News tagged with musculoskeletal disease

Sleep disturbances show clear association with work disability

Sleep disturbances increase the risk of work disability and may slow the return to work process. This is especially true in cases where work disability is due to mental disorders or musculoskeletal diseases. These results ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 25, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Collagen-deficient mice show signs of osteoarthritis

Osteoarthritis (OA) and degenerative disc disease (DDD) are common, chronic musculoskeletal disorders. Both diseases cause joint pain, loss of function, and decreased quality of life for the more than 27 million OA and 59 ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Aug 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Diseased cartilage harbors unique migratory progenitor cells

A new study finds previously unidentified fibrocartilage-forming progenitor cells in degenerating, diseased human cartilage, but not in cartilage from healthy joints. The research, published by Cell Press in the April 3rd ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1