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  1. The advent of Internet and World Wide Web has created new perspectives toward interaction between patients and healthcare professionals. Telemonitoring patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an emerging co...

    Authors: Fausto Salaffi, Marina Carotti, Alessandro Ciapetti, Marco Di Carlo, Stefania Gasparini, Sonia Farah and Marwin Gutierrez
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:146
  2. Sensory discrimination training (SDT) for people with chronic low back pain (CLBP) is a novel approach based on theories of the cortical reorganization of the neural system. SDT aims to reverse cortical reorga...

    Authors: Samuel Kälin, Anne-Kathrin Rausch-Osthoff and Christoph Michael Bauer
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:143
  3. Low knee awareness after Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA) has become the ultimate goal in trying to achieve a natural feeling knee that meet patient expectations. To accommodate this manufacturers of TKAs have de...

    Authors: Morten G. Thomsen, Roshan Latifi, Thomas Kallemose, Henrik Husted and Anders Troelsen
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:141
  4. The influence on the treatment response in patients with low back pain (LBP) and neck pain (NP) is unknown. The aim of the study was to investigate the influence of body weight in patients with low back pain (...

    Authors: Maria M. Wertli, Ulrike Held, Marco Campello and Shira Schecter Weiner
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:140
  5. Independence in performing activities of daily living (ADLs) is a central aspect of functioning. Older adults frequently experience impairments and limitations in functioning in various life areas. The aim of ...

    Authors: Tanja Alexandra Stamm, Karin Pieber, Richard Crevenna and Thomas Ernst Dorner
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:139
  6. The use of a prefabricated spacer in two-stage revision arthroplasty remains one of the few surgery strategies for infected-joint arthroplasty treatment, despite the many unidentified microorganisms in the inf...

    Authors: Przemysław Bereza, Alicja Ekiel, Aleksandra Auguściak-Duma, Małgorzata Aptekorz, Iwona Wilk, Damian Kusz, Piotr Wojciechowski, Aleksander L. Sieroń and Gayane Martirosian
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:138
  7. Although ankle fracture surgery can affect glycemic control by either trauma-induced stress or a postoperative decrease in physical activity, there is little evidence on this issue. This study aimed to evaluat...

    Authors: Seung Yeol Lee, Moon Seok Park, Soon-Sun Kwon, Ki Hyuk Sung, Hyun Soo Jung and Kyoung Min Lee
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:137
  8. Femoral neck fractures in the elderly make up a large proportion of Orthopaedic surgical admissions each year. Operating on patients with clopidogrel poses a challenge because of the risk of bleeding and the d...

    Authors: Christopher G. K. M. Soo, Paul K. Della Torre, Tristan J. Yolland and Michael A. Shatwell
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:136
  9. Clinical guidelines recommend research on sub-groups of patients with low back pain (LBP) but, to date, only few studies have been published. One sub-group of LBP is movement control impairment (MCI) and clini...

    Authors: Vesa Lehtola, Hannu Luomajoki, Ville Leinonen, Sean Gibbons and Olavi Airaksinen
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:135
  10. Although minimally invasive posterior spine implant systems have been introduced, clinical studies reported on reduced quality of spinal column realignment due to correction loss. The aim of this study was to ...

    Authors: D. Kubosch, E. J. Kubosch, B. Gueorguiev, I. Zderic, M. Windolf, K. Izadpanah, N. P. Südkamp and P. C. Strohm
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:134
  11. The maintenance of nucleus pulposus (NP) viability in vitro is difficult. The annulus fibrosus (AF) pathway reflects one nutrient transport channel and may have an important effect on NP viability in disc orga...

    Authors: Pei Li, Rongmao Shi, Daosen Chen, Yibo Gan, Yuan Xu, Lei Song, Songtao Li and Qiang Zhou
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:133
  12. The mechanism for hip pain has been unclear because of a lack of experimental animal models. We aimed to establish an intra-articular injection technique to the rat hip and to document the effect of intra-arti...

    Authors: Shuichi Miyamoto, Junichi Nakamura, Seiji Ohtori, Sumihisa Orita, Takanori Omae, Takayuki Nakajima, Takane Suzuki and Kazuhisa Takahashi
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:132
  13. Although acetabulum orientation is well established anatomically and radiographically, its relation to the innominate bone has rarely been addressed. If explored, it could open the discussion on patomechanisms...

    Authors: Bartosz Musielak, Marek Jóźwiak, Michał Rychlik, Brian Po-Jung Chen, Maciej Idzior and Andrzej Grzegorzewski
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:131
  14. Bizarre parosteal osteochondromatous proliferation (BPOP), first described by Nora et al. in 1983 and therefore termed “Nora’s lesion”, is a rare lesion that occurs in the short bones of the hands and feet and...

    Authors: Yuichiro Matsui, Tadanao Funakoshi, Hideyuki Kobayashi, Tomoko Mitsuhashi, Tamotsu Kamishima and Norimasa Iwasaki
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:130
  15. Self-management of inflammatory arthritis (IA) requires patients to address the impact of symptoms, treatment, and the psychosocial consequences of a long term condition. There are several possible mechanisms ...

    Authors: Emma Dures, Sarah Hewlett, Nicholas Ambler, Remona Jenkins, Joyce Clarke and Rachael Gooberman-Hill
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:129
  16. We evaluated effects of botulinum toxin A (Botox) and cast immobilization on tendon healing in a rat model. Injection of Botox into rat supraspinatus was hypothesized to reduce muscle active force and improved...

    Authors: Mohit N. Gilotra, Michael J. Shorofsky, Jason A. Stein and Anand M. Murthi
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:127
  17. Facet joints play a significant role in providing stability to the spine and they have been associated with low back pain symptoms and other spinal disorders. The influence of a follower load on biomechanics o...

    Authors: Cheng-Fei Du, Nan Yang, Jun-Chao Guo, Yun-Peng Huang and Chunqiu Zhang
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:126
  18. Better understanding of three-dimensional (3D) morphology of the pelvis at the area of inferior border of the arcuate line is very important, which could guide the surgeons to treat pelvic and acetabular fract...

    Authors: Chun Bi, Xiaoxi Ji, Fang Wang, Dongmei Wang and Qiugen Wang
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:125
  19. Immediate early genes (IEGs) encode transcription factors which serve as first line response modules to altered conditions and mediate appropriate cell responses. The immediate early response gene EGR1 is invo...

    Authors: Guus G. H. van den Akker, Don A. M. Surtel, Andy Cremers, Martijn F. G. A. Hoes, Marjolein M. Caron, Stephen M. Richardson, Ricardo Rodrigues-Pinto, Lodewijk W. van Rhijn, Judith A. Hoyland, Tim J. M. Welting and Jan Willem Voncken
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:124
  20. Of all the most frequent soft tissue disorders of the shoulder, idiopathic frozen shoulder (IFS) offers the greatest potential for studying proprioception. Studies concerning the presence of proprioception dys...

    Authors: Jaroslaw Fabis, Remigiusz Rzepka, Anna Fabis, Jacek Zwierzchowski, Grzegorz Kubiak, Arkadiusz Stanula, Michal Polguj and Radek Maciej
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:123
  21. Pain is an indication for total hip arthroplasty (THA) and it should be resolved post-surgery. Because patients’ pain is typically treated pharmacologically we tested whether opioid use can be used as a surrog...

    Authors: Maria C. S. Inacio, Nicole L. Pratt, Elizabeth E. Roughead, Elizabeth W. Paxton and Stephen E. Graves
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:122
  22. Intervertebral motion impairment is widely thought to be related to chronic back disability, however, the movements of inter-vertebral pairs are not independent of each other and motion may also be related to ...

    Authors: Alister du Rose and Alan Breen
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:121
  23. Symptomatic extensor tendon irritation is a frequent complication in volar plate osteosynthesis of distal radius fractures. It is typically caused by dorsal screw protrusion and overdrilling of the dorsal cort...

    Authors: Alexaner Synek, Lars Borgmann, Hannes Traxler, Wolfgang Huf, Ekkehard Euler, Yan Chevalier and Sebastian F. Baumbach
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:120
  24. Operative treatment is the standard for severely displaced proximal humerus fractures, but functional impairment can persist. Retaining of the implant can be a reason and in other fracture situations has prove...

    Authors: Yves P. Acklin, Christian Michelitsch and Christoph Sommer
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:119
  25. Focal cartilage injuries in the knee might have devastating effect due to the predisposition of early onset osteoarthritis. Various surgical treatment options are available, however no statistically significan...

    Authors: Per-Henrik Randsborg, Jan Brinchmann, Sverre Løken, Heidi Andreassen Hanvold, Tommy Frøseth Aae and Asbjørn Årøen
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:117
  26. Chronic Achilles tendon tears could hinder patients and represent a challenge to surgeons. Although many different surgical techniques have been proposed for reconstruction of a neglected Achilles tendon ruptu...

    Authors: Rafael Arriaza, Raquel Gayoso, Emilio López-Vidriero, Jesús Aizpurúa and Carlos Agrasar
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:116
  27. The purpose of this study was to assess the reliability and construct validity of the Spanish version of the 6-item carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) symptoms scale (CTS-6).

    Authors: Roberto S. Rosales, Yolanda Martin-Hidalgo, Luis Reboso-Morales and Isam Atroshi
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:115
  28. Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) has been used to assess subjects’ prognosis and recovery following hip fracture. However, evidence is mixed regarding the effectiveness of interventions to improve HRQoL ...

    Authors: Ming-Yueh Tseng, Jersey Liang, Yea-Ing L Shyu, Chi-Chuan Wu, Huey-Shinn Cheng, Ching-Yen Chen and Shu-Fang Yang
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:114
  29. Knee arthroplasty is being increasingly performed, and also more often in a younger patient population (<65 years of age). Up to 20 % of patients remain dissatisfied after knee arthroplasty, despite the appare...

    Authors: Suzanne Witjes, Alexander Hoorntje, P. Paul F. M. Kuijer, Koen L. M. Koenraadt, Leendert Blankevoort, Gino M. M. J. Kerkhoffs and Rutger C. I. van Geenen
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:113
  30. The number of septic total hip arthroplasty (THA) revisions is increasing continuously, placing a growing financial burden on hospitals. Orthopedic departments performing septic THA revisions have no basis for...

    Authors: R. Kasch, G. Assmann, S. Merk, T. Barz, M. Melloh, A. Hofer, H. Merk and S. Flessa
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:112
  31. New tissue engineering strategies for bone regeneration need to be investigated in a relevant preclinical large animal model before making the translation into human patients. Therefore, our interdisciplinary ...

    Authors: Anne-Marie Pobloth, Kenneth A. Johnson, Hanna Schell, Nicolai Kolarczik, Dag Wulsten, Georg N. Duda and Katharina Schmidt-Bleek
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:111
  32. Real-life registry data reveal approximately one-third of patients taking biologic agents use them as monotherapy, in spite that combination therapy with Disease Modifying Drugs is more efficacious than monoth...

    Authors: Erika Catay, Maximiliano Bravo, Javier Rosa and Enrique R. Soriano
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:110
  33. Lethal multiple pterygium syndrome (LMPS, OMIM 253290), is a fatal disorder associated with anomalies of the skin, muscles and skeleton. It is characterised by prenatal growth failure with pterygium present in...

    Authors: Ariana Kariminejad, Siavash Ghaderi-Sohi, Hamid Hossein-Nejad Nedai, Vahid Varasteh, Ali-Reza Moslemi and Homa Tajsharghi
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:109
  34. Low-molecular-weight heparins (e.g. Enoxaparin) are widely used to prevent venous thromboembolism after orthopaedic surgery, but there are reports about serious side effects including reduction in bone density...

    Authors: Hakan Pilge, Julia Fröbel, Silvia J. Mrotzek, Johannes C. Fischer, Peter M. Prodinger, Christoph Zilkens, Bernd Bittersohl and Rüdiger Krauspe
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:108
  35. In contrast to the well-characterized body growth and development of females with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS), the pubertal growth pattern of male patients has not been well-documented. Recently, sig...

    Authors: Weijun Wang, Zhiwei Wang, Zezhang Zhu, Feng Zhu and Yong Qiu
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:107
  36. In the broader spectrum of back pain, inflammatory back pain (IBP) is a symptom that may indicate axial spondyloarthritis (SpA). The objectives of this study were to determine the frequency of current IBP, as ...

    Authors: Ulf Lindström, Ann Bremander, Emma Haglund, Stefan Bergman, Ingemar F. Petersson and Lennart T. H. Jacobsson
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:106
  37. In recent years, the scientific discussion has focused on new strategies to enable a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) to heal into mechanically stable scar tissue. Dynamic intraligamentary stabilization (...

    Authors: Stefan Eggli, Christoph Röder, Gosia Perler and Philipp Henle
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:105
  38. Knowledge of factors associated with chronic pain is necessary for preventive strategies. The present study investigates biopsychosocial differences, with specific focus on rate of force development (RFD) and ...

    Authors: Emil Sundstrup, Markus D. Jakobsen, Mikkel Brandt, Kenneth Jay, Per Aagaard and Lars L. Andersen
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:104
  39. Chronic musculoskeletal pain may be associated with changes in the balance of algogenic and anti-nociceptive compounds, and such changes may be visible in plasma samples. We have undertaken an exploratory stud...

    Authors: Fredrik Hellström, Sandra Gouveia-Figueira, Malin L. Nording, Martin Björklund and Christopher J. Fowler
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:103
  40. Myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) of the shoulder girdle and cervical region is a common musculoskeletal problem that is often chronic or recurrent. Physical therapy (PT) and lidocaine injections (LI) are two tre...

    Authors: Luz Helena Lugo, Hector Ivan García, Heather L. Rogers and Jesús Alberto Plata
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:101
  41. Case definition has long been an issue for comparability of results obtained for musculoskeletal pain prevalence, however the test-retest reliability of questions used to determine joint pain prevalence has no...

    Authors: Tiffany K. Gill, Graeme R. Tucker, Jodie C. Avery, E. Michael Shanahan, Hylton B. Menz, Anne W. Taylor, Robert J. Adams and Catherine L. Hill
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:100
  42. The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of rotator cuff (RC) decompression and/or repair on post-operative ROM in patients with pre-operative restricted passive motion who had undergone arthroscopi...

    Authors: Helen Razmjou, Patrick Henry, Giuseppe Costa, Tim Dwyer and Richard Holtby
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:99
  43. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of osteoporosis in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients and to analyze the risk factors in these patients using the KORean Observational study Network for ...

    Authors: Joo-Hyun Lee, Yoon-Kyoung Sung, Chan-Bum Choi, Soo-Kyung Cho, So-Young Bang, Jung-Yoon Choe, Seung-Jae Hong, Jae-Bum Jun, Tae-Hwan Kim, Jisoo Lee, Hye-Soon Lee, Dae-Hyun Yoo, Bo Young Yoon and Sang-Cheol Bae
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:98
  44. The purpose of this investigation was to evaluate if clinical assessment, Ultrasound + Colour Doppler (US + CD) and Ultrasound Tissue Characterisation (UTC) can be useful in detecting plantaris tendon involvem...

    Authors: Lorenzo Masci, Christoph Spang, Hans T. M. van Schie and Håkan Alfredson
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:97
  45. We have already discovered 23 patients during the work of the outpatient department and operations whose unstable signs on the posterolateral ankle. The anterior drawer test demonstrated normal during the phys...

    Authors: Zhao-Jin Zhu, Yuan Zhu, Jing-Feng Liu, Yong-Ping Wang, Gang Chen and Xiang-Yang Xu
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:96
  46. There is a wide range of mechanical properties of spinal ligaments documented in literature. Due to the fact that ligaments contribute in stabilizing the spine by limiting excessive intersegmental motion, thos...

    Authors: Michael Putzer, Stefan Auer, William Malpica, Franz Suess and Sebastian Dendorfer
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:95
  47. To evaluate the clinical outcomes of a group of patients affected by knee osteoarthritis (OA) treated with MD-Knee (Guna S.p.a., Milan, Italy) versus a group of patients treated with sodium hyaluronate.

    Authors: Luis Severino Martin Martin, Umberto Massafra, Emanuele Bizzi and Alberto Migliore
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:94

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