| | Other Issues: previous | next | latest | archiveCorrespondence Research priorities for non-pharmacological therapies for common musculoskeletal problems: nationally and internationally agreed recommendations Nadine E Foster, Krysia S Dziedzic, Danielle AWM van der Windt, Julie M Fritz, and Elaine M Hay BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2009; 10: 3. Published online 2009 January 9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-10-3.PMCID: PMC2631495 Software THR Simulator – the software for generating radiographs of THR prosthesis Tai-Yin Wu, Rong-Sen Yang, Chiou-Shann Fuh, Sheng-Mou Hou, and Chen-Kun Liaw BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2009; 10: 8. Published online 2009 January 16. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-10-8.PMCID: PMC2636752 Technical Advance Acromioclavicular joint reconstruction with coracoacromial ligament transfer using the docking technique Peter J Millett, Sepp Braun, Reuben Gobezie, and Iván H Pacheco BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2009; 10: 6. Published online 2009 January 14. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-10-6.PMCID: PMC2637828 Research Articles Bone mass in schizophrenia and normal populations across different decades of life Jenn-Huei Renn, Nan-Ping Yang, Ching-Mo Chueh, Chih-Yuan Lin, Tsuo-Hung Lan, and Pesus Chou BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2009; 10: 1. Published online 2009 January 1. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-10-1.PMCID: PMC2642755 Physical characteristics of the back are not predictive of low back pain in healthy workers: A prospective study An Van Nieuwenhuyse, Geert Crombez, Alex Burdorf, Geert Verbeke, Raphael Masschelein, Guido Moens, Philippe Mairiaux, and the BelCoBack Study Group BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2009; 10: 2. Published online 2009 January 5. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-10-2.PMCID: PMC2630962 Direction of the formation of anterior lumbar vertebral osteophytes Yuichi Kasai, Eiji Kawakita, Toshihiko Sakakibara, Koji Akeda, and Atsumasa Uchida BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2009; 10: 4. Published online 2009 January 13. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-10-4.PMCID: PMC2630963 The relationship between quality of life and compliance to a brace protocol in adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis: a comparative study LouAnn Rivett, Alan Rothberg, Aimee Stewart, and Rowan Berkowitz BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2009; 10: 5. Published online 2009 January 14. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-10-5.PMCID: PMC2635344 Impact of associated injuries in the Floating knee: A retrospective study Ulfin Rethnam, Rajam S Yesupalan, and Rajagopalan Nair BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2009; 10: 7. Published online 2009 January 14. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-10-7.PMCID: PMC2630294 Incidence and trends of low back pain hospitalisation during military service – An analysis of 387,070 Finnish young males Ville M Mattila, Petri Sillanpää, Tuomo Visuri, and Harri Pihlajamäki BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2009; 10: 10. Published online 2009 January 19. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-10-10.PMCID: PMC2637829 Reliability of clinical tests to evaluate nerve function and mechanosensitivity of the upper limb peripheral nervous system Annina B Schmid, Florian Brunner, Hannu Luomajoki, Ulrike Held, Lucas M Bachmann, Sabine Künzer, and Michel W Coppieters BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2009; 10: 11. Published online 2009 January 21. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-10-11.PMCID: PMC2653029 Short rotator tendons do not increase intracapsular pressure in severe osteoarthritic hips Sarunas Tarasevicius, Arunas Gelmanas, Alfredas Smailys, Otto Robertsson, and Hans Wingstrand BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2009; 10: 12. Published online 2009 January 25. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-10-12.PMCID: PMC2636753 Depression and anxiety as major determinants of neck pain: a cross-sectional study in general practice Eva Blozik, Daria Laptinskaya, Christoph Herrmann-Lingen, Helene Schaefer, Michael M Kochen, Wolfgang Himmel, and Martin Scherer BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2009; 10: 13. Published online 2009 January 26. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-10-13.PMCID: PMC2636754 Lower extremity joint kinetics and lumbar curvature during squat and stoop lifting Seonhong Hwang, Youngeun Kim, and Youngho Kim BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2009; 10: 15. Published online 2009 February 2. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-10-15.PMCID: PMC2651112 Redistribution of joint moments is associated with changed plantar pressure in diabetic polyneuropathy Hans HCM Savelberg, Nicolaas C Schaper, Paul JB Willems, Ton LH de Lange, and Kenneth Meijer BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2009; 10: 16. Published online 2009 February 3. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-10-16.PMCID: PMC2654541 Biomechanical effects of sitting with adjustable ischial and lumbar support on occupational low back pain: evaluation of sitting load and back muscle activity Mohsen Makhsous, Fang Lin, James Bankard, Ronald W Hendrix, Matthew Hepler, and Joel Press BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2009; 10: 17. Published online 2009 February 5. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-10-17.PMCID: PMC2654542 Variability in depression prevalence in early rheumatoid arthritis: a comparison of the CES-D and HAD-D Scales Tanya Covic, Julie F Pallant, Alan Tennant, Sally Cox, Paul Emery, and Philip G Conaghan BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2009; 10: 18. Published online 2009 February 7. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-10-18.PMCID: PMC2649031 Variations in the pre-operative status of patients coming to primary hip replacement for osteoarthritis in European orthopaedic centres Paul Dieppe, Andrew Judge, Susan Williams, Ifeoma Ikwueke, Klaus-Peter Guenther, Markus Floeren, Joerg Huber, Thorvaldur Ingvarsson, Ian Learmonth, L Stefan Lohmander, Anna Nilsdotter, Wofhart Puhl, David Rowley, Robert Thieler, Karsten Dreinhoefer, and EUROHIP Study Group BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2009; 10: 19. Published online 2009 February 10. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-10-19.PMCID: PMC2654855 A multi-center, randomized, clinical study to compare the effect and safety of autologous cultured osteoblast(Ossron™) injection to treat fractures Seok-Jung Kim, Yong-Woon Shin, Kyu-Hyun Yang, Sang-Bum Kim, Moon-Jib Yoo, Suk-Ku Han, Soo-Ah Im, Yoo-Dong Won, Yerl-Bo Sung, Taek-Soo Jeon, Cheong-Ho Chang, Jae-Deog Jang, Sae-Bom Lee, Hyun-Cho Kim, and Soo-Young Lee BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2009; 10: 20. Published online 2009 February 12. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-10-20.PMCID: PMC2656455 Psychopathology predicts the outcome of medial branch blocks with corticosteroid for chronic axial low back or cervical pain: a prospective cohort study Ajay D Wasan, Robert N Jamison, Loc Pham, Naveen Tipirneni, Srdjan S Nedeljkovic, and Jeffrey N Katz BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2009; 10: 22. Published online 2009 February 16. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-10-22.PMCID: PMC2652420 Point mutation of tyrosine 759 of the IL-6 family cytokine receptor, gp130, augments collagen-induced arthritis in DBA/1J mice Fumio Tsuji, Miwa Yoshimi, Osamu Katsuta, Miwa Takai, Katsuhiko Ishihara, and Hiroyuki Aono BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2009; 10: 23. Published online 2009 February 19. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-10-23.PMCID: PMC2652421 Temperature influence on DXA measurements: bone mineral density acquisition in frozen and thawed human femora Dirk Wähnert, Konrad L Hoffmeier, Gabriele Lehmann, Rosemarie Fröber, Gunther O Hofmann, and Thomas Mückley BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2009; 10: 25. Published online 2009 February 24. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-10-25.PMCID: PMC2649884 Cross-sectional analysis of baseline differences of candidates for rotator cuff surgery: a sex and gender perspective Helen Razmjou, Aileen M Davis, Susan B Jaglal, Richard Holtby, and Robin R Richards BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2009; 10: 26. Published online 2009 February 24. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-10-26.PMCID: PMC2656456 Gene expression markers of tendon fibroblasts in normal and diseased tissue compared to monolayer and three dimensional culture systems Sarah E Taylor, Anne Vaughan-Thomas, Dylan N Clements, Gina Pinchbeck, Lisa C Macrory, Roger KW Smith, and Peter D Clegg BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2009; 10: 27. Published online 2009 February 26. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-10-27.PMCID: PMC2651848 Does a dose-response relation exist between spinal pain and temporomandibular disorders? Birgitta Wiesinger, Hans Malker, Erling Englund, and Anders Wänman BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2009; 10: 28. Published online 2009 March 2. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-10-28.PMCID: PMC2653030 Relationship between obesity and early failure of total knee prostheses Barbara Bordini, Susanna Stea, Sara Cremonini, Marco Viceconti, Rossana De Palma, and Aldo Toni BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2009; 10: 29. Published online 2009 March 5. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-10-29.PMCID: PMC2660896 How well do questionnaires on symptoms in neck-shoulder disorders capture the experiences of those who suffer from neck-shoulder disorders? A content analysis of questionnaires and interviews Birgitta Wiitavaara, Martin Björklund, Christine Brulin, and Mats Djupsjöbacka BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2009; 10: 30. Published online 2009 March 9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-10-30.PMCID: PMC2670265 Hand-held dynamometry in patients with haematological malignancies: Measurement error in the clinical assessment of knee extension strength Ruud H Knols, Geert Aufdemkampe, Eling D de Bruin, Daniel Uebelhart, and Neil K Aaronson BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2009; 10: 31. Published online 2009 March 9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-10-31.PMCID: PMC2662793 Arm rotated medially with supination – the ARMS variant: description of its surgical correction Rahul K Nath, Chandra Somasundaram, Sonya E Melcher, Meera Bala, and Melissa J Wentz BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2009; 10: 32. Published online 2009 March 16. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-10-32.PMCID: PMC2664782 Classification of gluteal muscle contracture in children and outcome of different treatments Chen-Guang Zhao, Xi-Jing He, Bin Lu, Hao-Peng Li, Dong Wang, and Zhen-Zhong Zhu BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2009; 10: 34. Published online 2009 April 7. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-10-34.PMCID: PMC2671480 Postmenopausal women with osteoarthritis and osteoporosis show different ultrastructural characteristics of trabecular bone of the femoral head Yun Shen, Zi-Ming Zhang, Sheng-Dan Jiang, Lei-Sheng Jiang, and Li-Yang Dai BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2009; 10: 35. Published online 2009 April 9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-10-35.PMCID: PMC2674588 Muscle modifications in fibromyalgic patients revealed by surface electromyography (SEMG) analysis Laura Bazzichi, Marco Dini, Alessandra Rossi, Silvia Corbianco, Francesca De Feo, Camillo Giacomelli, Cristina Zirafa, Claudia Ferrari, Bruno Rossi, and Stefano Bombardieri BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2009; 10: 36. Published online 2009 April 15. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-10-36.PMCID: PMC2678091 Low back pain status in elite and semi-elite Australian football codes: a cross-sectional survey of football (soccer), Australian rules, rugby league, rugby union and non-athletic controls Wayne Hoskins, Henry Pollard, Chris Daff, Andrew Odell, Peter Garbutt, Andrew McHardy, Kate Hardy, and George Dragasevic BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2009; 10: 38. Published online 2009 April 17. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-10-38.PMCID: PMC2674424 Effects of low-dye taping on plantar pressure pre and post exercise: an exploratory study Damien Nolan and Norelee Kennedy BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2009; 10: 40. Published online 2009 April 21. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-10-40.PMCID: PMC2676256 Study Protocol Exercise and manual physiotherapy arthritis research trial (EMPART): a multicentre randomised controlled trial Helen P French, Tara Cusack, Aisling Brennan, Breon White, Clare Gilsenan, Martina Fitzpatrick, Paul O'Connell, David Kane, Oliver FitzGerald, and Geraldine M McCarthy BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2009; 10: 9. Published online 2009 January 19. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-10-9.PMCID: PMC2653461 Effects of preferred-exercise prescription compared to usual exercise prescription on outcomes for people with non-specific low back pain: a randomized controlled trial [ACTRN12608000524392] Susan C Slade and Jennifer L Keating BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2009; 10: 14. Published online 2009 January 28. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-10-14.PMCID: PMC2642754 Effectiveness of manual therapy compared to usual care by the general practitioner for chronic tension-type headache: design of a randomised clinical trial René F Castien, Daniëlle AWM van der Windt, Joost Dekker, Bert Mutsaers, and Anneke Grooten BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2009; 10: 21. Published online 2009 February 12. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-10-21.PMCID: PMC2662792 The effects of exercise and weight loss in overweight patients with hip osteoarthritis: design of a prospective cohort study Nienke Paans, Inge van den Akker-Scheek, Klaas van der Meer, Sjoerd K Bulstra, and Martin Stevens BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2009; 10: 24. Published online 2009 February 23. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-10-24.PMCID: PMC2649885 |