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  1. Musculoskeletal pain (MSP) is one of the most frequent causes of sick leave from work, and is a common and potentially disabling condition. This study is based on the salutogenic perspective and investigates t...

    Authors: Heidi Sivertsen, Monica Lillefjell and Geir Arild Espnes
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013 14:100
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  2. Clinical activity of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) predicts the natural course of the disease and the response to treatment. Several molecules are involved in new bone formation resulting in structural damage in...

    Authors: Mariusz Korkosz, Jerzy Gąsowski, Piotr Leszczyński, Katarzyna Pawlak-Buś, Sławomir Jeka, Ewa Kucharska and Tomasz Grodzicki
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013 14:99
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  3. Australian professional orchestral musicians reported a lifetime prevalence of musculoskeletal injuries that had interfered with playing at 84%. Physical therapy-led triage clinics may be a practical method to...

    Authors: Cliffton Chan, Tim Driscoll and Bronwen Ackermann
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013 14:98
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  4. Muscle activity and pain development of fibromyalgia (FM) patients in response to mental stress show inconsistent results, when compared to healthy controls (HCs). A possible reason for the inconsistent result...

    Authors: Rolf Harald Westgaard, Paul Jarle Mork, Håvard Wuttudal Lorås, Roberto Riva and Ulf Lundberg
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013 14:97
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  5. Manufacturers of implants and materials in the field of orthopaedics use significant amounts of funding to produce informational material to influence the decision-making process of orthopaedic surgeons with r...

    Authors: Arndt P Schulz, Anders Jönsson, Richard Kasch, Prithee Jettoo and Mohit Bhandari
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013 14:96
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  6. Complex foot and ankle fractures, such as calcaneum fractures or Lisfranc dislocations, are often associated with a poor outcome, especially in terms of gait capacity. Indeed, degenerative changes often lead t...

    Authors: Philippe Terrier, François Luthi and Olivier Dériaz
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013 14:94
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  7. Musculoskeletal disorders account for one third of the long-term absenteeism in Denmark and the number of individuals sick listed for more than four weeks is increasing. Compared to other diagnoses, patients w...

    Authors: Annette Fisker, Henning Langberg, Tom Petersen and Ole Steen Mortensen
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013 14:93
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  8. Low back pain (LBP) is one of the most frequent musculoskeletal conditions in industrialized countries and its economic impact is important. Spinal manipulation therapy (SMT) is believed to be a valid approach...

    Authors: Marie-Pierre Harvey and Martin Descarreaux
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013 14:92
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  9. There is evidence of prolonged poor function in patients following total hip replacement (THR). Studies of progressive resistance training (PRT) interventions to improve function are often compared to ‘standar...

    Authors: Tosan Okoro, Ashok Ramavath, Jan Howarth, Jane Jenkinson, Peter Maddison, John G Andrew and Andrew Lemmey
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013 14:91
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  10. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether uphill treadmill running in rats created histopathological changes within the Achilles tendon consistent with Achilles tendinosis in humans.

    Authors: Rachel C Dirks, Jeffrey S Richard, Angela M Fearon, Alexander Scott, Lauren G Koch, Steven L Britton and Stuart J Warden
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013 14:90
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  11. In Germany, a multidisciplinary rehabilitation named “behavioural medical rehabilitation” (BMR) is available for treatment of chronic low back pain (clbp). A central component of BMR is standard exercise thera...

    Authors: Jana Hofmann, Stefan Peters, Wolfgang Geidl, Christian Hentschke and Klaus Pfeifer
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013 14:89
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  12. Injury among soccer referees is rarely studied, especially with regard to differences in the quality level of the refereeing. Additionally, we have found no study that has reported injury occurrence during off...

    Authors: Goran Gabrilo, Marko Ostojic, Kemal Idrizovic, Bozidar Novosel and Damir Sekulic
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013 14:88
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  13. The role of environmental factors in lumbar intervertebral disc degeneration (DD) in young adults is largely unknown. Therefore, we investigated whether body mass index (BMI), smoking, and physical activity ar...

    Authors: Jani Takatalo, Jaro Karppinen, Simo Taimela, Jaakko Niinimäki, Jaana Laitinen, Roberto Blanco Sequeiros, Markus Paananen, Jouko Remes, Simo Näyhä, Tuija Tammelin, Raija Korpelainen and Osmo Tervonen
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013 14:87
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  14. The role of physical fitness (VO2Max (mlO2*min-1*kg-1)) as a risk factor for herniated lumbar disc disease (HLDD) is unknown. The objective of this study was to examine the association between aerobic (physical) ...

    Authors: Marie B Jørgensen, Andreas Holtermann, Finn Gyntelberg and Poul Suadicani
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013 14:86
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  15. The single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs2615977 is associated with osteoarthritis (OA) and is located in intron 31 of COL11A1, a strong candidate gene for this degenerative musculoskeletal disease. Furthermore...

    Authors: Emma V A Raine, Andrew W Dodd, Louise N Reynard and John Loughlin
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013 14:85
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  16. Few prospective cohort studies of workplace low back pain (LBP) with quantified job physical exposure have been performed. There are few prospective epidemiological studies for LBP occupational risk factors an...

    Authors: Arun Garg, Kurt T Hegmann, J Steven Moore, Jay Kapellusch, Matthew S Thiese, Sruthi Boda, Parag Bhoyr, Donald Bloswick, Andrew Merryweather, Richard Sesek, Gwen Deckow-Schaefer, James Foster, Eric Wood, Xiaoming Sheng and Richard Holubkov
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013 14:84
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  17. Health status is an important predictor of patient outcomes. Consequently, identifying patient predictors of health status is essential. In musculoskeletal orthopaedic care, the majority of work examining the ...

    Authors: Anthony V Perruccio, Rajiv Gandhi and Y Raja Rampersaud
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013 14:83
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  18. Symptoms associated with osteoarthritis of the knee result in decreased function, loss of working capacity and extensive social and medical costs. There is a need to investigate and develop effective intervent...

    Authors: Benjamin Waller, Matti Munukka, Juhani Multanen, Timo Rantalainen, Tapani Pöyhönen, Miika T Nieminen, Ilkka Kiviranta, Hannu Kautiainen, Harri Selänne, Joost Dekker, Sarianna Sipilä, Urho M Kujala, Arja Häkkinen and Ari Heinonen
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013 14:82
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  19. Bone density measurements by DXA are not feasible for large population studies, whereas portable ultrasound heel scanners can provide a practical way of assessing bone health status. The purpose of this study ...

    Authors: Marlena C Kruger, Joanne M Todd, Linda M Schollum, Barbara Kuhn-Sherlock, Drew W McLean and Kim Wylie
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013 14:81
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  20. To investigate hand bone loss (HBL) measured by digital X-ray radiogrammetry (DXR) in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) receiving different treatment regimens, and to evaluate if DXR change rates d...

    Authors: Hamed Rezaei, Saedis Saevarsdottir, Pierre Geborek, Ingemar F Petersson, Ronald F van Vollenhoven and Kristina Forslind
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013 14:79
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  21. Hypovitaminosis D has previously been reported in both the general population, in people with chronic musculoskeletal pain, and in people with low back pain (LBP). Myopathy-related symptoms such as diffuse bon...

    Authors: Jannick Vaaben Johansen, Claus Manniche and Per Kjaer
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013 14:78
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  22. The purpose of this paper was to review the literature of the cohort studies which evaluated the association between physical activity during the life course and bone mineral content or density in young adults.

    Authors: Renata M Bielemann, Jeovany Martinez-Mesa and Denise Petrucci Gigante
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013 14:77
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  23. Bone is a slowly regenerating tissue influenced by various physiological processes, including proliferation, differentiation, and angiogenesis, under the control of growth factors. Shortening this healing time...

    Authors: Yin-gang Zhang, Zhi Yang, Hong Zhang, Miao Liu, Yushen Qiu and Xiong Guo
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013 14:76
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  24. Osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture is the leading cause of disability and morbidity in elderly people. Treatment of this condition remains a challenge. Osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures can...

    Authors: Jui-Yang Hsieh, Chung-Ding Wu, Ting-Ming Wang, Hsuan-Yu Chen, Chui-Jia Farn and Po-Quang Chen
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013 14:75
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  25. Intramedullary nailing is a standard surgical procedure for fixation of proximal femoral fractures, but is associated with considerable radiation exposure for controlling the implant placement, due to the perc...

    Authors: A Wilharm, I Marintschev, G O Hofmann and F Gras
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013 14:74
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  26. Shoulder pain is a common condition with prevalence estimates of 7–26% and the associated disability is multi-faceted. For functional assessments in clinic and research, a number of condition-specific and gene...

    Authors: Yngve Roe, Helene Lundegaard Soberg, Erik Bautz-Holter and Sigrid Ostensjo
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013 14:73
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  27. Assessment of shoulder mobility is essential for diagnosis and clinical follow-up of shoulder diseases. Only a few highly sophisticated instruments for objective measurements of shoulder mobility are available...

    Authors: Bilal Farouk El-Zayat, Turgay Efe, Annett Heidrich, Robert Anetsmann, Nina Timmesfeld, Susanne Fuchs-Winkelmann and Markus Dietmar Schofer
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013 14:72
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  28. Arthroscopic partial meniscectomy has been shown to be of no benefit to patients with concomitant knee osteoarthritis, but the optimal treatment of a degenerative meniscus tear in patients with mild or no knee...

    Authors: Kristoffer B Hare, L Stefan Lohmander, Robin Christensen and Ewa M Roos
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013 14:71
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  29. Despite the prominence of hip fractures in orthopedic trauma, the assessment of fracture healing using radiographs remains subjective. The variability in the assessment of fracture healing has important implic...

    Authors: Mohit Bhandari, Mary M Chiavaras, Naveen Parasu, Hema Choudur, Olufemi Ayeni, Rajesh Chakravertty, Simrit Bains, Alisha Hak, Sheila Sprague and Brad Petrisor
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013 14:70
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  30. Desmoid tumor is a rare type of cancer that develops in the tissues that form tendons and ligaments. These tumors, also called aggressive fibromatosis, are considered benign with no metastatic potential. They ...

    Authors: Wang Ling, Song Kedong, Wang Hong, Zhang Weiguo and Lv Decheng
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013 14:69
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  31. Currently it is uncertain how to define osteoporosis and who to treat after a hip fracture. There is little to support the universal treatment of all such patients but how to select those most in need of treat...

    Authors: Richard G Crilly and Lizebeth Cox
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013 14:68
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  32. The prevalence of musculoskeletal pain in the shoulder, arm and hand is high among slaughterhouse workers, allegedly due to the highly repetitive and forceful exposure of these body regions during work. Work d...

    Authors: Emil Sundstrup, Markus D Jakobsen, Christoffer H Andersen, Kenneth Jay, Roger Persson, Per Aagaard and Lars L Andersen
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013 14:67
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  33. In the last years intramedullary nailing has become the treatment of choice for most displaced diaphyseal tibia fractures. In contrast intramedullary nailing of distal tibia fractures is accompanied by problem...

    Authors: Dirk Wähnert, Yves Stolarczyk, Konrad L Hoffmeier, Michael J Raschke, Gunther O Hofmann and Thomas Mückley
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013 14:66
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  34. The physiotherapy profession has undergone a paradigmatic shift in recent years, where a ‘biopsychosocial’ model of care has acquired popularity in response to mounting research evidence indicating better pati...

    Authors: Tom Sanders, Nadine E Foster, Annette Bishop and Bie Nio Ong
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013 14:65
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  35. Deep venous thrombosis (DVT) or pulmonary embolism (PE) is a rare, but not exceptional presentation of soft tissue sarcomas (STSs). Due to the remarkable difference in the incidence between DVT or PE and STSs,...

    Authors: Carlo Perisano, Nicola Maffulli, Pamela Colelli, Emanuele Marzetti, Alfredo Schiavone Panni and Giulio Maccauro
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013 14:64
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  36. Sexual life had an important role in preserving the good quality of life for patients and for their partner. Chronic Low Back Pain (CLBP) as other musculoskeletal diseases may affect all aspects of life includ...

    Authors: Hanane Bahouq, Allali Fadoua, Rkain Hanan, Hmamouchi Ihsane and Hajjaj-Hassouni Najia
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013 14:63
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