Issue 1/2006
Content (103 Articles)
An objective spinal motion imaging assessment (OSMIA): reliability, accuracy and exposure data
Alan C Breen, Jennifer M Muggleton, Fiona E Mellor
Quantitative ultrasound tissue characterization in shoulder and thigh muscles – a new approach
Pernille Kofoed Nielsen, Bente R Jensen, Tron Darvann, Kurt Jørgensen, Merete Bakke
Risk factors for traumatic and non-traumatic lower limb pain among preadolescents: a population-based study of Finnish schoolchildren
Ashraf El-Metwally, Jouko J Salminen, Anssi Auvinen, Hannu Kautiainen, Marja Mikkelsson
Major depression, fibromyalgia and labour force participation: A population-based cross-sectional study
Aliya Kassam, Scott B Patten
Active rehabilitation for chronic low back pain: Cognitive-behavioral, physical, or both? First direct post-treatment results from a randomized controlled trial [ISRCTN22714229]
Rob JEM Smeets, Johan WS Vlaeyen, Alita Hidding, Arnold DM Kester, Geert JMG van der Heijden, Antonia CM van Geel, J André Knottnerus
Comparison of AIMS2-SF, WOMAC, x-ray and a global physician assessment in order to approach quality of life in patients suffering from osteoarthritis
Thomas Rosemann, Stefanie Joos, Thorsten Koerner, Joachim Szecsenyi, Gunter Laux
Incidence and prevalence of upper-extremity musculoskeletal disorders. A systematic appraisal of the literature
Bionka MA Huisstede, Sita MA Bierma-Zeinstra, Bart W Koes, Jan AN Verhaar
Sagittal jaw position in relation to body posture in adult humans – a rasterstereographic study
Carsten Lippold, Gholamreza Danesh, Markus Schilgen, Burkhard Drerup, Lars Hackenberg
Improving the sensitivity of the hop index in patients with an ACL deficient knee by transforming the hop distance scores
Siobhan O'Donnell, Scott G Thomas, Paul Marks
Influences of obese (ob/ob) and diabetes (db/db) genotype mutations on lumber vertebral radiological and morphometric indices: Skeletal deformation associated with dysregulated systemic glucometabolism
Katherine M Burkemper, David R Garris
Comparison of the effectiveness of three manual physical therapy techniques in a subgroup of patients with low back pain who satisfy a clinical prediction rule: Study protocol of a randomized clinical trial [NCT00257998]
Joshua A Cleland, Julie M Fritz, John D Childs, Kornelia Kulig
The Shoulder Pain and Disability Index demonstrates factor, construct and longitudinal validity
Joy C MacDermid, Patty Solomon, Kenneth Prkachin
The chronic pain coping inventory: Confirmatory factor analysis of the French version
Manon Truchon, Denis Côté, Sandrine Irachabal
Rationale and design of The Delphi Trial – I(RCT)2: international randomized clinical trial of rheumatoid craniocervical treatment, an intervention-prognostic trial comparing 'early' surgery with conservative treatment [ISRCTN65076841]
Jasper FC Wolfs, Wilco C Peul, Maarten Boers, Maurits W van Tulder, Ronald Brand, Hans JC van Houwelingen, Raph TWM Thomeer
Effectiveness of prolonged use of continuous passive motion (CPM) as an adjunct to physiotherapy following total knee arthroplasty: Design of a randomised controlled trial [ISRCTN85759656]
Anton F Lenssen, Yvonne HF Crijns, Eddie MH Waltjé, George M Roox, Mike JA van Steyn, Ruud JT Geesink, Piet A van den Brandt, Rob A de Bie
A non-surgical approach to the management of lumbar spinal stenosis: A prospective observational cohort study
Donald R Murphy, Eric L Hurwitz, Amy A Gregory, Ronald Clary
The transition of reported pain in different body regions – a one-year follow-up study
Christina Gummesson, Sven-Olof Isacsson, Agneta H Isacsson, H Ingemar Andersson, John Ektor-Andersen, Per-Olof Östergren, Bertil Hanson
In vitro gentamicin release from commercially available calcium-phosphate bone substitutes influence of carrier type on duration of the release profile
Hein P Stallmann, Chris Faber, Antonius LJJ Bronckers, Arie V Nieuw Amerongen, Paul IJM Wuisman
Effectiveness of a tailor-made intervention for pregnancy-related pelvic girdle and/or low back pain after delivery: Short-term results of a randomized clinical trial [ISRCTN08477490]
Caroline HG Bastiaenen, Rob A de Bie, Pieter MJC Wolters, Johan WS Vlaeyen, Pieter Leffers, Foekje Stelma, Janneke M Bastiaanssen, Gerard GM Essed, Piet A van den Brandt
The implications of 18F-FDG PET for the diagnosis of endoprosthetic loosening and infection in hip and knee arthroplasty: Results from a prospective, blinded study
K-St Delank, M Schmidt, JW-P Michael, M Dietlein, H Schicha, P Eysel
Age of donor alters the effect of cyclic hydrostatic pressure on production by human macrophages and osteoblasts of sRANKL, OPG and RANK
CE Evans, S Mylchreest, JG Andrew
Knee movement patterns of injured and uninjured adolescent basketball players when landing from a jump: A case-control study
Quinette Louw, Karen Grimmer, Christopher Vaughan
Transcriptome-scale similarities between mouse and human skeletal muscles with normal and myopathic phenotypes
Alvin T Kho, Peter B Kang, Isaac S Kohane, Louis M Kunkel
Screening for low bone mass with quantitative ultrasonography in a community without dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry: population-based survey
Nan-Ping Yang, Ian Jen, Shao-Yuan Chuang, Shui-Hu Chen, Pesus Chou
All-arthroscopic versus mini-open repair of small or moderate-sized rotator cuff tears: A protocol for a randomized trial [NCT00128076]
Joy C MacDermid, Richard Holtby, Helen Razmjou, Dianne Bryant
Cross-sectional and longitudinal construct validity of two rotator cuff disease-specific outcome measures
Helen Razmjou, Andrea Bean, Varda van Osnabrugge, Joy C MacDermid, Richard Holtby
Are lifestyle-factors in adolescence predictors for adult low back pain? A cross-sectional and prospective study of young twins
Lise Hestbaek, Charlotte Leboeuf-Yde, Kirsten Ohm Kyvik
Validity and responsiveness of the Clubfoot Assessment Protocol (CAP). A methodological study
Hanneke Andriesse, Ewa M Roos, Gunnar Hägglund, Gun-Britt Jarnlo
Is comorbidity in adolescence a predictor for adult low back pain? A prospective study of a young population
Lise Hestbaek, Charlotte Leboeuf-Yde, Kirsten O Kyvik
The Knee Clinical Assessment Study – CAS(K). A prospective study of knee pain and knee osteoarthritis in the general population: baseline recruitment and retention at 18 months
George Peat, Elaine Thomas, June Handy, Laurence Wood, Krysia Dziedzic, Helen Myers, Ross Wilkie, Rachel Duncan, Elaine Hay, Jonathan Hill, Rosie Lacey, Peter Croft
The PEX study – Exercise therapy for patellofemoral pain syndrome: design of a randomized clinical trial in general practice and sports medicine [ISRCTN83938749]
Robbart van Linschoten, Marienke van Middelkoop, Marjolein Y Berger, Edith M Heintjes, Mark A Koopmanschap, Jan AN Verhaar, Bart W Koes, Sita MA Bierma-Zeinstra
Immunogenicity of unprocessed and photooxidized bovine and human osteochondral grafts in collagen-sensitive mice
Jill S Kawalec-Carroll, Vincent J Hetherington, Douglas S Dockery, Carey Shive, Oleg S Targoni, Paul V Lehmann, Daniel Nadler, Dustin Prins
Reliability of measures of impairments associated with patellofemoral pain syndrome
Sara R Piva, Kelley Fitzgerald, James J Irrgang, Scott Jones, Benjamin R Hando, David A Browder, John D Childs
Measuring troublesomeness of chronic pain by location
Suzanne Parsons, Dawn Carnes, Tamar Pincus, Nadine Foster, Alan Breen, Steven Vogel, Martin Underwood
Balance in single-limb stance after surgically treated ankle fractures: a 14-month follow-up
Gertrud Nilsson, Eva Ageberg, Charlotte Ekdahl, Magnus Eneroth
Piezoelectric osteotomy in hand surgery: first experiences with a new technique
Dominik J Hoigne, Stefan Stübinger, Oliver Von Kaenel, Sonia Shamdasani, Paula Hasenboehler
Mental disorders in a population sample with musculoskeletal disorders
Scott B Patten, Jeanne VA Williams, JianLi Wang
Knee complaints vary with age and gender in the adult population. Population-based reference data for the Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS)
Przemyslaw T Paradowski, Stefan Bergman, Anne Sundén-Lundius, L Stefan Lohmander, Ewa M Roos
Coping and back problems: analysis of multiple data sources on an entire cross-sectional cohort of Swedish military recruits
Charlotte Leboeuf-Yde, Kristian Larsen, Ingvar Ahlstrand, Ernest Volinn
No association between chronic musculoskeletal complaints and Val158Met polymorphism in the Catechol-O-methyltransferase gene. The HUNT study
Knut Hagen, Elin Pettersen, Lars Jacob Stovner, Frank Skorpen, John-Anker Zwart
A prospective multi-center cohort study of acute non-displaced fractures of the scaphoid: operative versus non-operative treatment [NCT00205985]
Boris M Pfeiffer, Matthias Nübling, Hartmut R Siebert, Michael Schädel-Höpfner
Cost-effectiveness of microendoscopic discectomy versus conventional open discectomy in the treatment of lumbar disc herniation: a prospective randomised controlled trial [ISRCTN51857546]
Mark P Arts, Wilco C Peul, Ronald Brand, Bart W Koes, Ralph TWM Thomeer
Prevalence of amyloid deposition in long standing rheumatoid arthritis in Iranian patients by abdominal subcutaneous fat biopsy and assessment of clinical and laboratory characteristics
G Hussein Alishiri, Ahmad Salimzadeh, Mohammad Bagher Owlia, Jafar Forghanizadeh, Roya Setarehshenas, Nasrin Shayanfar
The shortened disabilities of the arm, shoulder and hand questionnaire (Quick DASH): validity and reliability based on responses within the full-length DASH
Christina Gummesson, Michael M Ward, Isam Atroshi
Lumbar segmental mobility disorders: comparison of two methods of defining abnormal displacement kinematics in a cohort of patients with non-specific mechanical low back pain
J Haxby Abbott, Julie M Fritz, Brendan McCane, Barry Shultz, Peter Herbison, Brett Lyons, Georgia Stefanko, Richard M Walsh
Effectiveness of joint mobilisation after cast immobilisation for ankle fracture: a protocol for a randomised controlled trial [ACTRN012605000143628]
C Christine Lin, Anne M Moseley, Kathryn M Refshauge, Marion Haas, Robert D Herbert
National audit of post-operative management in spinal surgery
Alison H McGregor, Ben Dicken, Konrad Jamrozik
Problems and needs for improving primary care of osteoarthritis patients: the views of patients, general practitioners and practice nurses
Thomas Rosemann, Michel Wensing, Katharina Joest, Matthias Backenstrass, Cornelia Mahler, Joachim Szecsenyi
Non-operative management of posterior tibialis tendon dysfunction: design of a randomized clinical trial [NCT00279630]
Kornelia Kulig, Amy B Pomrantz, Judith M Burnfield, Stephen F Reischl, Susan Mais-Requejo, David B Thordarson, Ronald W Smith
First histological observations on the incorporation of a novel nanocrystalline hydroxyapatite paste OSTIM® in human cancellous bone
Franz-Xaver Huber, Orlin Belyaev, Joachim Hillmeier, Hans-Juergen Kock, Colette Huber, Peter-Juergen Meeder, Irina Berger
Pulsed electromagnetic energy treatment offers no clinical benefit in reducing the pain of knee osteoarthritis: a systematic review
Christopher James McCarthy, Michael James Callaghan, Jacqueline Anne Oldham
The normal human chondro-osseous junctional region: evidence for contact of uncalcified cartilage with subchondral bone and marrow spaces
Tim J Lyons, Sheena F McClure, Robert W Stoddart, John McClure
Towards standardized measurement of adverse events in spine surgery: conceptual model and pilot evaluation
Sohail K Mirza, Richard A Deyo, Patrick J Heagerty, Judith A Turner, Lorri A Lee, Robert Goodkin
Prognosis of acute low back pain: design of a prospective inception cohort study
Nicholas Henschke, Christopher G Maher, Kathryn M Refshauge, Robert D Herbert, Robert G Cumming, Jane Bleasel, John York, Anurina Das, James H McAuley
Prospective research on musculoskeletal disorders in office workers (PROMO): study protocol
Stefan IJmker, Birgitte M Blatter, Allard J van der Beek, Willem van Mechelen, Paulien M Bongers
Endostatin inhibits VEGF-A induced osteoclastic bone resorption in vitro
Annina Sipola, Katri Nelo, Timo Hautala, Joanna Ilvesaro, Juha Tuukkanen
Extra-osseous osteochondroma-like soft tissue mass of the patello-femoral space
Francesco Oliva, Alessandro Marconi, Stefano Fratoni, Nicola Maffulli
The outcome of control groups in clinical trials of conservative treatments for chronic mechanical neck pain: a systematic review
Howard Vernon, B Kim Humphreys, Carol Hagino
Subcutaneous rupture of the Achilles tendon and ipsilateral fracture of the medial malleolus
Nicola Maffulli, Paula J Richards
Reliability of two goniometric methods of measuring active inversion and eversion range of motion at the ankle
Collette Menadue, Jacqueline Raymond, Sharon L Kilbreath, Kathryn M Refshauge, Roger Adams
Total knee arthroplasty: good agreement of clinical severity scores between patients and consultants
Ananthan D Ebinesan, Bhupinder S Sarai, Gayle Walley, Stephen Bridgman, Nicola Maffulli
Simultaneous gene transfer of bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) -2 and BMP-7 by in vivo electroporation induces rapid bone formation and BMP-4 expression
Mariko Kawai, Kazuhisa Bessho, Hiroki Maruyama, Jun-ichi Miyazaki, Toshio Yamamoto
Systemic zoledronate treatment both prevents resorption of allograft bone and increases the retention of new formed bone during revascularization and remodelling. A bone chamber study in rats
Jörgen Åstrand, Anna Kajsa Harding, Per Aspenberg, Magnus Tägil
Effectiveness of low-Dye taping for the short-term treatment of plantar heel pain: a randomised trial
Joel A Radford, Karl B Landorf, Rachelle Buchbinder, Catherine Cook
The course of pain drawings during a 10-week treatment period in patients with acute and sub-acute low back pain
Marie Grunnesjö, Johan Bogefeldt, Stefan Blomberg, Heléne Delaney, Kurt Svärdsudd
Primary care consultation, hospital admission, sick leave and disability pension owing to neck and low back pain: a 12-year prospective cohort study in a rural population
Sara AC Holmberg, Anders G Thelin
An animal model in sheep for biocompatibility testing of biomaterials in cancellous bones
Katja MR Nuss, Joerg A Auer, Alois Boos, Brigitte von Rechenberg
Immediate effects of spinal manipulation on thermal pain sensitivity: an experimental study
Steven Z George, Mark D Bishop, Joel E Bialosky, Giorgio Zeppieri Jr, Michael E Robinson
No association between the aluminium content of trabecular bone and bone density, mass or size of the proximal femur in elderly men and women
Hans-Olov Hellström, Bengt Mjöberg, Hans Mallmin, Karl Michaëlsson
The immediate and long-term effects of exercise and patient education on physical, functional, and quality-of-life outcome measures after single-level lumbar microdiscectomy: a randomized controlled trial protocol
David M Selkowitz, Kornelia Kulig, Elizabeth M Poppert, Sean P Flanagan, Ndidiamaka D Matthews, George J Beneck, John M Popovich Jr, Jose R Lona, Kimiko A Yamada, Wendy S Burke, Carolyn Ervin, Christopher M Powers
Efficiency of immediate postoperative inpatient physical therapy following total knee arthroplasty: an RCT
Anton F Lenssen, Yvonne HF Crijns, Eddie MH Waltjé, Mike JA van Steyn, Ruud JT Geesink, Piet A van den Brandt, Rob A de Bie
The association of comorbidities, utilization and costs for patients identified with low back pain
Debra P Ritzwoller, Laurie Crounse, Susan Shetterly, Dale Rublee
Knee loading stimulates cortical bone formation in murine femurs
Ping Zhang, Min Su, Shigeo M Tanaka, Hiroki Yokota
Pain in veterans of the Gulf War of 1991: a systematic review
Hollie V Thomas, Nicola J Stimpson, Alison Weightman, Frank Dunstan, Glyn Lewis
Trunk muscle activity in healthy subjects during bridging stabilization exercises
Veerle K Stevens, Katie G Bouche, Nele N Mahieu, Pascal L Coorevits, Guy G Vanderstraeten, Lieven A Danneels
Does patient-physiotherapist agreement influence the outcome of low back pain? A prospective cohort study
Kadija Perreault, Clermont E Dionne
Nordic Walking and chronic low back pain: design of a randomized clinical trial
Lars Morsø, Jan Hartvigsen, Lis Puggaard, Claus Manniche
A systematic review of the psychometric properties of the Boston Carpal Tunnel Questionnaire
Jose C de Carvalho Leite, Christina Jerosch-Herold, Fujian Song
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), cyxlooxygenase-2 selective inhibitors (coxibs) and gastrointestinal harm: review of clinical trials and clinical practice
R Andrew Moore, Sheena Derry, Ceri J Phillips, Henry J McQuay
The (cost-)effectiveness of a lifestyle physical activity intervention in addition to a work style intervention on the recovery from neck and upper limb symptoms in computer workers
Claire M Bernaards, Geertje AM Ariëns, Vincent H Hildebrandt
Risk factors for neck pain in office workers: a prospective study
Julia M Hush, Chris G Maher, Kathryn M Refshauge
Responsiveness and minimal clinically important difference for pain and disability instruments in low back pain patients
Henrik H Lauridsen, Jan Hartvigsen, Claus Manniche, Lars Korsholm, Niels Grunnet-Nilsson
Costs of shoulder pain in primary care consulters: a prospective cohort study in The Netherlands
Ton Kuijpers, Maurits W van Tulder, Geert JMG van der Heijden, Lex M Bouter, Daniëlle AWM van der Windt
The assessment of the prognosis of musculoskeletal conditions in older adults presenting to general practice: a research protocol
Christian D Mallen, George Peat, Elaine Thomas, Simon Wathall, Tracy Whitehurst, Charlotte Clements, Joanne Bailey, Jacqueline Gray, Peter R Croft
Design of the PROCON trial: a prospective, randomized multi – center study comparing cervical anterior discectomy without fusion, with fusion or with arthroplasty
Ronald HMA Bartels, Roland Donk, Gert Jan van der Wilt, J André Grotenhuis, Dick Venderink
Surgery is more cost-effective than splinting for carpal tunnel syndrome in the Netherlands: results of an economic evaluation alongside a randomized controlled trial
Ingeborg BC Korthals-de Bos, Annette AM Gerritsen, Maurits W van Tulder, Maureen PMH Rutten-van Mölken, Herman J Adèr, Henrica CW de Vet, Lex M Bouter
Dexamethasone stimulates expression of C-type Natriuretic Peptide in chondrocytes
Hanga Agoston, Laurie Baybayan, Frank Beier
Musculoskeletal disorders in shipyard industry: prevalence, health care use, and absenteeism
Evangelos C Alexopoulos, Dimitra Tanagra, Eleni Konstantinou, Alex Burdorf
The pendulum test as a tool to evaluate passive knee stiffness and viscosity of patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Maria S Valle, Antonino Casabona, Rosaria Sgarlata, Rosaria Garozzo, Maria Vinci, Matteo Cioni
Can a disease-specific education program augment self-management skills and improve Health-Related Quality of Life in people with hip or knee osteoarthritis?
Richard H Osborne, Rachelle Buchbinder, Ilana N Ackerman
Increased endothelin-1 and diminished nitric oxide levels in blister fluids of patients with intermediate cold type complex regional pain syndrome type 1
J George Groeneweg, Frank JPM Huygen, Claudia Heijmans-Antonissen, Sjoerd Niehof, Freek J Zijlstra
Low-frequency vibratory exercise reduces the risk of bone fracture more than walking: a randomized controlled trial
Narcís Gusi, Armando Raimundo, Alejo Leal
Testing the proficiency to distinguish locations with elevated plantar pressure within and between professional groups of foot therapists
Nick A Guldemond, Pieter Leffers, Fred HM Nieman, Antal P Sanders, Nicolaas C Schaper, Geert HIM Walenkamp
Progressive non-infectious anterior vertebral fusion, split cord malformation and situs inversus visceralis
Ali Al Kaissi, Farid Ben Chehida, Maher Ben Ghachem, Franz Grill, Klaus Klaushofer
Correlations between subjective treatment responses and plantar pressure parameters of metatarsal pad treatment in metatarsalgia patients: a prospective study
Jiunn-Horng Kang, Min-Der Chen, Shih-Ching Chen, Wei-Li Hsi
A systematic review of outcomes assessed in randomized controlled trials of surgical interventions for carpal tunnel syndrome using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) as a reference tool
Christina Jerosch-Herold, José C de Carvalho Leite, Fujian Song
A prediction rule for shoulder pain related sick leave: a prospective cohort study
Ton Kuijpers, Daniëlle AWM van der Windt, Geert JMG van der Heijden, Jos WR Twisk, Yvonne Vergouwe, Lex M Bouter
Serum levels of Cartilage Oligomeric Matrix Protein (COMP) increase temporarily after physical exercise in patients with knee osteoarthritis
Maria LE Andersson, Carina A Thorstensson, Ewa M Roos, Ingemar F Petersson, Dick Heinegård, Tore Saxne
Acupuncture for chronic neck pain: a pilot for a randomised controlled trial
Gemma C Salter, Mark Roman, Martin J Bland, Hugh MacPherson
Modeling early recovery of physical function following hip and knee arthroplasty
Deborah M Kennedy, Paul W Stratford, Steven E Hanna, Jean Wessel, Jeffrey D Gollish
Is the Pain Stages of Change Questionnaire (PSOCQ) a useful tool for predicting participation in a self-management programme? Further evidence of validity, on a sample of UK pain clinic patients
Jane L Carr, Jennifer A Klaber Moffett, Donald M Sharp, Derek R Haines
The impact of rheumatoid arthritis on foot function in the early stages of disease: a clinical case series
Deborah E Turner, Philip S Helliwell, Paul Emery, James Woodburn
Neck ligament strength is decreased following whiplash trauma
Yasuhiro Tominaga, Anthony B Ndu, Marcus P Coe, Arnold J Valenson, Paul C Ivancic, Shigeki Ito, Wolfgang Rubin, Manohar M Panjabi