OBJECTIVE To investigate if adults who are hospitalised for a burn injury have increased long-term hospital use for musculoskeletal diseases. DESIGN A population-based retrospective cohort study using linked administrative health data from the Western Australian Data Linkage System. SUBJECTS Records of 17,753 persons aged at least 20 years when hospitalised for a first burn injury in Wester...

Musculoskeletal aging is detrimental to multiple bodily functions and starts early, probably in the fourth decade of an individual's life. Sarcopenia is a health problem that is expected to only increase as a greater portion of the population lives longer; prevalence of the related musculoskeletal diseases is similarly expected to increase. Unraveling the biological and biomechanical associatio...

OBJECTIVES To describe the presenting symptoms of SLE in primary care using the Clinical Practice Research Database (CPRD) and to calculate the time from symptom presentation to SLE diagnosis. METHODS Incident cases of SLE were identified from the CPRD between 2000 and 2012. Presenting symptoms were identified from the medical records of cases in the 5 years before diagnosis and grouped using...

OBJECTIVE Type A behaviour pattern, characterised by excessive competitiveness, impatience, hostility and time urgency, has been previously investigated as a risk factor for coronary heart disease. There are few studies concerning musculoskeletal symptoms and type A behaviour. Could there be a higher frequency of musculoskeletal symptoms with a more pronounced type A behaviour? DESIGN A cross...

OBJECTIVE To provide rheumatological assessment of patients with long-standing acromegaly and investigate the impact of musculoskeletal disease on quality of life. DESIGN Cross-sectional observational study. METHODS Fifty-eight patients diagnosed with acromegaly at least 5 years previously were interviewed and examined by a rheumatologist. Each patient completed the short form-36 (SF-36), a...

INTRODUCTION Periarticular corticosteroid injection utilization by General Practitioners treating musculoskeletal disease in primary health care system is internationally acknowledged. This article aims at analyzing this evidence and contributing to the discussion of a potential development of the technique in Portugal. MATERIAL AND METHODS Qualitative analysis of randomized control trials, c...