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  1. There are few reports on the detailed biomechanics of the deltoid ligament, and no studies have measured the biomechanics of each ligamentous band because of the difficulty in inserting sensors into the narrow...

    Authors: Masato Takao, Satoru Ozeki, Xavier M. Oliva, Ryota Inokuchi, Takayuki Yamazaki, Yoshitaka Takeuchi, Maya Kubo, Danielle Lowe, Kentaro Matsui, Mai Katakura and Mark Glazebrook
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2020 21:289
  2. Risk factors for unfavorable surgical outcomes are dependent on the definitions of the unfavorable surgical outcomes. The aims of this study were to compare risk factors for each unfavorable surgical outcome a...

    Authors: Gang-Un Kim, Jiwon Park, Ho-Joong Kim, Feng Shen, Jaewoo Cho, Bong-Soon Chang, Choon-Ki Lee, Heoung-Jae Chun and Jin S. Yeom
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2020 21:288
  3. Focal cartilage defects (FCDs) in the knee joint has a high prevalence. A broad range of treatment options exists for symptomatic patients. Knowledge of patient compensation claims following surgical treatment...

    Authors: Tommy Frøseth Aae, Øystein Bjerkestrand Lian, Asbjørn Årøen, Lars Engebretsen and Per-Henrik Randsborg
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2020 21:287
  4. Triangular fibrocartilage complex (TFCC) lesions commonly cause ulnar-sided wrist pain and instability of the distal radioulnar joint. Due to its triangular shape, discontinuity of the TFCC is oftentimes diffi...

    Authors: Jan-Peter Grunz, Carsten Herbert Gietzen, Karsten Luetkens, Matthias Wagner, Karlheinz Kalb, Thorsten Alexander Bley, Lukas Lehmkuhl, Jörg van Schoonhoven, Tobias Gassenmaier and Rainer Schmitt
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2020 21:286
  5. Osteoarthritis knee (OA) for patients whom had varus malalignment had higher peak adductor moment. Hip abductor strength played an important role in the decreasement of knee adduction moment. This study aimed ...

    Authors: Varah Yuenyongviwat, Siwakorn Duangmanee, Khanin Iamthanaporn, Pakjai Tuntarattanapong and Theerawit Hongnaparak
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2020 21:284
  6. Synovial sarcoma (SS) is one of the reported sarcomas in the pediatric and adult populations. Delay in diagnosis and treatment is common in SS cases. SS may be excised before the correct diagnosis is made.

    Authors: Omar A. Al-Mohrej, Saeed A. Al-Jarallah, Hamad H. Al-Dakhil Allah, Rajeev Pant and Zayed S. Al-Zayed
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2020 21:283
  7. Monteggia equivalent lesion represents a series of combined elbow and forearm injuries that resemble typical Monteggia fracture either in presentation or mechanism. The term has gradually evolved since its int...

    Authors: Lujie Xu and Wensong Ye
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2020 21:282
  8. Long-term use of steroid may lead to osteonecrosis of the femoral head (ONFH). Mechanical stress may help bone formation and remodeling. This study aimed to probe the role of mechanical stress in the femoral h...

    Authors: Dapeng Fu, Kairong Qin, Sheng Yang, Jianmin Lu, Haoyi Lian and Dewei Zhao
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2020 21:281
  9. Schmorls node (SN) are mostly asymptomatic and incidental findings on MRI. However, sometimes they present like acute onset low back pain or acute exacerbation of chronic back pain after minor trauma.

    Authors: Hyeun Sung Kim, Harshavardhan Dilip Raorane, Sagar Bhupendra Sharma, Pang Hung Wu and Il-Tae Jang
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2020 21:280
  10. Delirium is a well-known complication following surgery, especially with the increasing age of patients undergoing surgery. The increasing demands resulting from a prolonged healthy life expectancy has resulte...

    Authors: Eiji Kijima, Tomohiro Kayama, Mitsuru Saito, Daisaburo Kurosaka, Ryo Ikeda, Hiroteru Hayashi, Daisuke Kubota, Takashi Hyakutake and Keishi Marumo
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2020 21:279
  11. Gratifying long-term results are difficult to achieve when reconstructing osteoarthritic finger joints. Implant surgery is the most commonly used method to restore function and dexterity. However, all types of...

    Authors: Daniel Muder, Ola Nilsson and Torbjörn Vedung
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2020 21:278
  12. Glucocorticoid-induced osteonecrosis of the femoral head (ONFH) is closely associated with the dysfunction of the bone microvascular endothelial cells (BMECs). The present study investigated the angiogenic and...

    Authors: Huachen Yu, Pei Liu, Wei Zuo, Xiaowei Sun, Hongzhi Liu, Feifan Lu, Wanshou Guo and Qidong Zhang
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2020 21:277
  13. The purpose of this study was to determine the diagnostic accuracy of ultrasonography for the diagnosis of avulsion fractures of the distal fibula for lateral ankle sprain in children and compare it to that of...

    Authors: Yoshiyuki Takakura, Satoshi Yamaguchi, Ryuichiro Akagi, Makoto Kamegaya, Seiji Kimura, Hirofumi Tanaka and Tetsuro Yasui
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2020 21:276
  14. Shockwave therapy (SWT) is a commonly used intervention for a number of musculoskeletal conditions with varying clinical outcomes. However, the capacity of SWT to influence pathophysiological processes and the...

    Authors: Hani Al-Abbad, Sophie Allen, Susan Morris, Jackie Reznik, Erik Biros, Bruce Paulik and Anthony Wright
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2020 21:275
  15. The increase of augmented level and bone cement dose are accompanied by the rising incidence of cement leakage (CL) of cement-augmented pedicle screw instrumentation (CAPSI). But the effect and potential risks...

    Authors: Yong-chao Tang, Hui-zhi Guo, Dan-qing Guo, Pei-jie Luo, Yong-xian Li, Guo-ye Mo, Yan-huai Ma, Jian-cheng Peng, De Liang and Shun-cong Zhang
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2020 21:274
  16. Endoscopic carpal tunnel release (ECTR) and open carpal tunnel release (OCTR) both have advantages and disadvantages for the treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). We compared the effectiveness and safety ...

    Authors: Yueying Li, Wenqi Luo, Guangzhi Wu, Shusen Cui, Zhan Zhang and Xiaosong Gu
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2020 21:272
  17. Non-vascularized bone grafting is a promising head-preserving technique for younger patients diagnosed as non-traumatic osteonecrosis of the femoral head (NONFH). Among the various types of bone grafting techn...

    Authors: Pei Liu, Xiao-hong Mu, Hua-chen Yu, Jian-lei Guan, Zhao-hui Liu, Wei-guo Wang, Qi-dong Zhang and Wan-shou Guo
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2020 21:271

    The Retraction Note to this article has been published in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:463

  18. Surgical reattachment of the tendon is still the gold standard for ruptures of the distal biceps brachii tendon. Several fixation techniques have been described in the literature, with suture anchors being one...

    Authors: Manuel Weißenberger, Tizian Heinz, Kilian Rueckl, Maximilian Rudert, Alexander Klug, Reinhard Hoffmann and Kay Schmidt-Horlohé
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2020 21:270
  19. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between psychological characteristics and physical activity levels, measured as the average number of steps per day, in people with knee osteoarthritis (OA).

    Authors: Daisuke Uritani, Jessica Kasza, Penny K. Campbell, Ben Metcalf and Thorlene Egerton
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2020 21:269
  20. Benign joint hypermobility syndrome (BJHS) is one of the most common hereditary connective tissue disorders in children in which autonomic nervous system involvement has been reported. This study aimed to eval...

    Authors: Vadood Javadi Parvaneh, Hoda Shahvaladi, Khosro Rahmani, Sara Javdani Yekta, Fatemeh Abdollah Gorji, Reza Shiari and Fahimeh Abdollahimajd
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2020 21:268
  21. Patellar sleeve avulsion (PSA) fractures are rare injuries that occur in in skeletally immature patients. Initial diagnosis is key to a successful outcome, as these injuries are easily overlooked on plain radi...

    Authors: Andrés Schmidt-Hebbel, Felipe Eggers, Vincent Schütte, Andrea Achtnich and Andreas B. Imhoff
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2020 21:267
  22. To investigate the development of pain intensity and pressure pain thresholds during and 24 h after a light dynamic physical load among patients with chronic neck-shoulder pain.

    Authors: A. Grimby-Ekman, C. Ahlstrand, B. Gerdle, B. Larsson and H. Sandén
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2020 21:266
  23. Patient education, advice on returning to normal activities and (home-based) exercise therapy are established treatment options for patients with non-specific low back pain (LBP). However, the effectiveness of...

    Authors: Tjarco Koppenaal, Remco M. Arensman, Johanna M. van Dongen, Raymond W. J. G. Ostelo, Cindy Veenhof, Corelien J. J. Kloek and Martijn F. Pisters
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2020 21:265
  24. We designed the current study to understand the normal trajectories of interleukin-6 (IL-6) and C-reactive protein (CRP) in the immediate hours and days after primary total knee arthroplasty (TKA) under the ma...

    Authors: Ze Yu Huang, Qiang Huang, Li Ying Wang, Yi Ting Lei, Hong Xu, Bin Shen and Fu Xing Pei
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2020 21:264
  25. Prior studies have compared the posterior capsule repair group in primary total hip arthroplasty by posterior approach with the control group without posterior capsule repair suggesting that the posterior caps...

    Authors: Xiaobo Sun, Xingyang Zhu, Yuqing Zeng, Haitao Zhang, Jianchun Zeng, Wenjun Feng, Jie Li and Yirong Zeng
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2020 21:263
  26. Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is defined as the patient’s perception of their health status. HRQoL can be modified by illnesses, treatments or social and health policies. Chronic musculoskeletal pain ...

    Authors: Maria Jesus Mena-Iturriaga, Manuel Vicente Mauri-Stecca, Phillip S. Sizer and Jaime Leppe
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2020 21:262
  27. For focal cartilage defects, biological repair might be ineffective in patients over 45 years. A focal metallic implant (FMI) (Hemi-CAP Arthrosurface Inc., Franklin, MA, USA) was designed to reduce symptoms. T...

    Authors: Theresa Diermeier, Arne Venjakob, Kevin Byrne, Rainer Burgkart, Peter Foehr, Stefan Milz, Andreas B. Imhoff and Stephan Vogt
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2020 21:261
  28. Extreme lumbar spinal stenosis was thought to be a relative contraindication for lateral lumbar interbody fusion (LLIF) and was excluded in most studies. This is a retrospective study to analyze the radiograph...

    Authors: Jun Li, Hao Li, Ning Zhang, Zhi-wei Wang, Teng-fei Zhao, Lin-wei Chen, Gang Chen, Qi-xin Chen and Fang-cai Li
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2020 21:259
  29. It is not yet clear which of the various electrophysical modalities used in clinical practice is the one that contributes most positively when added to an exercise program in patients with knee osteoarthritis ...

    Authors: Cid André Fidelis de Paula Gomes, Fabiano Politti, Cheila de Souza Bacelar Pereira, Aron Charles Barbosa da Silva, Almir Vieira Dibai-Filho, Adriano Rodrigues de Oliveira and Daniela Aparecida Biasotto-Gonzalez
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2020 21:258

    The Correspondence to this article has been published in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:71

    The Correspondence to this article has been published in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:59

  30. Since a “gold-standard” is missing, diagnosing periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) remains a challenge in orthopedic surgery. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of serum and synovial fluid...

    Authors: André Busch, Marcus Jäger, Harald Engler, Marcel Haversath, Charlotte Bielefeld, Stefan Landgraeber and Alexander Wegner
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2020 21:257
  31. In 2013, denosumab was introduced as peri-operative adjuvant treatment for giant cell tumor (GCT) of bone as it inhibits osteoclast activity. It is suggested that denosumab relives pain, facilitate curettage i...

    Authors: Xi Chen, Hairui Li, Shibai Zhu, Yiou Wang and Wenwei Qian
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2020 21:256
  32. Osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (OVCF) is a common and often debilitating complication of osteoporosis, leading to significant morbidity and increased mortality. Percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP) ...

    Authors: Dehong Yang, Yanlei Zhang, Xiao Ma, Li Huo, Liran Li and Yue Gao
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2020 21:255
  33. To investigate the relationship between femoral or tibial torsion and hip-knee-ankle angle (HKA), mechanical lateral distal femoral angle (mLDFA), or mechanical medial proximal tibial angle (mMPTA) in patients...

    Authors: Shuntaro Nejima, Yasushi Akamatsu, Hideo Kobayashi, Masaki Tsuji, Shota Mitsuhashi, Takahiro Sasaki, Ken Kumagai and Yutaka Inaba
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2020 21:254
  34. Lumbar disc degeneration seen on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is defined as loss of signal intensity and/or disc height, alone or in combination with other MRI findings. The MRI findings and thresholds use...

    Authors: Line Dragsbæk, Per Kjaer, Mark Hancock and Tue Secher Jensen
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2020 21:253
  35. Only a small proportion of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears are diagnosed on initial healthcare consultation. Current clinical guidelines do not acknowledge that primary point-of-care practitioners rely ...

    Authors: Jackie L. Whittaker, Michelle Chan, Bo Pan, Imran Hassan, Terry Defreitas, Catherine Hui, Luciana Macedo and David Otto
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2020 21:252
  36. In planovalgus deformity with triceps contracture, a midfoot break happens, and ankle dorsiflexion (ADF) occurs at the mid-tarsal joint during gait. Results of standard 3D gait analysis may misinterpret the tr...

    Authors: Ki Hyuk Sung, Chin Youb Chung, Kyoung Min Lee, Ki Bum Kwon, Jeong Hyun Lee and Moon Seok Park
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2020 21:250
  37. Hip dislocation after total hip arthroplasty (THA) or hemi-arthroplasty is a rare but serious complication. Dislocation may be prevented by appropriate positioning of the cup angle of inclination and anteversion.

    Authors: Shintaro Watanabe, Hyonmin Choe, Naomi Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Ike, Daigo Kobayashi, Syota Higashihira and Yutaka Inaba
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2020 21:249
  38. In recent years, structured reporting has been shown to be beneficial with regard to report completeness and clinical decision-making as compared to free-text reports (FTR). However, the impact of structured r...

    Authors: Su Hwan Kim, Lara M. Sobez, Judith E. Spiro, Adrian Curta, Felix Ceelen, Eric Kampmann, Martin Goepfert, Raphael Bodensohn, Felix G. Meinel, Wieland H. Sommer, Nora N. Sommer and Franziska Galiè
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2020 21:248
  39. Structural features of lateral tibiofemoral (TF) joint osteoarthritis (OA) occur in up to half of all people with knee OA, and co-existing lateral TF OA is associated with worse knee pain in people with mixed ...

    Authors: Kade L. Paterson, Kim L. Bennell, Ben R. Metcalf, Penny K. Campbell, Jessica Kasza, Tim V. Wrigley and Rana S. Hinman
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2020 21:247
  40. Total knee replacement is a common operative procedure to improve pain, function, and quality of life in patients with end stage knee osteoarthritis. The current study aimed to compare simultaneous bilateral v...

    Authors: Ahmad H. Alghadir, Zaheen A. Iqbal, Shahnawaz Anwer and Dilshad Anwar
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2020 21:246
  41. To determine the radiographic characteristics of wrists in idiopathic carpal tunnel syndrome patients, we compared the radiographic parameters of the wrists between carpal tunnel syndrome patients and non-symp...

    Authors: Kazuhiro Ikeda, Yuichi Yoshii, Takeshi Ogawa and Tomoo Ishii
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2020 21:245
  42. With an increase in the elderly population, the occurrence of hip fractures, femoral neck fractures, and intertrochanteric fractures (ITFs) is also increasing. It is important to establish effective perioperat...

    Authors: Po-Hsun Lin, Jui-Teng Chien, Jung-Pin Hung, Chih-Kai Hong, Tzung-Yi Tsai and Chang-Chen Yang
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2020 21:244
  43. Total hip arthroplasty (THA) has been highlighted as the best treatment option for ankylosing spondylitis (AS) patients with advanced hip involvement. The huge blood loss associated with THA is a common concer...

    Authors: Yong Hu, Wei-Zhou Jiang, Cheng-Long Pan and Tao Wang
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2020 21:243
  44. Simultaneous bilateral femoral neck fractures are extremely rare without obvious injury. Herein, we report the case of a patient on dialysis presenting with bilateral femoral neck fractures, which is a conditi...

    Authors: Yunyun Zhu, Jingtao Hu, Wenlun Han, Jianwei Lu and Yuqing Zeng
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2020 21:242
  45. Atlantoaxial subluxation (AAS) is a not rare abnormality between the atlas (C1) and axis (C2). For AAS patients with persistent neck pain and neurologic symptoms, surgical intervention is a good choice. Nevert...

    Authors: Jianwei Guo, Wencan Lu, Xiangli Ji, Xianfeng Ren, Xiaojie Tang, Zheng Zhao, Huiqiang Hu, Tao Song, Yukun Du, Jianyi Li, Cheng Shao, Tongshuai Xu and Yongming Xi
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2020 21:239

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