Musculoskeletal Medicine Research

KEY FINDING: A rare case of delayed-onset ASAS occurred nine days after kyphoplasty, caused by retropulsion of a bone fragment from a refractured vertebral body.

KEY FINDING: NMES prevents biceps brachii muscle atrophy after incomplete cervical SCI in rats.

KEY FINDING: The combination of EAW+tSCS may promote a more reciprocal firing pattern for the flexors and extensors than EAW alone resulting in increased functional joint torque contribution of the lower limb.

KEY FINDING: Acute TSCI patients had higher bone turnover markers and sclerostin concentrations at baseline compared to chronic TSCI patients.

KEY FINDING: Substantial annual bone loss occurred in the total hip site up to 3 years postinjury and in the femoral neck site up to 2 years postinjury.

KEY FINDING: The 9-item Rasch-based BARQ-R had no misfitting items after rescoring 1 item and deleting 3 items in community-dwelling adults with and without musculoskeletal pain.

KEY FINDING: There was a rapid increase in annual publication output in 2015, followed by stable growth in subsequent years, indicating growing scholarly attention.

KEY FINDING: Post-sepsis skeletal muscle weakness develops progressively after the resolution of acute sepsis and is linked to mitochondrial abnormalities.

KEY FINDING: An individual with chronic complete SCI maintained and, in some areas, increased BMD in the lower extremities over 14 years.

KEY FINDING: Severe SCI causes a spike in blood corticosterone in mice, which is causal for NHO development.