01.12.2016 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
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Low vitamin D and the risk of developing chronic widespread pain: results from the European male ageing study
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, Dirk Vanderschueren, Frederick C. Wu, Terence W. O’Neill, for the EMAS Study Group
01.12.2016 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
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Cut-off values of latent infection in patients with rapid migration following bipolar hip hemiarthroplasty
Takao Setoguchi, Hirotaka Kawakami, Yasuhiro Ishidou, Hideki Kawamura, Junichiro Nishi, Takako Yoshioka, Hironori Kakoi, Satoshi Nagano, Masahiro Yokouchi, Akihide Tanimoto, Setsuro Komiya
01.12.2016 | Erratum | Ausgabe 1/2016
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Erratum to: Smoking, Porphyromonas gingivalis and the immune response to citrullinated autoantigens before the clinical onset of rheumatoid arthritis in a Southern European nested case–control study
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, Dominique S. Michaud, Elio Riboli, Patrick J. Venables
01.12.2016 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
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Upper cervical and upper thoracic manipulation versus mobilization and exercise in patients with cervicogenic headache: a multi-center randomized clinical trial
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, Joshua A. Cleland
01.12.2016 | Study protocol | Ausgabe 1/2016
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A randomised controlled trial of a lifestyle behavioural intervention for patients with low back pain, who are overweight or obese: study protocol
Amanda Williams, John Wiggers, Kate M. O’Brien, Luke Wolfenden, Serene Yoong, Elizabeth Campbell, Emma Robson, James McAuley, Robin Haskins, Steven J. Kamper, Christopher M. Williams
01.12.2016 | Study protocol | Ausgabe 1/2016
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Cooperative pain education and self-management (COPES): study design and protocol of a randomized non-inferiority trial of an interactive voice response-based self-management intervention for chronic low back pain
Alicia A. Heapy, Diana M. Higgins, Kathryn M. LaChappelle, Joseph Kirlin, Joseph L. Goulet, Rebecca A. Czlapinski, Eugenia Buta, John D. Piette, Sarah L. Krein, Caroline R. Richardson, Robert D. Kerns
01.12.2016 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
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The frequency of and risk factors for osteoporosis in Korean patients with rheumatoid arthritis
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, Sang-Cheol Bae
01.12.2016 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
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EGR1 controls divergent cellular responses of distinctive nucleus pulposus cell types
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, Jan Willem Voncken
01.12.2016 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
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Stem cells and bFGF in tendon healing: Effects of lentiviral gene transfer and long-term follow-up in a rat Achilles tendon defect model
T. M. Kraus, F. B. Imhoff, J. Reinert, G. Wexel, A. Wolf, D. Hirsch, A. Hofmann, U. Stöckle, S. Buchmann, T. Tischer, A. B. Imhoff, S. Milz, M. Anton, S. Vogt
01.12.2016 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
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A new model of implant-related osteomyelitis in the metaphysis of rat tibiae
Norbert Harrasser, Johannes Gorkotte, Andreas Obermeier, Susanne Feihl, Melanie Straub, Julia Slotta-Huspenina, Ruediger von Eisenhart-Rothe, Walter Moser, Philipp Gruner, Michael de Wild, Hans Gollwitzer, Rainer Burgkart
01.12.2016 | Study protocol | Ausgabe 1/2016
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The efficacy of continuous-flow cryo and cyclic compression therapy after hip fracture surgery on postoperative pain: design of a prospective, open-label, parallel, multicenter, randomized controlled, clinical trial
Nick C. Leegwater, Peter A. Nolte, Niels de Korte, Martin J. Heetveld, Kees J. Kalisvaart, Casper P. Schönhuth, Bas Pijnenburg, Bart J. Burger, Kees-Jan Ponsen, Frank W. Bloemers, Andrea B. Maier, Barend J. van Royen
01.12.2016 | Study protocol | Ausgabe 1/2016
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The Maintaining Musculoskeletal Health (MAmMOTH) Study: Protocol for a randomised trial of cognitive behavioural therapy versus usual care for the prevention of chronic widespread pain
Gary J. Macfarlane, Marcus Beasley, Gordon Prescott, Paul McNamee, Philip Keeley, Majid Artus, John McBeth, Philip Hannaford, Gareth T. Jones, Neil Basu, John Norrie, Karina Lovell
01.12.2016 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
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Associations between body composition measurements of obesity and radiographic osteoarthritis in older adults: Data from the Dong-gu Study
Lihui Wen, Ji-Hyoun Kang, Yi-Rang Yim, Ji-Eun Kim, Jeong-Won Lee, Kyung-Eun Lee, Dong-Jin Park, Tae-Jong Kim, Yong-Wook Park, Sun-Seog Kweon, Young-Hoon Lee, Yong-Woon Yun, Min-Ho Shin, Shin-Seok Lee
01.12.2016 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
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Robust genotyping tool for autosomal recessive type of limb-girdle muscular dystrophies
Inna Inashkina, Eriks Jankevics, Janis Stavusis, Inta Vasiljeva, Kristine Viksne, Ieva Micule, Jurgis Strautmanis, Maruta S. Naudina, Loreta Cimbalistiene, Vaidutis Kucinskas, Astrida Krumina, Algirdas Utkus, Birute Burnyte, Ausra Matuleviciene, Baiba Lace
01.12.2016 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
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Subjective health complaints, functional ability, fear avoidance beliefs, and days on sickness benefits after work rehabilitation – a mediation model
Irene Øyeflaten, Jon Opsahl, Hege R. Eriksen, Tore Norendal Braathen, Stein Atle Lie, Søren Brage, Camilla M. Ihlebæk, Kyrre Breivik
01.12.2016 | Study protocol | Ausgabe 1/2016
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Scaphoid Waist Internal Fixation for Fractures Trial (SWIFFT) protocol: a pragmatic multi-centre randomised controlled trial of cast treatment versus surgical fixation for the treatment of bi-cortical, minimally displaced fractures of the scaphoid waist in adults
Joseph Dias, Stephen Brealey, Surabhi Choudhary, Liz Cook, Matthew Costa, Caroline Fairhurst, Catherine Hewitt, Stephen Hodgson, Laura Jefferson, Kanagaratnam Jeyapalan, Ada Keding, Paul Leighton, Amar Rangan, Gerry Richardson, Claire Rothery, Nicholas Taub, John Thompson, David Torgerson
01.12.2016 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
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Local pamidronate influences fracture healing in a rodent femur fracture model: an experimental study
Leif Menzdorf, Matthias Weuster, Tim Klüter, Stefan Brüggemann, Peter Behrendt, Stefanie Fitchen-Oestern, Deike Varoga, Andreas Seekamp, Nicolai Purcz, Claus C Glueer, Thomas Pufe, Sebastian Lippross
01.12.2016 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
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Rationale of the Spanish FRAX model in decision-making for predicting osteoporotic fractures: an update of FRIDEX cohort of Spanish women
Rafael Azagra, Marta Zwart, Gloria Encabo, Amada Aguyé, Juan Carlos Martin-Sánchez, Nuria Puchol-Ruiz, Paula Gabriel-Escoda, Sergio Ortiz-Alinque, Emilio Gené, Milagros Iglesias, David Moriña, Miguel Angel Diaz-Herrera, Mireia Utzet, Josep Maria Manresa, On behalf of GROIMAP study group
01.12.2016 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
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Low back and neck and shoulder pain in members and non-members of adolescents’ sports clubs: the Finnish Health Promoting Sports Club (FHPSC) study
M. Rossi, K. Pasanen, S. Kokko, L. Alanko, O. J. Heinonen, R. Korpelainen, K. Savonen, H. Selänne, T. Vasankari, L. Kannas, U. Kujala, J. Villberg, J. Parkkari
01.12.2016 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
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The balance between Foxp3 and Ror-γt expression in peripheral blood is altered by tocilizumab and abatacept in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Yoshifumi Tada, Nobuyuki Ono, Rie Suematsu, Satoko Tashiro, Yuri Sadanaga, Yukiko Tokuda, Yukihide Ono, Yoshinobu Nakao, Akihito Maruyama, Akihide Ohta, Syuichi Koarada
01.12.2016 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
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Few geographic and socioeconomic variations exist in primary total shoulder arthroplasty: a multi-level study of Australian registry data
Sharon L. Brennan-Olsen, Richard S. Page, Stephen E. Lane, Michelle Lorimer, Rachelle Buchbinder, Richard H. Osborne, Julie A. Pasco, Anita E. Wluka, Kerrie M. Sanders, Peter R. Ebeling, Stephen E. Graves
01.12.2016 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
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Coronal tibial slope is associated with accelerated knee osteoarthritis: data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative
Jeffrey B. Driban, Alina C. Stout, Jeffrey Duryea, Grace H. Lo, William F. Harvey, Lori Lyn Price, Robert J. Ward, Charles B. Eaton, Mary F. Barbe, Bing Lu, Timothy E. McAlindon
01.12.2016 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
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Effect of platelet mediator concentrate (PMC) on Achilles tenocytes: an in vitro study
Esra Arslan, Thomas Nellesen, Andreas Bayer, Andreas Prescher, Sebastian Lippross, Sven Nebelung, Holger Jahr, Christine Jaeger, Wolf Dietrich Huebner, Horst Fischer, Marcus Stoffel, Mehdi Shakibaei, Thomas Pufe, Mersedeh Tohidnezhad
01.12.2016 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
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Prevalence and its risk factors for low back pain among operation and maintenance personnel in wind farms
Ning Jia, Tao Li, Shuangqiu Hu, Xinhe Zhu, Kang Sun, Long Yi, Qiong Zhang, Guilian Luo, Yuzhen Li, Xueyan Zhang, Yongen Gu, Zhongxu Wang
01.12.2016 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
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Factors associated with diagnostic stage of hip osteoarthritis due to acetabular dysplasia among Japanese female patients: a cross-sectional study
Satoko Ohfuji, Seiya Jingushi, Kyoko Kondo, Muroto Sofue, Moritoshi Itoman, Tadami Matsumoto, Yoshiki Hamada, Hiroyuki Shindo, Yoshio Takatori, Harumoto Yamada, Yuji Yasunaga, Hiroshi Ito, Satoshi Mori, Ichiro Owan, Genji Fujii, Hirotsugu Ohashi, Shinji Takahashi, Yoshio Hirota
01.12.2016 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
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Evaluation of two doses of etoricoxib, a COX-2 selective non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), in the treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis in a double-blind, randomized controlled trial
Kara Bickham, Alan J. Kivitz, Anish Mehta, Nancy Frontera, Sandhya Shah, Paul Stryszak, Zoran Popmihajlov, Paul M. Peloso
01.12.2016 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
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Validity of data collected in BIOREG, the Austrian register for biological treatment in rheumatology: current practice of bDMARD therapy in rheumatoid arthritis in Austria
Bernhard Rintelen, Jochen Zwerina, Manfred Herold, Franz Singer, Johann Hitzelhammer, Wolfgang Halder, Gabriela Eichbauer-Sturm, Rudolf Puchner, Miriam Stetter, Burkhard F. Leeb, on behalf of the BIOREG investigator group
01.12.2016 | Study protocol | Ausgabe 1/2016
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Pain coping skills training for African Americans with osteoarthritis (STAART): study protocol of a randomized controlled trial
Leah A. Schrubbe, Scott G. Ravyts, Bernadette C. Benas, Lisa C. Campbell, Crystal W. Cené, Cynthia J. Coffman, Alexander H. Gunn, Francis J. Keefe, Caroline T. Nagle, Eugene Z. Oddone, Tamara J. Somers, Catherine L. Stanwyck, Shannon S. Taylor, Kelli D. Allen
01.12.2016 | Study protocol | Ausgabe 1/2016
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Evaluation of a risk-stratification strategy to improve primary care for low back pain: the MATCH cluster randomized trial protocol
Dan Cherkin, Benjamin Balderson, Georgie Brewer, Andrea Cook, Katherine Talbert Estlin, Sarah C. Evers, Nadine E. Foster, Jonathan C. Hill, Rene Hawkes, Clarissa Hsu, Mark Jensen, Anne-Marie LaPorte, Martin D. Levine, Diane Piekara, Pam Rock, Karen Sherman, Gail Sowden, Rob Wellman, John Yeoman
01.12.2016 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
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Effects of a DXA result letter on satisfaction, quality of life, and osteoporosis knowledge: a randomized controlled trial
Stephanie W. Edmonds, Peter Cram, Yiyue Lou, Michael P. Jones, Douglas W. Roblin, Kenneth G. Saag, Nicole C. Wright, Fredric D. Wolinsky, On Behalf of the PAADRN Investigators
01.12.2016 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
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A biomechanical, micro-computertomographic and histological analysis of the influence of diclofenac and prednisolone on fracture healing in vivo
Oliver Bissinger, Kilian Kreutzer, Carolin Götz, Alexander Hapfelmeier, Christoph Pautke, Stephan Vogt, Gabriele Wexel, Klaus-Dietrich Wolff, Thomas Tischer, Peter Michael Prodinger
01.12.2016 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
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MRI analysis of tibial PCL attachment in a large population of adult patients: reference data for anatomic PCL reconstruction
Yuanjun Teng, Laiwei Guo, Meng Wu, Tianen Xu, Lianggong Zhao, Jin Jiang, Xiaoyun Sheng, Lihu Xu, Bo Zhang, Ning Ding, Yayi Xia
01.12.2016 | Erratum | Ausgabe 1/2016
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Erratum to: Validity of data collected in BIOREG, the Austrian register for biological treatment in rheumatology: current practice of bDMARD therapy in rheumatoid arthritis in Austria
Bernhard Rintelen, Jochen Zwerina, Manfred Herold, Franz Singer, Johann Hitzelhammer, Wolfgang Halder, Gabriela Eichbauer-Sturm, Rudolf Puchner, Miriam Stetter, Burkhard F. Leeb, on behalf of the BIOREG investigator group
01.12.2016 | Study protocol | Ausgabe 1/2016
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The clinical and cost effectiveness of steroid injection compared with night splints for carpal tunnel syndrome: the INSTINCTS randomised clinical trial study protocol
Linda S. Chesterton, Krysia S. Dziedzic, Danielle A. van der Windt, Graham Davenport, Helen L. Myers, Trishna Rathod, Milica Blagojevic-Bucknall, Sue M. Jowet, Claire Burton, Edward Roddy, Elaine M. Hay
01.12.2016 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
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The new Zero-P implant can effectively reduce the risk of postoperative dysphagia and complications compared with the traditional anterior cage and plate: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Mengchen Yin, Junming Ma, Quan Huang, Ye Xia, Qixing Shen, Chenglong Zhao, Jun Tao, Ni Chen, Zhingxing Yu, Jie Ye, Wen Mo, Jianru Xiao
01.12.2016 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
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The Scottish Early Rheumatoid Arthritis (SERA) Study: an inception cohort and biobank
James Dale, Caron Paterson, Ann Tierney, Stuart H. Ralston, David M. Reid, Neil Basu, John Harvie, Neil D. McKay, Sarah Saunders, Hilary Wilson, Robin Munro, Ruth Richmond, Derek Baxter, Michael McMahon, John McLaren, Vinod Kumar, Stefan Siebert, Iain McInnes, Duncan Porter
01.12.2016 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
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Association of a rare NOTCH4 coding variant with systemic sclerosis: a family-based whole exome sequencing study
Christopher J. Cardinale, Dong Li, Lifeng Tian, John J. Connolly, Michael E. March, Cuiping Hou, Fengxiang Wang, James Snyder, Cecilia E. Kim, Rosetta M. Chiavacci, Patrick M. Sleiman, Jon M. Burnham, Hakon Hakonarson
01.12.2016 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
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Prevalence and distribution of ossification of the supra/interspinous ligaments in symptomatic patients with cervical ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament of the spine: a CT-based multicenter cross-sectional study
Kanji Mori, Toshitaka Yoshii, Takashi Hirai, Akio Iwanami, Kazuhiro Takeuchi, Tsuyoshi Yamada, Shoji Seki, Takashi Tsuji, Kanehiro Fujiyoshi, Mitsuru Furukawa, Soraya Nishimura, Kanichiro Wada, Masao Koda, Takeo Furuya, Yukihiro Matsuyama, Tomohiko Hasegawa, Katsushi Takeshita, Atsushi Kimura, Masahiko Abematsu, Hirotaka Haro, Tetsuro Ohba, Masahiko Watanabe, Hiroyuki Katoh, Kei Watanabe, Hiroshi Ozawa, Haruo Kanno, Shiro Imagama, Zenya Ito, Shunsuke Fujibayashi, Masashi Yamazaki, Morio Matsumoto, Masaya Nakamura, Atsushi Okawa, Yoshiharu Kawaguchi
01.12.2016 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
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Prevalence of lumbar spondylosis and its association with low back pain among community-dwelling Japanese women
Ritsu Tsujimoto, Yasuyo Abe, Kazuhiko Arima, Takayuki Nishimura, Masato Tomita, Akihiko Yonekura, Takashi Miyamoto, Shohei Matsubayashi, Natsumi Tanaka, Kiyoshi Aoyagi, Makoto Osaki
01.12.2016 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
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Short- to long-term follow-up of total femoral replacement in non-oncologic patients
Andreas Toepfer, Norbert Harrasser, Isabel Petzschner, Florian Pohlig, Ulrich Lenze, Ludger Gerdesmeyer, Dominik Pförringer, Marcel Toepfer, Marc Beirer, Moritz Crönlein, Ruediger von Eisenhart-Rothe, Heinz Mühlhofer
