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Category Archives: Musculoskeletal
Evidently Advent Day 13: best health evidence wrapped up for the festive season!
Perhaps this is why Rudolph's nose is red...
Evidently Advent Day 9: best health evidence wrapped up for the festive season!
It's not just snowmen that get frozen
Evidently Advent Day 6: best health evidence wrapped up for the festive season!
Some things are no fun...
Evidently Advent Day 2: best health evidence wrapped up for the festive season!
Dip into this evidence (brrrrr!)
Treating shoulder dislocation: what are the options?
As Mark Cavendish's Tour de France hopes were ended by injury, Dr Helen Handoll looks at treatment options for shoulder dislocation
Hip protectors: can they help break your fall and not your hip?
Can hip protectors prevent fractures in older people? We look at the evidence.
What’s the evidence on tackling fatigue in rheumatoid arthritis?
Key message: There is some evidence that physical activity and talking treatments can help people with rheumatoid arthritis manage...
Can ‘red flags’ help clinicians diagnose vertebral fracture in patients with low-back pain?
Key message: Based on the small number of studies included in this review, the use of many red flags to...
How best to prevent falls in older people in care homes and hospitals remains unclear despite large body of evidence
What do we know about preventing falls in older people in hospitals and care homes?
Keeping the over-65s on their feet: new review evidence tells us how
The second review, from the Cochrane Bone, Joint and Muscle Trauma Group, looked at falls prevention interventions for people...