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  1. Musculoskeletal disorders are common health problems worldwide. Several factors cause these symptoms, including ergonomics and other individual considerations. Computer users are prone to repetitive strain inj...

    Authors: Magbool Alelyani, Moawia Gameraddin, Abdullah Mohammed A. Khushayl, Aljoharah M. Altowaijri, Maryam Ibrahim Qashqari, Fahad Ali Ahmed Alzahrani and Awadia Gareeballah
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:468
  2. As with fibromyalgia, several musculoskeletal disorders are characterized by chronic pain, raising a clinical question – do the instruments used to assess fibromyalgia symptoms according to ACR criteria (ACR c...

    Authors: André Pontes-Silva, Ana Paula de Sousa, Almir Vieira Dibai-Filho, Marcelo Cardoso de Souza, Josimari Melo DeSantana and Mariana Arias Avila
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:467
  3. During the COVID-19 pandemic, people with low back pain (LBP) might have avoided seeking care for their pain. We aimed to investigate how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected LBP care seeking behavior among adults.

    Authors: Eduardo L Caputo, Natan Feter, Ricardo N C Pinto, Felipe Mendes Delpino, Júlia Cassuriaga, Carine N da Silva, Jayne S Leite, Jeferson S Jerônimo, Sophia D P da Silva, Felipe F Reichert, Airton J Rombaldi and Marcelo C da Silva
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:466
  4. This study aimed to analyze the differences in the stability of fractures, stress distribution around the distal-most screw according to the length of the plate and the trajectory of the bolt in Pauwels type I...

    Authors: Chang-Ho Jung, Yonghan Cha, Jun Young Chung, Chan Ho Park, Tae Young Kim, Jun-Il Yoo, Jung-Taek Kim and Yongho Jeon
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:465
  5. Medial meniscal posterior root tear (MMPRTs) is a common lesion of the knee joint, and repair surgery is a well-established treatment option. However, patients with obvious varus alignment are at an increased ...

    Authors: Hangle Wang, Qian Man, Yitian Gao, Lingyi Xu, Jingwei Zhang, Yong Ma and Qingyang Meng
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:464
  6. Prevalence of musculoskeletal pain is high among eldercare workers, and therapeutic exercise has shown to be effective for its management. Although telerehabilitation is an increasingly used alternative for de...

    Authors: Ander Espin, Jon Irazusta, Itziar Segovia Celaya, Álvaro Mosquera Lajas, Vanesa González-Templado and Ana Rodriguez-Larrad
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:463
  7. To investigate the effect and value of electrophysiology in the ‘triple operation’ (selective excision of spastic muscles in the neck, selective resection of the posterior branch of the cervical nerve and acce...

    Authors: Jun Wu, Hao Xu, Lu Wang and Jun Li
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:462
  8. This study aimed to compare the clinical efficacy of locking plate and intramedullary nail fixations in the treatment of patients with OTA/AO type 11C proximal humerus fractures.

    Authors: Minghui Wang, Xiuhui Wang, Pan Cai, Shengyang Guo and Beigang Fu
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:461
  9. The study evaluates long-term results in patients treated by valgus intertrochanteric osteotomy (VITO) for partial avascular necrosis of the femoral head (ANFH) after fracture of the femoral neck in adolescent...

    Authors: Antonín Chochola, Jan Bartoníček, Pavel Douša and Michal Tuček
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:460
  10. Irreversible neurological dysfunction (IND) is an adverse event after cervical spinal cord injury (CSCI). However, there is still a shortage of objective criteria for the early prediction of neurological funct...

    Authors: Si Chen, Guangzhou Li, Feng Li, Gaoju Wang and Qing Wang
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:459
  11. Despite its widespread use for assessing pain and disability in patients suffering from neck pain, the Northwick Park Neck Pain Questionnaire (NPQ) has yet to be translated and validated in Urdu. The purpose o...

    Authors: Muhammad Nazim Farooq, Somiya Naz, Ambrin Kousar and Komal Shahzad
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:458
  12. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of instrument-assisted soft tissue mobilization (IASTM) versus myofascial release therapy (MRT) on college students with chronic mechanical neck pain (CM...

    Authors: Fatma Shewail, Salwa Abdelmajeed, Mohamed Farouk and Mohamed Abdelmegeed
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:457
  13. To evaluate the extent to which publication of high-quality randomised controlled trials(RCTs) in 2018 was associated with a change in volume or trend of subacromial decompression(SAD) surgery in patients with...

    Authors: Timon H. Geurkink, Leti van Bodegom-Vos, Jochem Nagels, Susan Liew, Pieter Stijnen, Rob G.H.H. Nelissen and Perla J. Marang-van de Mheen
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:456
  14. The problem of opioid addiction after total hip arthroplasty (THA) has been widely concerned. Tranexamic acid (TXA) has been shown to be effective in reducing blood loss for patients undergoing THA, but few st...

    Authors: Lei Shen, Zhenhuan Jiang, Qiang Wang and Wei Xu
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:455
  15. A sclerosing epithelioid fibrosarcoma (SEF) is an uncommon tumor of the deep soft tissue. An SEF has been described as a low-grade tumor with high local recurrence and metastatic rates. Generally, in bone and ...

    Authors: Masafumi Kawai, Shinji Miwa, Norio Yamamoto, Katsuhiro Hayashi, Akihiko Takeuchi, Kentaro Igarashi, Yuta Taniguchi, Yoshihiro Araki, Hirotaka Yonezawa, Takayuki Nojima and Hiroyuki Tsuchiya
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:454
  16. Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are increasingly being used to assess the effectiveness of elective total knee arthroplasty (TKA). However, little is known about how PROMs scores change over time in ...

    Authors: Davide Golinelli, Alberto Grassi, Francesco Sanmarchi, Dario Tedesco, Francesco Esposito, Simona Rosa, Paola Rucci, Marilina Amabile, Monica Cosentino, Barbara Bordini, Maria Pia Fantini and Stefano Zaffagnini
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:453
  17. The lower limb mechanical axis was used to assess the severity of knee osteoarthritis (KOA) with varus/valgus deformity and the accuracy of targeted lower limb alignment correction after operation by conventio...

    Authors: Hui Zhang, Yanan Chen, Huiquan Jiang, Wenqing Yan, Yuanming Ouyang, Wei Wang, Yaru Liu, Ying Zhou, Shiyi Gu, Hong Wan, Axiang He, Yanjie Mao and Wanjun Liu
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:452
  18. Management of high-grade spondylolisthesis (HGS) remains challenging. Spinopelvic fixation such as iliac screw (IS) was developed to deal with HGS. However concerns regarding constructs prominence and increase...

    Authors: Yao Zhang, Jipeng Song, Yuzheng Lu, Meng Yi, Wancheng Lin, Mingtao Yao, Zhengning Luo, Genai Zhang and Lixiang Ding
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:451
  19. The Swedish shoulder and Arthroplasty Registry (SSAR) use the Western Ontario Osteoarthritis of the Shoulder Index (WOOS) as their shoulder-specific score in the follow-up. WOOS is not yet validated for use as...

    Authors: Yilmaz Demir, Hanna Sjöberg, Andre Stark and Björn Salomonsson
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:450
  20. The purpose of the Korean Hip Fracture Registry (KHFR) Study is to establish a nationwide, hospital-based prospective cohort study of adults with hip fracture to explore the incidence and risk factors of secon...

    Authors: Jung-Wee Park, Yong-Chan Ha, Jin-Woo Kim, Tae-Young Kim, Ji Wan Kim, Seung-Hoon Baek, Young-Kyun Lee and Kyung-Hoi Koo
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:449
  21. Given the frequency of hamstring strain injuries (HSI) among male college American football players, several studies have attempted to determine whether certain risk factors can predict their occurrence. Howev...

    Authors: Yuri Mizutani, Shuji Taketomi, Kohei Kawaguchi, Seira Takei, Ryota Yamagami, Kenichi Kono, Tomofumi Kage, Shin Sameshima, Hiroshi Inui, Sayaka Fujiwara, Sakae Tanaka and Toru Ogata
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:448
  22. Knee osteoarthritis (KOA) considered as one of the most common degenerative diseases of synovial joint. KOA is mostly managed by physical therapy, focused on pain management, the range of motion and muscle str...

    Authors: Khadija Nafees, Aftab Ahmed Mirza Baig, Syed Shahzad Ali and Farhan Ishaque
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:447
  23. Cerebral palsy (CP) is an umbrella term where an injury to the immature brain affects muscle tone and motor control, posture, and at times, the ability to walk and stand. Orthoses can be used to improve or mai...

    Authors: Jessica Stockman, Guðbjörg Eggertsdóttir, Mark S. Gaston, Ira Jeglinsky-Kankainen, Sandra Julsen Hollung, Kirsten Nordbye-Nielsen, Philip von Rosen and Ann I. Alriksson-Schmidt
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:443
  24. Childhood brain tumor (BT) survivors have an increased risk of treatment-related late effects, which can reduce health-related quality of life and increase morbidity. This study aimed to investigate lumbar dis...

    Authors: Petra Grahn, Tiina Remes, Reetta Kivisaari, Maria H. Suo-Palosaari, Pekka M. Arikoski, Päivi K. T. Koskenkorva, Päivi M. Lähteenmäki, Tuula R. I. Lönnqvist, Marja K. Ojaniemi, Kirsti H. Sirkiä, Anna K. Sutela, Sanna-Maria Toiviainen-Salo, Heikki M. J. Rantala, Arja H. Harila, Jaakko Niinimäki, Jaro Karppinen…
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:441
  25. One of the causes of patient dissatisfaction after total hip arthroplasty (THA) is leg length discrepancy (LLD). Even when radiographic LLD (R-LLD) is within 5 mm, some people perceive the affected side to be ...

    Authors: Takehiro Kawakami, Takashi Imagama, Yuta Matsuki, Tomoya Okazaki, Takehiro Kaneoka and Takashi Sakai
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:440
  26. Musculoskeletal (MSK) disorders are one of the main causes of disability among adults globally. The burden of MSK disorders varies greatly between different regions and is the highest in low- and middle income...

    Authors: Yazan A. Al-Ajlouni, Omar Al Ta’ani, Rand Mushasha, Justin Lin Lee, Jaishree Capoor, Mitul R. Kapadia and Ruth Alejandro
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:439
  27. To evaluate the factors to predict subclinical inflammation of wrist joints in patients with RA who are in clinical remission or low disease activity.

    Authors: Yu-Wei Wang, Jia-Feng Chen, Chi-Hua Ko, Tien-Tsai Cheng, Wen-Chan Chiu, Shan-Fu Yu, Chung-Yuan Hsu and Ying-Chou Chen
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:438
  28. Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is a rare disorder. The treatment options vary depending on how many organs are involved and how extensive the disease is. In this report, a case of LCH with isolated 6th ce...

    Authors: Guan-Ming Kuang, Nga-Nuen Loo, Qingpeng Gao, Jishi Li, Lin Luo, Shuang Chen, Jason Pui Yin Cheung and Kenneth M.C. Cheung
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:436
  29. Authors: Seung Hun Woo, Sang Ho Kwak, Hyo Seok Jang, Dong Hee Kim, Jang Hyeon Seo and Sang Hyun Lee
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:435

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  30. At present, the influence of the internal metallic endoskeleton of Spacer on the biomechanical strength of Spacer remains unclear. The aim of this study was to analyze the mechanical stability of a novel Space...

    Authors: Hao Ge, Hongsong Yan, Xianwang Liu, Yiwei Huang and Jianchun Zeng
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:434
  31. The use of unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) in patients with preoperative synovitis is controversial. This study aimed to investigate the association between synovitis detected by magnetic resonance im...

    Authors: Zhengxi Wang, Xudong Zhang, Xianzuo Zhang, Jiaxing Wang and Chen Zhu
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:433
  32. The pharmacological management of nonspecific chronic low back pain (NCLBP) aims to restore patients’ daily activities and improve their quality of life. The management of NCLBP is not well codified and extrem...

    Authors: Filippo Migliorini, Raju Vaishya, Gaetano Pappalardo, Marco Schneider, Andreas Bell and Nicola Maffulli
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:432
  33. Quadriceps tendon rupture (QTR) is a severe injury of the knee extensor apparatus. The study aims to validate the use of forgotten joint score (FJS-12) for functional outcome assessing after surgical treatment...

    Authors: Manuel P. Sava, Benjamin L. Schelker, Zainab A. Khan, Felix Amsler and Michael T. Hirschmann
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:431
  34. Galeazzi fracture dislocation is a compound injury that encompasses fractures of the distal third of the radius and dislocation of the distal radial ulnar joint (DRUJ). Clinically, this condition is rare and o...

    Authors: Jia Wu, Yong Zhu, Zhang-Yuan Lin, Shao-Hai Lin, Shu-Shan Zhao, Liang Cheng, Bu-Hua Sun and Hai-Tao Long
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:430
  35. Kickboxing is considered as a combat sport in progress, in which injuries are frequent and significant, and close injury monitoring is highly recommended. Sports injuries to the head and neck are estimated to ...

    Authors: Mosa Pashaei, Farideh Babakhani and Kambiz Banihashemi
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:429
  36. An abdominal pseudohernia is a rare clinical entity that consists of an abnormal bulging of the abdominal wall that can resemble a true hernia but does not have an associated underlying fascial or muscle defec...

    Authors: Wan-Jae Cho, Ki-Won Kim, Bo-Hyoung Kim and Ji-Hyun Ryu
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:428
  37. The NASS guideline cannot recommend any of the surgical treatment options toward adult isthmic spondylolisthesis (AIS) since 2014. After the introduction of endoscopic decompression, instead of treating the sp...

    Authors: Tsung-Mu Wu, Moon-Chan Kim, Jin-Ho Hwang and Dae-Jung Choi
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:426
  38. Greater trochanteric pain syndrome (GTPS) possesses a harmful influence on quality of life. Numerous conservative management modalities with varying success have been proposed for patients with GTPS. However, ...

    Authors: Yuping He, Yao Lin, Xiaolan He, Chunrong Li, Qingxiu Lu and Junbing He
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:423
  39. To evaluate the effectiveness of a discourse-based psychological intervention on perioperative anxiety, pain and life satisfaction of patients with AIS.

    Authors: Luosha Bi, Chengjun Pan, Jiaxing Li, Jiahui Zhou, Xiangyu Wang and Shiqi Cao
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:422
  40. To analyze the bioelectrical impedance parameters of the lower limbs of individuals with hip osteoarthritis and healthy individuals.

    Authors: Jocassia Silva Pinheiro, Filipe Ramos Carlos, Luis Carlos Caseiro-Filho, Celso Hermínio Ferraz Picado, Flávio Luís Garcia, Elaine Caldeira de Oliveira Guirro and Rinaldo Roberto de Jesus Guirro
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:420
  41. Anteroposterior (AP) and lateral fluoroscopies are often used to evaluate the intraoperative location and angulation of the trajectory in percutaneous endoscopic transforaminal lumbar discectomy (PETLD). Altho...

    Authors: Xin Huang, Xiangyu Hou, Shuiqing Li, Bin Zhu, Yan Li, Kaixi Liu and Xiaoguang Liu
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:419
  42. The purpose of this study was to explore the feasibility and evaluate the clinical outcomes of treatment for phalangeal and metacarpal segmental defects with the induced membrane technique and autologous struc...

    Authors: Jie Fang, Rongjian Shi, Weiya Qi, Dawei Zheng and Hui Zhu
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:418
  43. Degenerative lumbar scoliosis (DLS) is a common degenerative disease of the spine, that predominates in the elderly, and causes spinal deformities along with severe pain and reduced quality of life. The relati...

    Authors: Nanshan Ma, Xiangsheng Tang, Wenhao Li, Zhencheng Xiong, Wenhai Yan, Jiaojiao Wang, Tianwen Gu and Mingsheng Tan
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:414

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