IMPORTANCE Statin use may be associated with increased musculoskeletal adverse events, especially in physically active individuals. OBJECTIVE To determine whether statin use is associated with musculoskeletal conditions, including arthropathy and injury, in a military health care system. DESIGN A retrospective cohort study with propensity score matching. SETTING San Antonio Military Multi...

Chronic musculoskeletal pain is debilitating and affects ∼ 20% of adults. Tissue acidosis is present in painful musculoskeletal diseases like rheumatoid arthritis. ASICs are located on skeletal muscle and joint nociceptors as well as on nonneuronal cells in the muscles and joints, where they mediate nociception. This review discusses the properties of different types of ASICs, factors affecting...

[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to establish the reliability and validity of the Short Musculoskeletal Function Assessment questionnaire, which was translated into Korean, for patients with musculoskeletal disorder. [Subjects and Methods] Fifty-five subjects (26 males and 29 females) with musculoskeletal diseases participated in the study. The Short Musculoskeletal Function Assessment q...

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 This study introduces the history and types of Korean pharmacopuncture and reports trends of research on Korean pharmacopuncture. METHODS Pharmacopuncture studies were searched from the first year of each search engine to 2014 by using seven domestic and foreign search databases. Selected studies were divided into the history of pharmacopuncture, kinds and features of pharmacopunct...

background: work-related musculoskeletal disorders (wmsds) have been documented among various occupational groups in nigeria. however, there is limited data on the prevalence of wmsds among call center operators (ccos). objective: to determine the prevalence of wmsds among ccos in nigeria and to explore the extent to which these discomforts impact the daily work activities of the respondents. m...

musculoskeletal disorders are an important occupational health problem in dentistry. few studies have compared these disorders in dentists with other occupational groups. we assessed musculoskeletal disorders in female dentists in comparison with female pharmacists. a cross-sectional study by means of musculoskeletal nordic questionnaire was performed among 191 female general dentists and 211 f...

OBJECTIVE: To present an updated review concerning the most prevalent diseases with musculoskeletal signs and symptoms that make adolescents seek medical care, giving special emphasis to rheumatic diseases. Our aim is to offer physicians and health care providers the possibility of distinct differential diagnoses, thus allowing them to establish a therapeutic approach and, if necessary, refer t...