. The objectives of this study were to tran...

    Authors: Francisco M Kovacs, Joan Bagó, Ana Royuela, Jesús Seco, Sergio Giménez, Alfonso Muriel, Víctor Abraira, José Luis Martín, José Luis Peña, Mario Gestoso, Nicole Mufraggi, Montserrat Núñez, Josep Corcoll, Ignacio Gómez-Ochoa, Ma José Ramírez, Eva Calvo…
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2008 9:42
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  31. Reduction of blood flow is important in the induction of neurogenic intermittent claudication (NIC) in lumbar spinal canal stenosis. PGE1 improves the mean walking distance in patients with NIC type cauda equina ...

    Authors: Masayoshi Shirasaka, Bunji Takayama, Miho Sekiguchi, Shin-ichi Konno and Shin-ichi Kikuchi
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2008 9:41
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  32. Acute chest pain is a major health problem all over the western world. Active approaches are directed towards diagnosis and treatment of potentially life threatening conditions, especially acute coronary syndr...

    Authors: Mette J Stochkendahl, Henrik W Christensen, Werner Vach, Poul Flemming Høilund-Carlsen, Torben Haghfelt and Jan Hartvigsen
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2008 9:40
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  33. Ballet Dancers have been shown to have a relatively high incidence of stress fractures of the foot and ankle. It was our objective to examine MR imaging patterns of bone marrow edema (BME) in the ankles of hig...

    Authors: Ilan Elias, Adam C Zoga, Steven M Raikin, Judith R Peterson, Marcus P Besser, William B Morrison and Mark E Schweitzer
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2008 9:39
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  35. Maxillary expansion (ME) is a common practice in orthodontics that aims to increase the constricted maxillary arch width. Relapse often occurs, however, and better treatment strategies are needed. In order to ...

    Authors: Junqing Ma, Yunxia Wu, Weibing Zhang, Roger J Smales, You Huang, Yongchu Pan and Lin Wang
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2008 9:37
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  36. Since knee complaints are common among athletes and are frequently presented in general practice, it is of interest to investigate the type of knee complaints represented in general practice of athletes in com...

    Authors: Marienke van Middelkoop, Robbart van Linschoten, Marjolein Y Berger, Bart W Koes and Sita MA Bierma-Zeinstra
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2008 9:36
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  37. Double bundle ACL reconstruction has been demonstrated to decrease rotational knee laxity. However, there is no simple, commercially-available device to measure knee rotation. The investigators developed a sim...

    Authors: Andrew G Tsai, Volker Musahl, Hanno Steckel, Kevin M Bell, Thore Zantop, James J Irrgang and Freddie H Fu
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2008 9:35
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  38. In epidemiological studies on neck-shoulder disorders, physical examination by health professionals, although more expensive, is usually considered a better method of data collection than self-administered que...

    Authors: Nathalie Perreault, Chantal Brisson, Clermont E Dionne, Sylvie Montreuil and Laura Punnett
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2008 9:34
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  39. A high incidence of decreased bone mineral density (BMD) has been associated with HIV infection. Normal skeletal homeostasis is controlled, at least in part, by the maturation and activity of mature osteoblast...

    Authors: Eoin J Cotter, Herbert Shi Ming Ip, William G Powderly and Peter P Doran
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2008 9:33
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  40. The efficacy, safety and tolerability of lumiracoxib, a novel selective cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitor, has been demonstrated in previous studies of patients with osteoarthritis (OA). As it is important to...

    Authors: Roy Fleischmann, Hyman Tannenbaum, Neha P Patel, Marianne Notter, Peter Sallstig and Jean-Yves Reginster
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2008 9:32
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  41. Evidence supports the use of exercise for chronic low back pain (CLBP); however, adherence is often poor due to ongoing pain. Auricular acupuncture is a form of pain relief involving the stimulation of points ...

    Authors: SM McDonough, SD Liddle, R Hunter, DM Walsh, P Glasgow, G Gormley, D Hurley, A Delitto, J Park, I Bradbury and GD Baxter
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2008 9:31
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  42. Hamstring injury is one of the most common injuries affecting gaelic footballers, similar to other field sports. Research in other sports on whether residual hamstring weakness is present after hamstring injur...

    Authors: Kieran O'Sullivan, Brian O'Ceallaigh, Kevin O'Connell and Amir Shafat
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2008 9:30
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  43. Herein, we evaluated, retrospectively, the effect of posterior capsular repair upon postoperative hip dislocation subsequent to total hip arthroplasty (THA) incorporating a posterolateral approach.

    Authors: Shang-Ju Tsai, Chen-Ti Wang and Ching-Chuan Jiang
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2008 9:29
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  44. Osteoporosis is an important public health problem in older adults. It is more common in postmenopausal women and not only gives rise to morbidity but also markedly diminishes the quality of life in this popul...

    Authors: Afsaneh Keramat, Bhushan Patwardhan, Bagher Larijani, Arvind Chopra, Ambrish Mithal, Devlina Chakravarty, Hossein Adibi and Ahmad Khosravi
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2008 9:28
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  45. Patellofemoral pain syndrome is a highly prevalent musculoskeletal overuse condition that has a significant impact on participation in daily and physical activities. A recent systematic review highlighted the ...

    Authors: Bill Vicenzino, Natalie Collins, Kay Crossley, Elaine Beller, Ross Darnell and Thomas McPoil
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2008 9:27
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  46. Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is one of the frequent and functionally impairing disorders of the musculoskeletal system. In the literature, a number of occupational risk factors are discussed as being related to th...

    Authors: André Klußmann, Hansjuergen Gebhardt, Falk Liebers, Lars Victor von Engelhardt, Andreas Dávid, Bertil Bouillon and Monika A Rieger
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2008 9:26
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  47. This paper reports an in-vitro study for evaluating the influence of the femoral tunnel orientation in anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) double-bundle reconstructions.

    Authors: Stefano Zaffagnini, Danilo Bruni, Sandra Martelli, Naoaki Imakiire, Maurilio Marcacci and Alessandro Russo
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2008 9:25
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  48. Many new treatments for degeneration of the intervertebral disc are being developed which can be delivered through a needle. These require testing in model systems before being used in human patients. Unfortun...

    Authors: Sally Roberts, Janis Menage, Sarit Sivan and Jill PG Urban
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2008 9:24
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  49. The importance of staying active instead of bed rest has been acknowledged in the management of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs). This emphasizes the potential benefits of adjusting work to fit the employee's ...

    Authors: Kari-Pekka Martimo, Leena Kaila-Kangas, Johanna Kausto, Esa-Pekka Takala, Ritva Ketola, Hilkka Riihimäki, Ritva Luukkonen, Jaro Karppinen, Helena Miranda and Eira Viikari-Juntura
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2008 9:23
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  50. Little is known about the role of prior occupational low back injury in future episodes of low back pain and disability in the general population. We conducted a study to determine if a lifetime history of wor...

    Authors: Cesar A Hincapié, J David Cassidy and Pierre Côté
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2008 9:22
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