There are several musculoskeletal conditions that are specific or unique to the patient infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). These conditions affecting the patient with HIV can be divided into 4 categories: disseminated diseases, bone disorders, joint disease, and myopathies. This review focuses on the manifestations of HIV on musculoskeletal disease as they relate to the emergency...

International League of Associations for Rheumatology (ILAR) is committed to promoting the care of those with musculoskeletal diseases. To further this aim, ILAR sponsors visiting professorships to countries with minimal or underdeveloped rheumatology services to promote the awareness and improve skills in the management of musculoskeletal conditions. Professor Luis Espinoza was sponsored and v...

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BACKGROUND The aim was to examine if self reported chronic regional pain (CRP) and chronic widespread pain (CWP) predicted inpatient care due to serious medical conditions such as cerebrovascular diseases, ischemic heart diseases, neoplasms and infectious diseases in a general population cohort over a ten year follow-up period. METHODS A ten-year follow up of a cohort from the general adult p...

Background There is striking paucity of a rigorous evidence-base for the treatment of paediatric musculoskeletal diseases. The Medicines for Children Research Network (MCRN) improves coordination and quality of clinical trials and related studies across the UK. It has joined in partnership with the Arthritis Research Campaign (arc), the major UK charitable funder of musculoskeletal research, to...

1 Institute of Cell Biology, Histology and Embryology, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria, 2 Institute for Medical Research, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia, 3 AO Research Institute, Davos, Switzerland, 4 IZKF Group Tissue Regeneration in Musculoskeletal Diseases, Orthopedic Center for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany, 5 Belgrade Metropolitan Univ...

OBJECTIVE Musculoskeletal conditions have an enormous and growing impact worldwide. In spite of that, some clinicians are not confident in their own musculoskeletal examination skills. This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of musculoskeletal symptoms in an emergency room, and the frequency of musculoskeletal physical examination description on those cases. METHODS This was a cross-secti...