This category includes all featured articles, research, news, publications, jobs and courses that will be of interest to those whose interests and work relate to the clinical area of neuromusculoskeletal care.

Free Online Access to all SAGE Journals until October 15, 2010

The next generation of SAGE Journals Online, SAGE's award-winning journal platform, is now live! To celebrate, free online access to must-have content back to 1999 is available until October 15, 2010. Experience the enhanced user-friendly features and functionality, including:
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The effectiveness of interventions in the management of patients with primary frozen shoulder.

There are many types of treatment used to manage the frozen shoulder, but there is no consensus on how best to manage patients with this painful and debilitating condition. This review of the evidence of the effectiveness looked at interventions used to manage primary frozen shoulder using the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, the Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects, the Physiotherapy Evidence Database… Continue reading

First Real-Time MRI of Moving Organs and Joints

Moving MRI images of the heart and other organs are nothing new. However, up until now these were always reconstructed afterwards by combining signals and images from the same cardiac phase acquired during breath-holding into the resulting images. Researchers at the Max Planck in Göttingen have now proven it is possible to acquire images in real-time with up to fifty frames per second. Previously it… Continue reading

Interactive CE/CPD Fibromyalgia Program with Patient Case Videos

'Fibromyalgia Syndrome: Practical Strategies for Improving Diagnosis and Patient Outcomes' is an official and free CE/CPD activity from the American Journal of Medicine. This case-based, interactive program is designed to provide clinicians with new insights and strategies about appropriate, effective diagnosis and management of fibromyalgia syndrome. Video-based doctor-patient case simulations will be presented and discussed, and participants will have multiple “interactive” opportunities to reinforce their own best… Continue reading

Prescription Drug Vending Machines Go on Trial in the UK

The UK supermarket chain Sainsbury's is running a trial with two different drug vending machines in two of its West Sussex stores. Basically you can drop your prescription at the machine, the pharmacy will collect the prescriptions and deliver the medications which you can later pick up. As the machines are placed in stores with an in-store pharmacy service, the only benefit seems to be… Continue reading

Keep on Crutchin’

It happens every day, the crutches thrown in the closet after the broken leg (caused by that gnarly jump on your BMX) healed when you were 12 are needed again in your 30s (caused by that embarrassing wipeout in the packaged meat section of the grocery).  However, those so-called "adjustable" crutches don't get tall enough and the rubber cushions have severely degraded. As always, Yanko Designs points… Continue reading

What’s new in spinal treatment

Feeling like the world of spinal devices is moving too fast to keep up? The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JB&JS) feels your pain and has published a free, easily readable primer on recent developments in spine surgery. They cover what devices are currently approved in the US and what evidence exists for use. Topics include:
  • What's New in the Treatment of the Cervical Spine
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  • Trunk muscle activity during lumbar stabilization exercises on both a stable and unstable surface.

    The objectives of this study were to clarify whether differences in surface stability influence trunk muscle activity. Lumbar stabilization exercises on unstable surfaces are performed widely. One perceived advantage in performing stabilization exercises on unstable surfaces is the potential for increased muscular demand. However, there is little evidence in the literature to help establish whether this assumption is correct. METHODS: Nine healthy male subjects performed lumbar stabilization exercises. Pairs of… Continue reading

    HPC start consultation on proposed changes to the generic standards of proficiency

    The Health Professions Council (UK) are consulting on proposed changes to the generic standards of proficiency. The standards of proficiency are the standards that we consider necessary for the safe and effective practice of professions they regulate. The changes are being proposed to ensure that the generic standards are applicable to all the professions they regulate. There are consultations on a number of changes to… Continue reading

    Carpal tunnel syndrome. Part II: effectiveness of surgical treatments–a systematic review

    The objective of this study was to present an evidence-based overview of the effectiveness of surgical and postsurgical interventions to treat carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). A best-evidence synthesis was performed to summarize the results of the included studies. Two reviews and 25 RCTs were included. Moderate evidence was found in favor of surgical treatment compared with splinting or anti-inflammatory drugs plus hand therapy in the midterm and long term… Continue reading

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