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  1. The purpose was to investigate whether patient-specific factors (PSF) and surgically modifiable factors (SMF), measured by means of a computer-assisted navigation system, can predict the Knee Society Scores (K...

    Authors: Frank Lampe, Franziska Fiedler, Carlos J. Marques, Anusch Sufi-Siavach and Georg Matziolis
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:78
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  2. Our study aim was to compare allogeneic cancellous bone (ACB) and synthetic or highly-processed xenogeneic bone substitutes (SBS) in the treatment of skeletal defects in orthopedic surgery.

    Authors: Eva Johanna Kubosch, Anke Bernstein, Laura Wolf, Tobias Fretwurst, Katja Nelson and Hagen Schmal
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:77
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    The Erratum to this article has been published in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:118

  3. Venous thromboembolism is a common postoperative complication following orthopedic surgeries, with morbid and potentially fatal consequences. Perioperative low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) therapy can reduc...

    Authors: Zhongdi Liu, Na Han, Hailin Xu, Zhongguo Fu, Dianying Zhang, Tianbing Wang and Baoguo Jiang
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:76
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  4. To investigate if psychological and behavioral factors (as determined by the Swedish version of the West Haven-Yale Multidimensional Pain Inventory, MPI-S) can predict the early clinical course of Low Back Pai...

    Authors: Andreas Eklund, Gunnar Bergström, Lennart Bodin and Iben Axén
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:75
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  5. Posttraumatic stiffness of the elbow is a common finding after elbow trauma. Restoration of motion in the posttraumatic stiff elbow is difficult, time consuming, and requires high patient compliance. We have e...

    Authors: Petter Morten Pettersen, Joakim Eriksson, Hallgeir Bratberg, Lars Eldar Myrseth, Lise Grete Bjørnstad, Marte Johansen and Torstein Husby
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:74
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  6. Assessment of degenerative changes of the cartilage is important in knee cartilage repair surgery. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) T2 mapping and delayed Gadolinium Enhanced MRI of Cartilage (dGEMRIC) are abl...

    Authors: Asbjørn Årøen, Helga Brøgger, Jan Harald Røtterud, Einar Andreas Sivertsen, Lars Engebretsen and May Arna Risberg
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:73
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  7. Zoledronic acid-induced uveitis (ZAIU) is rare but severe, and has been recently considered part of an acute phase reaction. Only 15 cases have been reported since 2005. Here we describe a case with macular ed...

    Authors: Yiming Tian, Rui Wang, Lianyuan Liu, Chunming Ma, Qiang Lu and Fuzai Yin
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:72
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  8. Major reports have suggested that bone mineral density (BMD) is higher in patients with osteoarthritis (OA), while other studies do not agree. Our aim was to examine the cross-sectional association between pha...

    Authors: Zhen-han Deng, Chao Zeng, Yu-sheng Li, Tuo Yang, Hui Li, Jie Wei and Guang-hua Lei
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:71
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  9. Low back pain is a highly prevalent condition with a significant global burden. Management of lifestyle factors such as overweight and obesity may improve low back pain patient outcomes. Currently there are no...

    Authors: Amanda Williams, John Wiggers, Kate M. O’Brien, Luke Wolfenden, Serene Yoong, Elizabeth Campbell, Emma Robson, James McAuley, Robin Haskins, Steven J. Kamper and Christopher M. Williams
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:70
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  10. The aim of this review was to qualitatively synthesise studies that have investigated characteristics of the first metatarsophalangeal joint (1st MTP) in gout and to undertake a meta-analysis to estimate the aver...

    Authors: Sarah Stewart, Nicola Dalbeth, Alain C. Vandal and Keith Rome
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:69
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  11. Of all distal radius fractures, 25 % are complete articular fractures (AO/OTA type C fractures). Two thirds of those fractures are displaced and require reduction. According to several International Guidelines...

    Authors: Marjolein A. M. Mulders, Monique M. J. Walenkamp, J. Carel Goslings and Niels W. L. Schep
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:68
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  12. Improvements in knee osteoarthritis (OA) symptoms with platelet-rich plasma (PRP) have been attributed to its ability to modify intra-articular inflammatory processes. Photo-activation of peripheral blood also...

    Authors: Kade L. Paterson, Melissa Nicholls, Kim L. Bennell and Dan Bates
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:67
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  13. The objective of this study was to compare the outcomes of one-stage posterior surgery involving debridement, bone grafting, and instrumentation with and without local continuous chemotherapy and postural drai...

    Authors: Yongchun Zhou, Zongrang Song, Jing Luo, Jijun Liu, Yunfei Huang, Yibin Meng, Wentao Wang and Dingjun Hao
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:66
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  14. In anatomic double-bundle anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction, there are great controversies concerning the ideal graft tension protocols. The purpose of this study was to clarify differences in th...

    Authors: Eiji Kondo, Kazunori Yasuda, Nobuto Kitamura, Jun Onodera, Masashi Yokota, Tomonori Yagi and Norimasa Iwasaki
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:65
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  15. Although commonly utilized interventions, no studies have directly compared the effectiveness of cervical and thoracic manipulation to mobilization and exercise in individuals with cervicogenic headache (CH). ...

    Authors: James R. Dunning, Raymond Butts, Firas Mourad, Ian Young, Cesar Fernandez-de-las Peñas, Marshall Hagins, Thomas Stanislawski, Jonathan Donley, Dustin Buck, Todd R. Hooks and Joshua A. Cleland
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:64
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  16. To the best of our knowledge, there have been no reports on the points at which the denervated multifidus and erector spinae muscles become reinnervated after pedicle screw fixation and posterior fusion in pat...

    Authors: Jae-Ryong Cha, Yong-Chan Kim, Chulyoung Jang, Woo-Kyoung Yoo and Ji Hao Cui
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:63
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  17. Authors: Benjamin A. Fisher, Alison J. Cartwright, Anne-Marie Quirke, Paola de Pablo, Dora Romaguera, Salvatore Panico, Amalia Mattiello, Diana Gavrila, Carmen Navarro, Carlotta Sacerdote, Paolo Vineis, Rosario Tumino, David F. Lappin, Danae Apatzidou, Shauna Culshaw, Jan Potempa…
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:62
    Content type: Erratum Published on:

    The original article was published in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2015 16:331

  18. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory arthritis, with significant impact on quality of life and functional status. Whilst biologic disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (bDMARD) such as tumour n...

    Authors: Raluca B. Dumitru, Sarah Horton, Richard Hodgson, Richard J. Wakefield, Elizabeth M. A. Hensor, Paul Emery and Maya H. Buch
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:61
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  19. As the prevalence of hip pathology in the younger athletic population rises, the medical community continues to investigate effective intervention options. Femoracetabular impingement is the morphologically ab...

    Authors: Nancy S. Mansell, Daniel I. Rhon, Bryant G. Marchant, John M. Slevin and John L. Meyer
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:60
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  20. Fatigue is a prominent symptom in persons with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Although this symptom has been described to vary in duration and frequency little is known about fluctuations in fatigue over time and ...

    Authors: Caroline Feldthusen, Anna Grimby-Ekman, Helena Forsblad-d’Elia, Lennart Jacobsson and Kaisa Mannerkorpi
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:59
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  22. The key for successful delivery in minimally-invasive hip replacement lies in the exact knowledge about the surgical anatomy. The minimally-invasive direct anterior approach to the hip joint makes it necessary...

    Authors: Maximilian Rudert, Konstantin Horas, Maik Hoberg, Andre Steinert, Dominik Emanuel Holzapfel, Stefan Hübner and Boris Michael Holzapfel
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:57
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  23. Low hand grip strength is a strong predictor for both long-term and short-term disability and mortality. The Nintendo Wii Balance Board (WBB) is an inexpensive, portable, wide-spread instrument with the potent...

    Authors: A. W. Blomkvist, S. Andersen, E. D. de Bruin and M. G. Jorgensen
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:56
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  24. Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is a complex chronic condition that makes high demands on patients’ self-management skills. Thus, patient education is considered an important component of multimodal therapy, altho...

    Authors: Gunda Musekamp, Christian Gerlich, Inge Ehlebracht-König, Hermann Faller and Andrea Reusch
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:55
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  25. The aim of this study was to examine whether cartilage volume as measured by MRI and radiographic osteoarthritis (OA) at baseline predict cartilage volume loss over ten years independent of each other and othe...

    Authors: Andrew McBride, Hussain Ijaz Khan, Dawn Aitken, Louisa Chou, Changhai Ding, Leigh Blizzard, Jean-Pierre Pelletier, Johanne Martel-Pelletier, Flavia Cicuttini and Graeme Jones
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:54
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  26. Polyetheretherketone (PEEK) rod system is a novel pedicle-based dynamic stabilization system. This study evaluated clinical and radiographic outcomes of non-fusion surgery by PEEK rod systems for treatment of ...

    Authors: Weimin Huang, Zhengqi Chang, Ruoxian Song, Ke Zhou and Xiuchun Yu
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:53
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  27. The best surgical modality for treating chronic periprosthetic shoulder infections has not been established, with a lack of randomised comparative studies. This systematic review compares the infection eradica...

    Authors: D. A. George, A. Volpin, S. Scarponi, F. S. Haddad and C. L. Romanò
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:52
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  28. This study examined the association of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) and C-reactive protein (CRP) with postoperative medical complications and one year mortality of elderly patients sustaining a low-energy cer...

    Authors: Johannes KM Fakler, Antonia Grafe, Jamila Dinger, Christoph Josten and Gabriela Aust
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:51
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  29. We performed an interposition arthroplasty using the abductor pollicis longus tendon for arthrosis in the basal joint of the thumb that needed surgery from 1995 to 2010. In 2001 47 patients (55 thumbs) were re...

    Authors: Line Lied, Kari Bjørnstad, Ann K. N. Woje and Vilhjalmur Finsen
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:50
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  30. There has been no consensus regarding what is the optimal means of treating lumbosacral segment tuberculosis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical outcomes of our newly developed one-stage anteri...

    Authors: Ting Zhang, Xijing He, Haopeng Li and Siyue Xu
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:49
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  31. There does not exist a comprehensive parameter for guiding selection of short or long segment fusion for degenerative lumbar scoliosis (DLS). The aim of our study was to investigate the applications of the wid...

    Authors: Chuan-jie Jiang, Yong-jun Yang, Ji-ping Zhou, Shu-qiang Yao, Kai Yang, Rui Wu and Yuan-chao Tan
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:48
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  32. Therapeutic exercise is an effective intervention for knee pain and osteoarthritis (OA) and should be individualised. In a preliminary, proof-of-principle study we sought to develop a home exercise programme t...

    Authors: Laurence R. J. Wood, Milica Blagojevic-Bucknall, Siobhán Stynes, Deborah D’Cruz, Ricky Mullis, Rebecca Whittle, George Peat and Nadine E. Foster
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:47
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  33. The rotator interval (RI) has been exploited as a potentially benign point of entry into the glenohumeral (GH) joint. Bounded by the supraspinatus, subscapularis and coracoid process of the scapula, the RI is ...

    Authors: Babak Haghpanah, Kempland C. Walley, Andreas Hingsammer, Ethan R. Harlow, Ramin Oftadeh, Ashkan Vaziri, Arun J. Ramappa, Joseph P. DeAngelis and Ara Nazarian
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:46
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  34. Posterior Cruciate Ligament (PCL) ruptures are common sports injuries. One of the key controversies in PCL reconstruction is whether double-bundle reconstruction provides biomechanical and clinical outcomes su...

    Authors: Yan-Song Qi, Hai-Jun Wang, Shao-Jie Wang, Zheng-Zheng Zhang, Ai-Bing Huang and Jia-Kuo Yu
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:45
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  35. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treatment paradigms have shifted over the last two decades. There has been increasing emphasis on combination disease modifying anti-rheumatic drug (DMARD) therapy, newer biologic the...

    Authors: Aneela N Mian, Fowzia Ibrahim, Ian C Scott, Sardar Bahadur, Maria Filkova, Louise Pollard, Sophia Steer, Gabrielle H Kingsley, David L Scott and James Galloway
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:44
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  36. Fibroblast proliferation is a common manifestation of chronic inflammatory diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis (RA), Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, etc. To alleviate patient suffering, the mechan...

    Authors: Zheng-de Xi, Chang-yi Xie and Ye-bin Xi
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:43
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  37. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationships among hip geometry, bone mineral density, and the risk of hip fracture in premenopausal women.

    Authors: Dong-Hwa Lee, Kyong Yeun Jung, A Ram Hong, Jung Hee Kim, Kyoung Min Kim, Chan Soo Shin, Seong Yeon Kim and Sang Wan Kim
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:42
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  38. Multiple-ligament injured knee (MLIK) is a rare but severe injury. Although the principles of MLIK management have progressed over the past 40 years, there is a paucity of high-quality evidence upon which to b...

    Authors: Xingyi Hua, Hui Tao, Wang Fang and Jian Tang
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:41
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  40. Previous studies have provided the initial evidence for construct validity and test-retest reliability of the Mayo Hip Score. Instruments used for Total Hip Arthroplasty (THA) outcomes assessment should be val...

    Authors: Jasvinder A. Singh, Cathy Schleck, W. Scott Harmsen and David G. Lewallen
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:39
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  41. Developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) is the most common orthopaedic disorder in newborns. Despite this considerable variation in practice exists. The aim of this study was to determine the clinical relevan...

    Authors: Daniel Williams, Evangelia Protopapa, Kuldeep Stohr, James B. Hunter and Andreas Roposch
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:38
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  42. Although most patients achieve favorable results following bipolar hip hemiarthroplasty (BHA), some experience rapid migration of the prosthesis. We retrospectively reviewed 18 patients with BHA that necessita...

    Authors: Takao Setoguchi, Hirotaka Kawakami, Yasuhiro Ishidou, Hideki Kawamura, Junichiro Nishi, Takako Yoshioka, Hironori Kakoi, Satoshi Nagano, Masahiro Yokouchi, Akihide Tanimoto and Setsuro Komiya
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:37
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  43. It is well recognised that low back pain is a significant public health problem and engagement in moderate levels of physical activity is associated with positive outcomes.

    Authors: Anita B. Amorim, Evangelos Pappas, Milena Simic, Manuela L. Ferreira, Anne Tiedemann, Matthew Jennings and Paulo H. Ferreira
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:36
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  44. It is usually assumed that musculoskeletal pain is associated with both the physical workload and the psychosocial work environment, as well as with personal and lifestyle factors. This study aims to ascertain...

    Authors: Inger Arvidsson, Jenny Gremark Simonsen, Camilla Dahlqvist, Anna Axmon, Björn Karlson, Jonas Björk and Catarina Nordander
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:35
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  45. Expression of the growth factor osteoactivin (OA) increases during tissue degeneration and regeneration, fracture repair and after denervation-induced disuse atrophy, concomitant with increased matrix metallop...

    Authors: Nagat Frara, Samir M. Abdelmagid, Michael Tytell, Mamta Amin, Steven N. Popoff, Fayez F. Safadi and Mary F. Barbe
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:34
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  46. Little is known on how well targeted treatment, for instance targeting towards low DAS, is implemented in clinical practice. Our aim was to evaluate treatment adjustments in response to DAS in RA patients in c...

    Authors: Emilia Gvozdenović, Ron Wolterbeek, Désirée van der Heijde, Tom Huizinga, Cornelia Allaart and Robert Landewé
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:33
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  47. The association between low levels of vitamin D and the occurrence of chronic widespread pain (CWP) remains unclear. The aim of our analysis was to determine the relationship between low vitamin D levels and t...

    Authors: Paul S. McCabe, Stephen R. Pye, John Mc Beth, David M. Lee, Abdelouahid Tajar, Gyorgy Bartfai, Steven Boonen, Roger Bouillon, Felipe Casanueva, Joseph D. Finn, Gianni Forti, Aleksander Giwercman, Ilpo T. Huhtaniemi, Krzysztof Kula, Neil Pendleton, Margus Punab…
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:32
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  48. Plantar fasciopathy is a common cause of foot pain, accounting for 11 to 15 % of all foot symptoms requiring professional care in adults. Although many patients have complete resolution of symptoms within 12 m...

    Authors: N. Rasenberg, L. Fuit, E. Poppe, A. J. A. Kruijsen-Terpstra, K. J. Gorter, M. S. Rathleff, P. L. J. van Veldhoven, P. J. Bindels, S. M. Bierma-Zeinstra and M. van Middelkoop
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:31
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  49. Our study was performed to evaluate the image quality of 3 T MR wrist arthrograms with attention to ulnar wrist structures, comparing image quality of isotropic 3D proton density fat suppressed turbo spin echo...

    Authors: John K. Sutherland, Taiki Nozaki, Yasuhito Kaneko, Hon J. Yu, Gregory Rafijah, David Hitt and Hiroshi Yoshioka
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:30
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  50. A lumbar disc herniation (LDH) is a localised displacement of disc material, which may initiate changes in the disc and adjacent structures such as the nerve root and the spinal canal. Knowledge about how morp...

    Authors: Per Kjaer, Andreas Tunset, Eleanor Boyle and Tue Secher Jensen
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016 17:26
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