Wang, Peng Lin, Fang Ma, Yunhong Wang, Jianbing Zhou, Ming Rui, Yongjun
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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
BackgroundSoft tissue defects in the distal third of the leg and malleolus are difficult to cover and often require free tissue transfer, even for small-sized defects. Propeller flaps were designed as an alternative to free tissue transfer, but are reportedly associated with high complication rates. The aim of our study was to assess our institutio...
Hu, Xueyu Feng, Gangning Meng, Zhiqiang Ma, Long Jin, Qunhua
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BackgroundOsteoarthritis (OA) is a chronic degenerative disease that suppresses middle-aged and older people worldwide. Silent information regulator 1(SIRT-1) is associated with several age-related diseases, such as cardiovascular diseases, neurodegenerative diseases and tumors, etc. The protective role of SIRT-1 in bone and joint diseases has beco...
Xin, Ling Liu, Jian Zhu, Yongjian Fang, Yanyan
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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
BackgroundPatients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) have reported that their pain becomes worse when the local weather changes. However, there is limited evidence verifying the short-term associations between meteorological factors and outpatient visits for patients with AS. Therefore, this study evaluates this possible association.MethodsMeteorolo...
Hu, Haiyan Liu, Wenjun Liu, Yang Pan, Jay Zheng, Xiaozuo
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This study investigated the incidence of knee pain, the correlation of depressive symptoms with knee pain, and the moderating effect of sex on this correlation in a nationally representative cohort of middle-aged and elderly Chinese adults. Results suggested that depressive symptoms were associated with an excess risk of knee pain, with a stronger ...
Yokoe, Takuji Tajima, Takuya Yamaguchi, Nami Morita, Yudai Chosa, Etsuo
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BackgroundLateral ankle sprain (LAS) is one of the most common musculoskeletal injuries. Numerous studies regarding LAS have been performed. However, there are few studies evaluating the current clinical practice of orthopaedic surgeons regarding LAS. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the current clinical practice of general orthopaedic sur...
Sawada, Shuji Ozaki, Hayao Natsume, Toshiharu Deng, Pengyu Yoshihara, Toshinori Nakagata, Takashi Osawa, Takuya Ishihara, Yoshihiko Kitada, Tomoharu Kimura, Ken
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BackgroundLow muscle strength has been focused on as an essential characteristic of sarcopenia, and the 30-s chair stand test (CS-30) could be a particularly useful test for assessing muscle strength. While it is speculated to be a beneficial tool for the assessment of sarcopenia, this remains to be verified. In this study, we examined the reliabil...
Longo, Umile Giuseppe Risi Ambrogioni, Laura Berton, Alessandra Candela, Vincenzo Migliorini, Filippo Carnevale, Arianna Schena, Emiliano Nazarian, Ara DeAngelis, Joseph Denaro, Vincenzo
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BackgroundThe purpose of this systematic review and meta-analysis is to compare the conservative and accelerated rehabilitation protocols in patients who underwent arthroscopic rotator cuff repair in terms of clinical outcomes and range of motions at 3, 6, 12, and 24-month follow-up.MethodsAccording to PRISMA guidelines, a systematic review of the ...
Götze, Christian Nieder, Christian Felder, Hanna Peterlein, Christian Dominik Migliorini, Filippo
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BackgroundAutologous Matrix-Induced Chondrogenesis (AMIC) is addressed to osteochondral defects of the talus. However, evidence concerning the midterm efficacy and safety of AMIC are limited. This study assessed reliability and feasibility of AMIC at 60 months follow-up. We hypothesize that AMIC leads to good clinical outcome at midterm follow-up.M...
Giesinger, K Giesinger, JM Hamilton, DF Rechsteiner, J Ladurner, A
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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
BackgroundTotal knee arthroplasty is known to successfully alleviate pain and improve function in endstage knee osteoarthritis. However, there is some controversy with regard to the influence of obesity on clinical benefits after TKA. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of body mass index (BMI) on improvement in pain, function and g...
Yokozeki, Yuji Uchida, Kentaro Kawakubo, Ayumu Nakawaki, Mitsufumi Okubo, Tadashi Miyagi, Masayuki Inoue, Gen Itakura, Makoto Sekiguchi, Hiroyuki Takaso, Masashi
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BackgroundIntervertebral disc (IVD) degeneration is a major cause of low back pain (LBP). Following disc injury, nerve growth factor (NGF) concentrations rise in IVDs, and anti-NGF therapy has been shown to attenuate LBP in humans. Increased levels of tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) in degenerative IVDs and ...
