Background The rising life expectancy of cancer patients has led to a greater need for
treatment of spinal metastases. Interdisciplinary collaboration is important so that each patient’s …

Playing-related musculoskeletal disorders (PRMD) in professional musicians are common.
Existing literature demonstrates that up to 86 % of musicians are affected. The aim of the …

One hundred and fifteen patients suffering from chronic sinusitis were observed to analyse
the prevalence of olfactory dysfunction and the influence of FESS. Pre-operative …

Background The increasing implantation rates of total hip and knee prostheses have been
accompanied by a corresponding rise in periprosthetic fractures (PPF), most often affecting …

Purpose Chronic low back pain (CLBP) is one of the most important pain disorders with
increasing social and economic implications. Given that CLBP is a multidimensional process …

Background The most frequent complications of joint arthroplasty are septic or aseptic
loosening of endoprostheses. Preoperative differentiation is essential, since very different …

Background The primary aim of the study was to examine the anthropometric characteristics
as well as throwing and sprinting performance of professional handball players classified by …

Introduction: Painful fractures of the spine pose a serious clinical problem which gains in
importance with the increasing ageing of our population. When conservative treatment of these …

Introduction To evaluate the intrarater reliability for examining active range of motion (ROM)
and isometric strength of the shoulder and elbow among asymptomatic female team …

Introduction Focusing on spondylodiscitis in elderly patients current literature does not contain
much information. Method We performed a retrospective case series (n = 32) comparing …