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A weight off your shoulders: Jason’s injury

Shoulder injuries caused by tendinitis or a tear in one of the rotator cuff muscles are relatively common with up to 25% of people over the age of 50 having some form of rotator cuff problem. But this type of injury is not the sole domain of older people, it can happen to young,...

Scientists discover new clues explaining tendon injury

Tendon disorders cost the UK economy more than £7bn a year and now scientists at Queen Mary, University of London […]

Scientists discover an epigenetic cause of osteoarthritis

In what could be a breakthrough in the practical application of epigenetic science, U.K. scientists used human tissue samples to […]

Possible disc replacement to treat chronic low back pain

In between the vertebrae of the human spine are 23 Oreo-sized, cartilage-filled discs that hold the vertebrae together and allow […]

Should spinal manipulation for neck pain be abandoned?

The effectiveness of spinal manipulation divides medical opinion. On bmj.com, experts debate whether spinal manipulation for neck pain should be […]

Hip implant for long-term use

Hip replacement is one of the most frequent operations carried out in Germany. Each year, doctors implant some 200,000 artificial […]

Inflamed muscles involved in arthritis too

Better arthritis treatment could be one step closer with research showing muscle inflammation outside joints as much to blame for […]

Think twice before knee surgery

A La Trobe University study has shown that after knee reconstruction surgery, around 40 per cent of people do not […]

Arthritic knees, but not hips, have repair systems

Researchers at Duke University Medical Center used new tools they developed to analyse knees and hips and discovered that osteoarthritic […]

Poor neighbourhoods suffer higher incidence of arthritis

Results revealed that people who live in socially disadvantaged areas were 42 per cent more at risk of getting arthritis […]

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A weight off your shoulders: Jason’s injury

Scientists discover new clues explaining tendon injury

Scientists discover an epigenetic cause of osteoarthritis

Possible disc replacement to treat chronic low back pain

Should spinal manipulation for neck pain be abandoned?

Hip implant for long-term use

Inflamed muscles involved in arthritis too

Think twice before knee surgery

Arthritic knees, but not hips, have repair systems

Poor neighbourhoods suffer higher incidence of arthritis

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