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  1. Our purpose was to analyze and compare the use of direct health resources and costs generated in the treatment of Dupuytren's contracture using two different techniques: subtotal fasciectomy and infiltration w...

    Authors: Rafael Sanjuan Cerveró, Nuria Franco Ferrando and Jaime Poquet Jornet
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013 14:293
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  2. The mediopatellar plica is a synovial fold representing an embryonic remnant from the developmental process of the synovial cavity formation in the knee. We aimed to examine the frequency of MRI-detected medio...

    Authors: Daichi Hayashi, Li Xu, Ali Guermazi, C Kent Kwoh, Michael J Hannon, Mohamed Jarraya, Stephanie M Green, John M Jakicic, Carolyn E Moore and Frank W Roemer
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013 14:292
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  3. Hip fractures constitute an economic burden on healthcare resources. Most persons with a hip fracture undergo surgery. As morbidity and mortality rates are high, perioperative care leaves room for improvement....

    Authors: Elvira R Flikweert, Gerbrand J Izaks, Inge HF Reininga, Klaus W Wendt and Martin Stevens
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013 14:291
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  4. Utilization of total knee arthroplasty is increasing rapidly. A substantial number of total knee arthroplasty recipients have persistent pain after surgery. Our objective was to design a randomized controlled ...

    Authors: Elena Losina, Jamie E Collins, Meghan E Daigle, Laurel A Donnell-Fink, Julian JZ Prokopetz, Doris Strnad, Vladislav Lerner, Benjamin N Rome, Roya Ghazinouri, Debra J Skoniecki, Jeffrey N Katz and John Wright
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013 14:290
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  5. Articular cartilage is a solid-fluid biphasic material covering the bony ends of articulating joints. Hydration of articular cartilage is important to joint lubrication and weight-wearing. The aims of this stu...

    Authors: Qing Wang, Yi-Yi Yang, Hai-Jun Niu, Wen-Jing Zhang, Qian-Jin Feng and Wu-Fan Chen
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013 14:289
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  6. Herniation pits (HPs) commonly develop over time at the femoral head–neck junction in adults, but their cause is still under debate. The purpose of study reported here was to investigate the correlation betwee...

    Authors: Zhe Guo, Li Xu, Yong-bin Su and Xiao-guang Cheng
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013 14:288
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  7. Previous studies have shown positive effects of physical exercise at the workplace on musculoskeletal disorders. However, long-term adherence remains a challenge. The present study evaluates long-term adherenc...

    Authors: Mogens Theisen Pedersen, Christoffer H Andersen, Mette K Zebis, Gisela Sjøgaard and Lars L Andersen
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013 14:287
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  8. Taking DMARDs as prescribed is an essential part of self-management for patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis. To date, the Compliance Questionnaire for Rheumatology (CQR) is the only self-report adherence measur...

    Authors: Lyndsay D Hughes, John Done and Adam Young
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013 14:286
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  10. The Fracture Risk Assessment (FRAX) tool has been developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) to calculate 10-year probability hip fracture (HP) or major osteoporotic fracture (MOF). The objective of this...

    Authors: Mai B Aker, Adham S Abu Taha, Sa’ed H Zyoud, Ansam F Sawalha, Samah W Al-Jabi and Waleed M Sweileh
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013 14:284
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  11. Progressive scoliosis, pelvic obliquity and increasing reduction of pulmonary function are among the most significant problems for patients with SMA type II and SMA type III once they have lost the ability to ...

    Authors: Albert Fujak, Wolfgang Raab, Alexander Schuh, Silvia Richter, Raimund Forst and Jürgen Forst
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013 14:283
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  12. In therapeutic settings, patients with shoulder pain often exhibit deficient coordinative abilities in their trunk and lower extremities. The aim of the study was to investigate 1) if there is a connection bet...

    Authors: Tobias Baierle, Thilo Kromer, Carmen Petermann, Petra Magosch and Hannu Luomajoki
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013 14:282
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  13. For anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF), stand-alone cages can be supplemented with vertebral plate, locking screws, or threaded cylinder to avoid the use of posterior fixation. Intuitively, the plate, scr...

    Authors: Shih-Hao Chen, Ming-Chieh Chiang, Jin-Fu Lin, Shang-Chih Lin and Ching-Hua Hung
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013 14:281
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  14. In anterior cervical spine surgery a retractor is obligatory to approach the spine. Previous studies showed an increase of endotracheal tube cuff pressure after placement of a retractor. It is known that high ...

    Authors: Mark P Arts, Thijs C D Rettig, Jessica de Vries, Jasper F C Wolfs and Bas A in’t Veld
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013 14:280
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  15. The access to healthcare and treatment by rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients, particularly to biologics, differs significantly among European countries.

    Authors: Pedro A Laires, Rui Mesquita, Luís Veloso, Ana Paula Martins, Rui Cernadas and João Eurico Fonseca
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013 14:279
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  16. There is limited evidence on non-pharmacological interventions for gout. The aim of the study was to determine whether a footwear intervention can reduce foot pain and musculoskeletal disability in people with...

    Authors: Keith Rome, Sarah Stewart, Alain C Vandal, Peter Gow, Peter McNair and Nicola Dalbeth
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013 14:278
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  17. To investigate the impact of a short-term multimodal rehabilitation program for patients with low back pain (LBP) on trunk muscle reflex responses and feedforward activation induced by postural perturbations.

    Authors: Arnaud Dupeyron, Christophe Demattei, Pascal Kouyoumdjian, Olivier Missenard, Jean Paul Micallef and Stéphane Perrey
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013 14:277
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  19. Several organizations seek to address the growing burden of arthritis in developing countries by providing total joint replacements (TJR) to patients with advanced arthritis who otherwise would not have access...

    Authors: Kyle E Dempsey, Roya Ghazinouri, Desiree Diez, Luis Alcantara, Carolyn Beagan, Barbara Aggouras, Monica Hoagland, Thomas S Thornhill and Jeffrey N Katz
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013 14:275
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  20. The Back Pain Cohort of Southern Denmark (BaPa Cohort) was initiated with the aim of evaluating the clinical relevance of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the diagnosis of early spondyloarthritis (SpA). In ...

    Authors: Bodil Arnbak, Tue Secher Jensen, Claus Manniche, Anna Zejden, Niels Egund and Anne Grethe Jurik
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013 14:274
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  22. During Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) courses, shoulder involvement is common. However, etiologies of shoulder pain in patients with AS remain to be defined. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalenc...

    Authors: Sanae Ali Ou Alla, Rachid Bahiri, Hanaa Amine, Hourya El Alaoui, Hanane Rkain, Souad Aktaou, Redouane Abouqal and Najia Hajjaj-Hassouni
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013 14:272
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  23. This study aimed to validate the effectiveness of the Osteoporosis Self-assessment Tool for Asians (OSTA) in identifying postmenopausal women at increased risk of primary osteoporosis and painful new osteoporo...

    Authors: Yong Yang, BingQiang Wang, Qi Fei, Qian Meng, Dong Li, Hai Tang, JinJun Li and Nan Su
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013 14:271
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  24. A recent review on the natural course of low back pain (LBP) in the general population indicated that the LBP reporting pattern is fairly constant over time. Furthermore, the LBP status at baseline (yes/no) se...

    Authors: Nadège Lemeunier, Charlotte Leboeuf-Yde, Per Kjaer and Olivier Gagey
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013 14:270
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  25. Spinal systems that are currently available for correction of spinal deformities or degeneration such as lumbar spondylolisthesis or degenerative disc disease use components manufactured from stainless steel o...

    Authors: Dennis Kok, Paul John Firkins, Frits H Wapstra and Albert G Veldhuizen
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013 14:269
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  26. Occupations and psychosocial working conditions have rarely been investigated as predictors of disability pension in population-based samples. This study investigated how occupational groups and psychosocial w...

    Authors: Annina Ropponen, Åsa Samuelsson, Kristina Alexanderson and Pia Svedberg
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013 14:268
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  27. Severe knee pain associated with osteoarthritis (OA) is one of the most common and troublesome symptoms in the elderly. Recently, local bone denervation by MR-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) has been demons...

    Authors: Masashi Izumi, Masahiko Ikeuchi, Motohiro Kawasaki, Takahiro Ushida, Kazuo Morio, Hirofumi Namba, Thomas Graven-Nielsen, Yasuhiro Ogawa and Toshikazu Tani
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013 14:267
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  28. Despite an extensive literature on treatment interventions for patients with knee osteoarthritis, studies comparing the efficacy of different exercise interventions and living the life as usual on quality of l...

    Authors: Britt Elin Øiestad, Nina Østerås, Richard Frobell, Margreth Grotle, Helga Brøgger and May Arna Risberg
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013 14:266
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  29. To investigate the performance of conventional radiography (CR) for the detection of bone erosions of wrist in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) using multidetector computed tomography (CT) as the reference method and...

    Authors: Fausto Salaffi, Marina Carotti, Alessandro Ciapetti, Alarico Ariani, Stefania Gasparini and Walter Grassi
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013 14:265
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  30. The etiology of osteonecrosis of femoral head (ONFH) has not been fully elucidated. Increased intravascular coagulation and/or hypofibrinolysis have been proposed as pathogenic mechanisms. Previous reports dem...

    Authors: Jacek Gagala, Monika Buraczynska, Tomasz Mazurkiewicz and Andrzej Ksiazek
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013 14:264
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  31. The purpose of the present study was to compare dynamic muscle strength, functional performance, fatigue, and quality of life in premenopausal systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients with low disease activ...

    Authors: Sandor Balsamo, Licia Maria Henrique da Mota, Jozélio Freire de Carvalho, Dahan da Cunha Nascimento, Ramires Alsamir Tibana, Frederico Santos de Santana, Ricardo Lima Moreno, Bruno Gualano and Leopoldo dos Santos-Neto
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013 14:263
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  32. The reported association of smoking with risk of undergoing a total joint replacement (TJR) due to osteoarthritis (OA) is not consistent. We evaluated the independent association between smoking and primary TJ...

    Authors: George Mnatzaganian, Philip Ryan, Christopher M Reid, David C Davidson and Janet E Hiller
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013 14:262
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  33. Idiopathic scoliosis is a three-dimensional structural deformity of the spine that occurs in children and adolescents. Recent reviews on bracing and exercise treatment have provided some evidence for effect of...

    Authors: Allan Abbott, Hans Möller and Paul Gerdhem
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013 14:261
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  34. Ankle osteoarthritis commonly involves sagittal malalignment with anterior translation of the talus relative to the tibia. Total ankle arthroplasty has become an increasingly popular treatment for patients wit...

    Authors: Keun-Bae Lee, Myung-Sun Kim, Kyung-Soon Park, Kyu-Jin Cho and Andri Primadhi
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013 14:260
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  35. Acute compartment syndrome (CS) of the paravertebral muscles without external trauma is rarely reported in literature. Not all of clinical symptoms for CS are applicable to the paravertebral region.

    Authors: Georg Mattiassich, Lorenz Larcher, Markus Leitinger, Eugen Trinka, Gottfried Wechselberger and Heinrich Schubert
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013 14:259
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  36. Uric acid (UA) may protect muscle function from oxidative damage due to reactive oxygen species through its powerful antioxidant capacity. However, several studies have demonstrated that hyperuricemia is close...

    Authors: Cong Huang, Kaijun Niu, Yoritoshi Kobayashi, Lei Guan, Haruki Momma, Yufei Cui, Masahiro Chujo, Atsushi Otomo, Hui Guo, Hiroko Tadaura and Ryoichi Nagatomi
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013 14:258
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  37. Previous reviews of the diagnostic performances of physical tests of the hip in orthopedics have drawn limited conclusions because of the low to moderate quality of primary studies published in the literature....

    Authors: Labib Ataur Rahman, Sam Adie, Justine Maree Naylor, Rajat Mittal, Sarah So and Ian Andrew Harris
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013 14:257
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  38. Non-specific chronic back pain (CBP) is often accompanied by psychological trauma, but treatment for this associated condition is often insufficient.

    Authors: Jonas Tesarz, Andreas Gerhardt, Sabine Leisner, Susanne Janke, Mechthild Hartmann, Günther H Seidler and Wolfgang Eich
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013 14:256
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  39. Diabetes mellitus is associated with tendinopathy or tendon injuries. However, the mechanism underlying diabetic tendinopathy is unclear. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of high glucose co...

    Authors: Wen-Chung Tsai, Fang-Chen Liang, Ju-Wen Cheng, Li-Ping Lin, Shih-Chieh Chang, Hsiang-Hung Chen and Jong-Hwei S Pang
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013 14:255
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  40. Anterior bone grafts are used as struts to reconstruct the anterior column of the spine in kyphosis or following injury. An incomplete fusion can lead to later correction losses and compromise further healing....

    Authors: Antonius Pizanis, Jörg H Holstein, Felix Vossen, Markus Burkhardt and Tim Pohlemann
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013 14:254
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  41. Physical activity is known to benefit many physiological processes, including bone turnover. There are; however, currently no clinical guidelines regarding the most appropriate type, intensity and duration of ...

    Authors: Jeffrey M Muir, Chenglin Ye, Mohit Bhandari, Jonathan D Adachi and Lehana Thabane
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013 14:253
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  42. To explore the patients’ experiences during the three decades following repair of a nerve injury in the forearm and its consequences for daily life. Strategies that were used to facilitate adaptation were also...

    Authors: Anette Chemnitz, Lars B Dahlin and Ingela K Carlsson
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013 14:252
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  43. To describe changes in health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of postmenopausal women with osteoporosis treated with teriparatide for up to 18 months and followed-up for a further 18 months, and to assess the ...

    Authors: Östen Ljunggren, Annabel Barrett, Ivaylo Stoykov, Bente L Langdahl, Willem F Lems, J Bernard Walsh, Astrid Fahrleitner-Pammer, Gerald Rajzbaum, Franz Jakob, Dimitrios Karras and Fernando Marin
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013 14:251
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  44. Neck pain (NP) is a common musculoskeletal disorder in primary care that frequently causes discomfort. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) may be used to reduce neck pain and associated inflammation...

    Authors: Hans-Georg Predel, Bruno Giannetti, Helmut Pabst, Axel Schaefer, Agnes M Hug and Ian Burnett
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013 14:250
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  45. Despite the emerging use of treadmills integrated with pressure platforms as outcome tools in both clinical and research settings, published evidence regarding the measurement properties of these new systems i...

    Authors: Lloyd F Reed, Stephen R Urry and Scott C Wearing
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013 14:249
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  46. Ectopic expression of BMP-2, BMP-4 and BMP-7 was observed in clinical samples of tendinopathy and collagenase-induced (CI) tendon injury rat model. TDSCs isolated from the CI model showed increased non-tenogen...

    Authors: Pauline Po Yee Lui and Yin Mei Wong
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013 14:248
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  47. It seems appropriate to assume, that for a full and strong global shoulder function a normally innervated and active deltoid muscle is indispensable. We set out to analyse the size and shape of the deltoid mus...

    Authors: Dominik C Meyer, Stefan Rahm, Mazda Farshad, Georg Lajtai and Karl Wieser
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013 14:247
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  48. Current tendon repair techniques do not provide sufficient tensile strength at the repair site, and thus early active motion rehabilitation after tendon repair is discouraged. To enhance the post-operative ten...

    Authors: Jian-Zhong Hu, Yong-Chun Zhou, Li-Hua Huang and Hong-Bin Lu
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013 14:246
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  49. In instrumented posterolateral fusion reduction of a spondylolisthesis is appealing on theoretical grounds since this may lead to indirect decompression of the entrapped nerve roots. However, there is no conse...

    Authors: HS Femke Hagenmaier, Diyar Delawi, Nico Verschoor, F Cumhur Oner and Job LC van Susante
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013 14:245
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  50. Anterior cervical discectomy with interbody fusion cages is considered the standard surgical procedure in patients with cervical disc herniation. However, PEEK or metal cages have some undesirable imaging char...

    Authors: Mark P Arts, Jasper FC Wolfs and Terry P Corbin
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013 14:244
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