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  1. Existent biomechanical studies on hip osteoarthritic gait have primarily focused on the end stage of disease. Consequently, there is no clear consensus on which specific gait parameters are of most relevance f...

    Authors: Ingrid Eitzen, Linda Fernandes, Lars Nordsletten and May Arna Risberg
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2012 13:258
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    The Erratum to this article has been published in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2015 16:52

  2. Pain drawings are a diagnostic adjunct to history taking, clinical examinations, and biomedical tests in evaluating pain. We hypothesized that somatoform-functional pain, is mirrored in distinctive graphic pat...

    Authors: Niklaus Egloff, Rafael JA Cámara, Roland von Känel, Nicole Klingler, Elizabeth Marti and Marie-Louise Gander Ferrari
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2012 13:257
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  3. Whether the increase in vascular disease prevalence and mortality in OA populations is a result of co-occurrence of cardiovascular disease and OA, which are both common in the older population, is due to OA tr...

    Authors: Miranda L Davies-Tuck, Ryo Kawasaki, Anita E Wluka, Tien Y Wong, Lauren Hodgson, Dallas R English, Graham G Giles and Flavia Cicuttini
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2012 13:255
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  4. Research involving more representative samples is needed to extend our understanding of the broader impact of obesity in hip or knee joint disease (arthritis and OA) beyond clinical settings. Although populati...

    Authors: Ilana N Ackerman and Richard H Osborne
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2012 13:254
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  5. The prevalence of musculoskeletal pain is high among healthcare workers. Knowledge about risk factors at work is needed to efficiently target preventive strategies. This study estimates the prognosis for recov...

    Authors: Lars L Andersen, Thomas Clausen, Roger Persson and Andreas Holtermann
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2012 13:253
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  6. Distal radius fractures (DRF) are one of the most common fractures and often need surgical treatment, which has been validated through biomechanical tests. Currently a number of different fracture models are u...

    Authors: Sebastian Felix Baumbach, Enrico Dall’Ara, Patrick Weninger, Anna Antoni, Hannes Traxler, Martin Dörr and Philippe K Zysset
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2012 13:252
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  7. Numerous papers have been published examining risk factors for revision of primary total hip arthroplasty (THA), but there have been no comprehensive systematic literature reviews that summarize the most recen...

    Authors: Julian JZ Prokopetz, Elena Losina, Robin L Bliss, John Wright, John A Baron and Jeffrey N Katz
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2012 13:251
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  8. A number of factors have been identified as influencing total knee arthroplasty outcomes, including patient factors such as gender and medical comorbidity, technical factors such as alignment of the prosthesis...

    Authors: Rick L Lau, Anthony V Perruccio, Rajiv Gandhi and Nizar N Mahomed
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2012 13:250
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  9. Previous in vivo studies have shown that mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) transplantation significantly improves the condition of a number of autoimmune diseases including autoimmune cerebrospinal meningitis, multiple...

    Authors: Qin Wang, Xiaofeng Li, Jing Luo, Li Zhang, Lihui Ma, Zhiqin Lv and Lijin Xue
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2012 13:249
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  10. Carpal tunnel syndrome is the most common neuropathy in the upper extremity, resulting from the compression of the median nerve at wrist level. Clinical studies are essentials to present evidence on therapeuti...

    Authors: Rafael Inácio Barbosa, Eula Katucha da Silva Rodrigues, Guilherme Tamanini, Alexandre Márcio Marcolino, Valéria Meirelles Carril Elui, Rinaldo Roberto de Jesus Guirro, Nilton Mazzer and Marisa de Cássia Registro Fonseca
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2012 13:248
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  11. The purpose of our study was to prospectively report the clinical results of 280 consecutive hips (240 patients) who received a ReCap Hip Resurfacing System implant (Biomet Inc., Warsaw, USA) in a single distr...

    Authors: Walter van der Weegen, Henk J Hoekstra, Thea Sijbesma, Shennah Austen and Rudolf W Poolman
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2012 13:247
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  12. Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is one of the most common and costly chronic musculoskeletal conditions world-wide and is associated with substantial pain and disability. Many people with knee OA also experience co-m...

    Authors: Kim L Bennell, Thorlene Egerton, Caroline Bills, Janette Gale, Gregory S Kolt, Stephen J Bunker, David J Hunter, Caroline A Brand, Andrew Forbes, Anthony Harris and Rana S Hinman
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2012 13:246
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  14. The aim of the present study was to assess whether the efficacy of bisphosphonate treatment is influenced by PTH levels measured in newly diagnosed osteoporotic patients and to identify the threshold value, be...

    Authors: Gyöngyvér Kincse, József Varga, Péter Somogyi, Péter Szodoray, Péter Surányi and János Gaál
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2012 13:244
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  15. Today, health care is patient-centred with patients more involved in medical decision making and taking an active role in managing their disease. It is important that patients are appropriately informed about ...

    Authors: Roxanne Cooksey, Sinead Brophy, Muhammad Jami Husain, Elizabeth Irvine, Helen Davies and Stefan Siebert
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2012 13:243
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  16. Assessment of range of motion (ROM) and muscle strength is fundamental in the clinical diagnosis of hip osteoarthritis (OA) but reproducibility of these measurements has mostly involved clinicians from seconda...

    Authors: Erik Poulsen, Henrik Wulff Christensen, Jeannette Østergaard Penny, Søren Overgaard, Werner Vach and Jan Hartvigsen
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2012 13:242
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  17. Current studies comparing musculoskeletal pain levels between the genders focus on a single point in time rather than measuring change over time. The purpose of this study is to compare pain levels between mal...

    Authors: Cynthia K Peterson, B Kim Humphreys, Jürg Hodler and Christian WA Pfirrmann
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2012 13:241
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  18. Bone grafts are frequently used in orthopaedic surgery. Graft remodelling is advantageous but can occur too quickly, and premature bone resorption might lead to decreased mechanical integrity of the graft. Bis...

    Authors: Ola Belfrage, Hanna Isaksson and Magnus Tägil
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2012 13:240
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  19. Early stages of scoliosis and spondylolisthesis entail changes in the intervertebral disc (IVD) structure and biochemistry. The current clinical use of MR T2-weighted images is limited to visual inspection. Ou...

    Authors: Julien Gervais, Delphine Périé, Stefan Parent, Hubert Labelle and Carl-Eric Aubin
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2012 13:239
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  22. Leg pain associated with low back pain (LBP) is recognized as a risk factor for a poor prognosis, and is included as a component in most LBP classification systems. The location of leg pain relative to the kne...

    Authors: Alice Kongsted, Peter Kent, Hanne Albert, Tue Secher Jensen and Claus Manniche
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2012 13:236
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  23. One major drawback in measuring ground-reaction forces during running is that it is time consuming to get representative ground-reaction force (GRF) values with a traditional force platform. An instrumented fo...

    Authors: Bas Kluitenberg, Steef W Bredeweg, Sjouke Zijlstra, Wiebren Zijlstra and Ida Buist
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2012 13:235
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  24. Common low back pain represents a major public health problem in terms of its direct cost to health care and its socio-economic repercussions. Ten percent of individuals who suffer from low back pain evolve to...

    Authors: Angélique Denis, Amélie Zelmar, Marie-Annick Le Pogam, Emmanuelle Chaleat-Valayer, Alain Bergeret and Cyrille Colin
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2012 13:234
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  25. Meniscectomy is a risk factor for knee osteoarthritis, with increased medial joint loading a likely contributor to the development and progression of knee osteoarthritis in this group. Therefore, post-surgical...

    Authors: Michelle Hall, Rana S Hinman, Tim V Wrigley, Ewa M Roos, Paul W Hodges, Margaret Staples and Kim L Bennell
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2012 13:233
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  26. Breast cancer is the most common malignancy and the second leading cause of death in women. Because bone metastases are a common finding in patients with breast cancer, they are of major clinical concern.

    Authors: Bernd Wegener, Marcus Schlemmer, Joachim Stemmler, Volkmar Jansson, Hans Roland Dürr and Matthias F Pietschmann
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2012 13:232
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  27. The posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) plays an important role in maintaining physiological kinematics and function of the knee joint. To date mainly in-vitro models or combined magnetic resonance and fluorosco...

    Authors: Ruediger von Eisenhart-Rothe, Ulrich Lenze, Stefan Hinterwimmer, Florian Pohlig, Heiko Graichen, Thomas Stein, Frederic Welsch and Rainer Burgkart
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2012 13:231
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  28. Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) commonly affects the hands and wrists with inflammation, deformity, pain, weakness and restricted mobility leading to reduced function. The effectiveness of exercise for RA hands is u...

    Authors: Jo Adams, Chris Bridle, Sukhdeep Dosanjh, Peter Heine, Sarah E Lamb, Joanne Lord, Christopher McConkey, Vivien Nichols, Francine Toye, Martin R Underwood, Mark A Williams and Esther M Williamson
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2012 13:230
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  29. Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP), a blood-derived product rich in growth factors, is a promising treatment for cartilage defects but there is still a lack of clinical evidence. The aim of this study is to show, thro...

    Authors: Giuseppe Filardo, Elizaveta Kon, Alessandro Di Martino, Berardo Di Matteo, Maria Letizia Merli, Annarita Cenacchi, Pier Maria Fornasari and Maurilio Marcacci
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2012 13:229
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  30. To investigate whether or not coadministration of tacrolimus (TAC) with prednisolone (PSL) can produce a beneficial effect in the treatment of polymyositis/ dermatomyositis (PM/DM).

    Authors: Yasuhiro Shimojima, Wataru Ishii, Masayuki Matsuda, Ko-ichi Tazawa and Shu-ichi Ikeda
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2012 13:228
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  33. We systematically reviewed etiological factors of Kienböck’s disease (osteonecrosis of the lunate) discussed in the literature in order to examine the justification for including Kienböck’s disease (KD) in the...

    Authors: Stéphane Stahl, Adelana Santos Stahl, Christoph Meisner, Afshin Rahmanian-Schwarz, Hans-Eberhard Schaller and Oliver Lotter
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2012 13:225
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    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2024 25:215

  34. Ankle fractures are one of the more commonly occurring forms of trauma managed by orthopaedic teams worldwide. The impacts of these injuries are not restricted to pain and disability caused at the time of the ...

    Authors: Steven M McPhail, Joel Dunstan, Julie Canning and Terry P Haines
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2012 13:224
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  35. The statutory health insurance system embodies a large amount of data on the treatments of their members. Depending on joint, prosthesis type, patient activity and comorbidity, knee and hip replacements can la...

    Authors: Roland Linder, Hardy Müller, Brigitte Grenz-Farenholtz, Caroline Wagner, Martin Stockheim and Frank Verheyen
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2012 13:223
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  36. It has been demonstrated that frequency modulation of loading influences cellular response and metabolism in 3D tissues such as cartilage, bone and intervertebral disc. However, the mechano-sensitivity of cell...

    Authors: Thomas H Steiner, Alexander Bürki, Stephen J Ferguson and Benjamin Gantenbein-Ritter
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2012 13:222
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  37. Age-dependent trabecular changes of the humeral head might weaken the fixation of suture anchors used for rotator cuff (RC) repair. This might lead to suture anchor loosening and thus compromise the integrity ...

    Authors: Chlodwig Kirchhoff, Volker Braunstein, Stefan Milz, Christoph M Sprecher, Sonja Kirchhoff, Mathias Graw, Andreas B Imhoff and Stefan Hinterwimmer
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2012 13:221
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  38. Joint replacement is an effective intervention for people with advanced arthritis, although there is an important minority of patients who do not improve post-operatively. There is a need for robust evidence o...

    Authors: Vikki Wylde, Ashley W Blom, Stijn Bolink, Luke Brunton, Paul Dieppe, Rachael Gooberman-Hill, Bernd Grimm, Cindy Mann and Erik Lenguerrand
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2012 13:220
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  39. Gout is the commonest inflammatory arthritis affecting around 1.4% of adults in Europe. It is predominantly managed in primary care and classically affects the joints of the foot, particularly the first metata...

    Authors: Priyanka Chandratre, Christian Mallen, Jane Richardson, Keith Rome, Joanne Bailey, Rajvinder Gill, Samantha Hider, Jane Mason, Zoe Mayson, Sara Muller, Charlotte Purcell, Jennifer Titley, Simon Wathall, Irena Zwierska and Edward Roddy
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2012 13:219
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  40. Biomarkers of peripheral muscle fatigue (BPMFs) are used to offer insights into mechanisms of exhaustion during exercise in order to detect abnormal fatigue or to detect defective metabolic pathways. This revi...

    Authors: Josef Finsterer
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2012 13:218
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  41. Bradykinin type 2 receptor (B2BRK) genotype was reported to be associated with changes in the left-ventricular mass as a response to aerobic training, as well as in the regulation of the skeletal muscle performan...

    Authors: Jelena Z Popadic Gacesa, Milica Momcilovic, Igor Veselinovic, David A Brodie and Nikola G Grujic
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2012 13:217
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  42. Although item response theory (IRT) appears to be increasingly used within health care research in general, a comprehensive overview of the frequency and characteristics of IRT analyses within the rheumatic fi...

    Authors: Liseth Siemons, Peter M ten Klooster, Erik Taal, Cees AW Glas and Mart AFJ Van de Laar
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2012 13:216
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  43. Clinicians frequently rely on subjective categorization of impairments in mobility, strength, and endurance for clinical decision-making; however, these assessments are often unreliable and lack sensitivity to...

    Authors: Bahar Shahidi, Cynthia L Johnson, Douglas Curran-Everett and Katrina S Maluf
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2012 13:215
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  44. Intramedullary nailing of pertrochanteric femoral fractures has grown in popularity over the past 2 decades likely because this procedure is associated with a low risk for postoperative morbidity and a fast re...

    Authors: Christian Giessauf, Mathias Glehr, Gerwin A Bernhardt, Franz J Seibert, Karl Gruber, Patrick Sadoghi, Andreas Leithner and Gerald Gruber
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2012 13:214
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  45. This paper presents the model and results to evaluate the use of teriparatide as a first-line treatment of severe postmenopausal osteoporosis (PMO) and Glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis (GIOP). The study’s o...

    Authors: Daniel R Murphy, Lee J Smolen, Timothy M Klein and Robert W Klein
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2012 13:213
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  46. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the radial distribution patterns of cartilage degeneration in dysplastic hips at different stages of secondary osteoarthritis (OA) by using radial delayed ga...

    Authors: Li Xu, Yongbin Su, Karl-Philipp Kienle, Daichi Hayashi, Ali Guermazi, Jing Zhang, Yongming Dai and Xiaoguang Cheng
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2012 13:212
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  47. Although muscle dysfunction caused by unfamiliar lengthening contraction is one of most important issues in sports medicine, there is little known about the molecular events on regeneration process. The purpos...

    Authors: Hongsun Song, Eisuke Ochi, Kihyuk Lee, Kenji Hiranuma and Koichi Nakazato
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2012 13:211
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  48. Arm elevation is composed of glenohumeral and scapulothoracic motion. Many reports have addressed changes of scapular position across a spectrum of shoulder disease. However, no study has examined changes in s...

    Authors: Myung-Sun Kim, Keun-Young Lim, Dong-Hyun Lee, David Kovacevic and Nam-Young Cho
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2012 13:210
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  49. Congenital muscular torticollis (CMT) is a relatively common neck deformity in infancy. The aim of our research was to determine the value of high-frequency and color Doppler ultrasonography in diagnosing CMT.

    Authors: Lei Wang, Lingyan Zhang, Yuanjiao Tang and Li Qiu
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2012 13:209
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  50. Simvastatin increases the expression of bone morphogenetic protein 2 (BMP-2) in osteoblasts, therefore it is important to investigate the influence of statins on bone formation, fracture healing and implant in...

    Authors: Stephan Pauly, David A Back, Kathrin Kaeppler, Norbert P Haas, Gerhard Schmidmaier and Britt Wildemann
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2012 13:208
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