The Journal of Musculoskeletal Medicine Vol 28 No 7

July 08, 2011

National Scleroderma Awareness Month, a time dedicated to drawing attention to the disease symptoms, prevalence, and related conditions.

July 08, 2011

A new guideline on the most effective treatments for patients with diabetic nerve pain-The Evidence Based Guideline: Treatment of Painful Diabetic Neuropathy-was released by the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AAPM&R) in collaboration with the American Association of Neuromuscular and Electro-diagnostic Medicine and the American Academy of Neurology

July 08, 2011

The level of osteoporosis knowledge is low among patients with fractures in spite of a high volume of available information.

July 08, 2011

A variety of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies show promise for contributing to pain management, according to research presented at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Pain Society (APS), held recently in Austin, Texas.

July 08, 2011

The results of gout studies reported at the 2011 Annual Congress of the European League Against Rheumatism.

July 07, 2011

Use of the newer biologic agents in the treatment of patients who have arthritis does not increase their risk of cancer, according to data presented at the 2011 Annual Congress of the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR), held recently in London.

July 07, 2011

The Juvenile Arthritis Multidimensional Assessment Report (JAMAR), a new multidimensional questionnaire for assessment of children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis, combines the traditional patient-reported outcomes (PRO) used in clinical evaluation with other PRO.

July 07, 2011

Regional cancellous bone mineral density (BMD) can be approximated from Hounsfield units (HU) measured on CT examinations using automatic exposure control; this information is reliable and follows a predictable pattern with increasing age.

July 07, 2011

The economic burden associated with the inflammatory myopathies is substantial.

July 07, 2011

Women with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) may experience significant reductions in pain after preferred-intensity or prescribed-intensity exercise.

July 07, 2011

Uniform application of the 2010 American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism criteria for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is hampered by difficulty in defining a high rheumatoid factor (RF) level because of the variation in RF levels obtained with the use of different methods.

July 07, 2011

Interprofessional learning may be effective for dissemination of guidelines for the management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and osteoarthritis (OA). Such a method has the potential to improve the delivery of arthritis care.

June 30, 2011

A 45-year-old Hispanic male physician, a nonsmoker, presented with crippling, nonerosive, seropositive, symmetrical polyarticular arthritis that involved his wrists, hands, elbows, knees, and feet.

June 30, 2011

Accurate diagnosis of elastofibroma dorsi may be achieved with a proper clinical history, knowledge of the characteristic site of the lesion, and typical imaging findings to avoid unnecessary biopsy and surgery.

June 29, 2011

Quadriceps (rectus femoris) strains are common among athletes, usually after kicking or sprinting. Learn about imaging tests for diagnosis and the exercises that encourage healing and rehabilitation.

June 28, 2011

Reactivation of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) has emerged as a problem in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Anti–tumor necrosis factor α therapy is strongly associated with reactivation of tuberculosis (TB) in patients with RA.