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  1. EVOLVE: The Australian Rheumatology Association’s ‘top five’ list of investigations and interventions doctors and patients should question
  2. Content analysis of consumer information about knee arthroscopy in Australia
  3. Outcome Reporting in Randomized Trials for Shoulder Disorders: Literature Review to Inform the Development of a Core Outcome Set
  4. Percutaneous vertebroplasty for osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture
  5. Risk factors for herpes zoster in rheumatoid arthritis patients: the role of tumour necrosis factor-α inhibitors
  6. Electrotherapy modalities for adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder)
  7. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for acute gout
  8. Surgery for treating hip impingement (femoroacetabular impingement)
  9. Interleukin-1 inhibitors for acute gout
  10. Manual therapy and exercise for adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder)
  11. Colchicine for acute gout
  12. The OPtimising HEalth LIterAcy (Ophelia) process: study protocol for using health literacy profiling and community engagement to create and implement health reform
  13. The Concurrent Validity of Brief Screening Questions for Anxiety, Depression, Social Isolation, Catastrophization, and Fear of Movement in People With Low Back Pain
  14. Australian and New Zealand evidence‐based recommendations for pain management by pharmacotherapy in adult patients with inflammatory arthritis
  15. Effect of Physical Therapy on Pain and Function in Patients With Hip Osteoarthritis
  16. Two‐Year Results of a Randomized Placebo‐Controlled Trial of Vertebroplasty for Acute Osteoporotic Vertebral Fractures
  17. Response to: ‘Overweight/obesity and vitamin D deficiency contribute to the global burden of low back pain’ by Professor Grant
  18. Bisphosphonates for preventing and treating osteoporosis in men
  19. Knee osteoarthritis and role for surgical intervention
  20. Comparative Effectiveness of Anti–Tumor Necrosis Factor Drugs on Health‐Related Quality of Life Among Patients With Inflammatory Arthritis
  21. Autologous blood and platelet rich plasma injection therapy for lateral elbow pain
  22. The scope, funding and publication of musculoskeletal clinical trials performed in Australia
  23. Improving treatment with methotrexate in rheumatoid arthritis—Development of a multimedia patient education program and the MiRAK, a new instrument to evaluate methotrexate-related knowledge
  24. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) for axial spondyloarthritis (ankylosing spondylitis and non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis)
  25. Self-management education programmes for osteoarthritis
  26. Time to reconsider steroid injections in the spine?
  27. Lifestyle interventions for acute gout
  28. Surgery for treating femoroacetabular impingement
  29. Rotator Cuff Tears and Shoulder Impingement: A Tale of Two Diagnostic Test Accuracy Reviews
  30. Placing the global burden of low back pain in context
  31. Magnetic resonance imaging, magnetic resonance arthrography and ultrasonography for assessing rotator cuff tears in people with shoulder pain for whom surgery is being considered
  32. Interventions for helping people adhere to compression treatments for venous leg ulceration
  33. Time to reconsider steroid injections in the spine?
  34. A grounded patient-centered approach generated the Personal and Societal Burden of Osteoarthritis model
  35. Systematic review showed measures of individual burden of osteoarthritis poorly capture the patient experience
  36. Arthroscopy to treat osteoarthritis of the knee?
  37. The grounded psychometric development and initial validation of the Health Literacy Questionnaire (HLQ)
  38. Evaluation of a Theory-Informed Implementation Intervention for the Management of Acute Low Back Pain in General Medical Practice: The IMPLEMENT Cluster Randomised Trial
  39. Surgical versus conservative interventions for treating fractures of the middle third of the clavicle
  40. Easing some burden for future Burden of Disease studies: lessons learnt from the Global Burden of Disease 2010 Study—the Musculoskeletal Expert Group's point of view
  41. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) for treating lateral elbow pain in adults
  42. Lifestyle interventions for chronic gout
  43. Lifestyle interventions for acute gout
  44. Meniscectomy in Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis and a Meniscal Tear?
  45. The Health Literacy Management Scale (HeLMS): A measure of an individual's capacity to seek, understand and use health information within the healthcare setting
  46. Intra-articular glucocorticoids for acute gout
  47. Uricosuric medications for chronic gout
  48. Allopurinol for chronic gout
  49. Multimedia educational interventions for consumers about prescribed and over-the-counter medications
  50. A comparison of directly elicited and pre-scored preference-based measures of quality of life: the case of adhesive capsulitis
  51. General Practitioner Management of Shoulder Pain in Comparison with Rheumatologist Expectation of Care and Best Evidence: An Australian National Survey
  52. Suboptimal health literacy in patients with lung cancer or head and neck cancer
  53. Opioid Analgesics for Rheumatoid Arthritis Pain
  54. Informing the Public: Preventing Work Disability and Fostering Behavior Change at the Societal Level
  55. Dietary supplements for chronic gout
  56. Marine oil supplements for rheumatoid arthritis
  57. Fostering change in back pain beliefs and behaviors: when public education is not enough
  58. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for acute gout
  59. Arthroscopy to treat osteoarthritis of the knee?
  60. Assessing risk of bias in prevalence studies: modification of an existing tool and evidence of interrater agreement
  61. Image-guided versus blind glucocorticoid injection for shoulder pain
  62. Lifestyle interventions for chronic gout
  63. Interleukin-1 inhibitors for acute gout
  64. Interleukin-1 inhibitors for chronic gout
  65. Assessing Health Literacy: A New Domain for Collaboration Between Language Testers and Health Professionals
  66. Intra-articular glucocorticoids for acute gout
  67. A systematic review of the global prevalence of low back pain
  68. Developing theory-informed behaviour change interventions to implement evidence into practice: a systematic approach using the Theoretical Domains Framework
  69. Muscle relaxants for pain management in rheumatoid arthritis
  70. Neuromodulators for pain management in rheumatoid arthritis
  71. Pain management for inflammatory arthritis (rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis and other spondyloarthritis) and gastrointestinal or liver comorbidity
  72. Opioid therapy for treating rheumatoid arthritis pain
  73. Antidepressants for pain management in rheumatoid arthritis
  74. Adult measures of general health and health‐related quality of life: Medical Outcomes Study Short Form 36‐Item (SF‐36) and Short Form 12‐Item (SF‐12) Health Surveys, Nottingham Health Profile (NHP), Sickness Impact Profile (SIP), Medical Outcomes Study...
  75. Tennis Elbow
  76. Pain management for rheumatoid arthritis and cardiovascular or renal comorbidity
  77. Surgical versus conservative interventions for treating fractures of the middle third of the clavicle
  78. Combination therapy for pain management in inflammatory arthritis (rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis, other spondyloarthritis)
  79. Individuals with chronic low back pain have greater difficulty in engaging in positive lifestyle behaviours than those without back pain: An assessment of health literacy
  80. Viewpoint: Randomised controlled trials using invasive control interventions should be included in Cochrane Reviews
  81. Vertebroplasty and the Placebo Response
  82. Image-guided versus blind corticosteroid injection for shoulder pain
  83. Critical appraisal of health literacy indices revealed variable underlying constructs, narrow content and psychometric weaknesses
  84. Surgery for lateral elbow pain
  85. Magnetic resonance imaging versus ultrasonography for assessing rotator cuff tears in patients with shoulder pain for whom surgery is being considered
  86. Adverse effects of biologics: a network meta-analysis and Cochrane overview
  87. The Australian Rheumatology Association Database (ARAD)
  88. Shock wave therapy for rotator cuff disease with or without calcification
  89. Botulinum toxin injection for tennis elbow
  90. Neuromodulators for pain management in rheumatoid arthritis
  91. Muscle relaxants for pain management in rheumatoid arthritis
  92. Antidepressants for pain management in rheumatoid arthritis
  93. Self-management education programmes for osteoarthritis
  94. Pain management for rheumatoid arthritis and cardiovascular or renal co-morbidity
  95. Pain management for inflammatory arthritis and gastrointestinal or liver comorbidity
  96. A validity-driven approach to the understanding of the personal and societal burden of low back pain: development of a conceptual and measurement model
  97. Reaching those most in need: A scoping review of interventions to improve health care quality for disadvantaged populations with osteoarthritis
  98. Opioid therapy for treating rheumatoid arthritis pain
  99. Combination therapy for pain management in inflammatory arthritis
  100. Vertebroplasty versus conservative treatment for vertebral fractures
  101. Osteoarthritis
  102. Efficacy of a multimodal physiotherapy treatment program for hip osteoarthritis: a randomised placebo-controlled trial protocol
  103. Surgery for shoulder osteoarthritis
  104. Adverse effects of biologics: a network meta-analysis and Cochrane overview
  105. Can we change a population’s perspective on pain?
  106. Health literacy and beliefs among a community cohort with and without chronic low back pain
  107. Clinical Utility of Vertebroplasty: Elevating the Evidence 1
  108. Evaluation of a Canadian Back Pain Mass Media Campaign
  109. Recent advances in the evaluation and management of nonspecific low back pain and related disorders
  110. Measuring the global burden of low back pain
  111. How important are back pain beliefs and expectations for satisfactory recovery from back pain?
  112. Addressing patient beliefs and expectations in the consultation
  113. Contemporary low back pain research – and implications for practice
  114. Conceptualising health literacy from the patient perspective
  115. Multimedia educational interventions for consumers about prescribed and over the counter medications
  116. Vertebroplasty: when randomized placebo-controlled trial results clash with common belief
  117. Interventions for helping people adhere to compression treatments for venous leg ulceration
  118. Shoulder-specific disability measures showed acceptable construct validity and responsiveness
  119. A systematic grounded approach to the development of complex interventions: The Australian WorkHealth Program – Arthritis as a case study
  120. Medication information leaflets for patients:The further validation of an analytic linguistic framework
  121. Anti-cytokine targeted therapies for ANCA-associated vasculitis
  122. Interventions for improving the appropriate use of imaging in people with musculoskeletal conditions
  123. Letters
  124. Patient assessment of medication information leaflets and validation of the Evaluative Linguistic Framework (ELF)
  125. Surgery for shoulder osteoarthritis
  126. Biologics for rheumatoid arthritis: an overview of Cochrane reviews
  127. Quantifying the impact of transient joint symptoms, chronic joint symptoms, and arthritis: A population‐based approach
  128. Letters
  129. A Randomized Trial of Vertebroplasty for Painful Osteoporotic Vertebral Fractures
  130. Searching for a conceptual framework for nonspecific low back pain
  131. Topical glyceryl trinitrate for rotator cuff disease
  132. Doctors With a Special Interest in Back Pain Have Poorer Knowledge About How to Treat Back Pain
  133. Biologics for rheumatoid arthritis: an overview of Cochrane reviews
  134. Stakeholder Satisfaction with the Australian Rheumatology Association Database (ARAD)
  135. A population‐based survey of beliefs about neck pain from whiplash injury, work‐related neck pain, and work‐related upper extremity pain
  136. Medication Information Leaflets Assessment Questionnaire
  137. Ankylosing Spondylitis Patients Commencing Biologic Therapy Have High Baseline Levels of Comorbidity: A Report from the Australian Rheumatology Association Database
  138. Baseline Comorbidities in a Population-Based Cohort of Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Receiving Biological Therapy: Data from the Australian Rheumatology Association Database
  139. Efficacy and safety of vertebroplasty for treatment of painful osteoporotic vertebral fractures: a randomised controlled trial [ACTRN012605000079640]
  140. Is health equity considered in systematic reviews of the cochrane musculoskeletal group?
  141. Mass Media Campaigns for the Prevention of Back Pain‐Related Disability
  142. Occupational therapists should be more involved in the Cochrane Collaboration: The example of the Australian Cochrane Musculoskeletal Review Group
  143. Hypolipidemic and antihypertensive drugs for prevention of cardiovascular complications in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
  144. Comparison of self-administered University of California, Los Angeles, shoulder score with traditional University of California, Los Angeles, shoulder score completed by clinicians in assessing the outcome of rotator cuff surgery
  145. Incidence of melanoma and other malignancies among rheumatoid arthritis patients treated with methotrexate
  146. Efficacy and safety of a subacromial continuous ropivacaine infusion for post-operative pain management following arthroscopic rotator cuff surgery: A protocol for a randomised double-blind placebo-controlled trial
  147. IMPLEmenting a clinical practice guideline for acute low back pain evidence-based manageMENT in general practice (IMPLEMENT): Cluster randomised controlled trial study protocol
  148. Surgery for rotator cuff disease
  149. Arthrographic distension for adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder)
  150. Understanding the Characteristics of Effective Mass Media Campaigns for Back Pain and Methodological Challenges in Evaluating Their Effects
  151. Magnitude and meaningfulness of change in SF-36 scores in four types of orthopedic surgery
  152. A Consensus Approach Toward the Standardization of Back Pain Definitions for Use in Prevalence Studies
  153. Continuous Wound Infusion of Local Anesthetic for the Control of Pain After Elective Abdominal Colorectal Surgery
  154. Efficacy and cost-effectiveness of a physiotherapy program for chronic rotator cuff pathology: A protocol for a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
  155. Efficacy and cost‐effectiveness of physiotherapy following glenohumeral joint distension for adhesive capsulitis: A randomized trial
  156. Role of age, sex, and obesity in the higher prevalence of arthritis among lower socioeconomic groups: A population‐based survey
  157. Effectiveness of calf muscle stretching for the short-term treatment of plantar heel pain: a randomised trial
  158. Improvements in General Practitioner Beliefs and Stated Management of Back Pain Persist 4.5 Years After the Cessation of a Public Health Media Campaign
  159. Topical glyceryl trinitrate for rotator cuff disease
  160. Topical glyceryl trinitrate for lateral elbow pain
  161. Percutaneous vertebroplasty for osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture
  162. Oral steroids for adhesive capsulitis
  163. Interventions for shoulder pain
  164. A Population-Based Survey of Back Pain Beliefs in Canada
  165. Interventions for improving the appropriate use of imaging in people with musculoskeletal conditions
  166. The Effect of Low-Dye Taping on Kinematic, Kinetic, and Electromyographic Variables: A Systematic Review
  167. Toward a more valid account of functional text quality: The case of the patient information leaflet
  168. Critical Appraisal and Review of the Rankin Scale and Its Derivatives
  169. Prevention of Work Disability Due to Musculoskeletal Disorders: The Challenge of Implementing Evidence
  170. Shock wave therapy for lateral elbow pain
  171. A study compared nine patient-specific indices for musculoskeletal disorders
  172. Effects of a Media Campaign on Back Beliefs is Sustained 3 Years After Its Cessation
  173. Acupuncture for shoulder pain
  174. Longitudinal Study Comparing Sonographic and MRI Assessments of Acute and Healing Hamstring Injuries
  175. Reproducibility and responsiveness of the Whiplash Disability Questionnaire
  176. Plantar Fasciitis
  177. Validity and Internal Consistency of a Whiplash-Specific Disability Measure
  178. Is the Human Activity Profile a useful measure in people with knee osteoarthritis?
  179. Shoulder and Elbow Pain
  180. Relationship of knee joint proprioception to pain and disability in individuals with knee osteoarthritis
  181. Physiotherapy interventions for shoulder pain
  182. Validity of the neck disability index, Northwick Park neck pain questionnaire, and problem elicitation technique for measuring disability associated with whiplash-associated disorders
  183. Corticosteroid injections for shoulder pain
  184. Effectiveness of physiotherapy for lateral epicondylitis: a systematic review
  185. Malignancy in patients with inflammatory myopathy
  186. Ultrasound-Guided Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy for Plantar Fasciitis
  187. Adhesive capsulitis: role of MR imaging in differential diagnosis
  188. Corticosteroid injections for lateral epicondylitis: a systematic review
  189. Surgery for lateral elbow pain
  190. Orthotic devices for the treatment of tennis elbow
  191. Acupuncture for lateral elbow pain
  192. Specific spinal exercise substantially reduces the risk of low back pain recurrence
  193. 2001 Volvo Award Winner in Clinical Studies: Effects of a Media Campaign on Back Pain Beliefs and Its Potential Influence on Management of Low Back Pain in General Practice
  194. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) for treating lateral elbow pain in adults
  195. Incidence of Malignant Disease in Biopsy-Proven Inflammatory Myopathy: A Population-Based Cohort Study
  196. Clinical features of tiaprofenic acid (surgam) associated cystitis and a study of risk factors for its development
  197. Corticosteroid injections for tennis elbow
  198. Physiotherapy and physiotherapeutical modalities for lateral epicondylitis
  199. A standardized protocol for measurement of range of movement of the shoulder using the Plurimeter‐V inclinometer and assessment of its intrarater and interrater reliability
  200. Classification systems of soft tissue disorders of the neck and upper limb: Do they satisfy methodological guidelines?
  201. Lack of concordance between the ICD-9 classification of soft tissue disorders of the neck and upper limb and chart review diagnosis: One steel mill's experience
  202. Which outcome measures should be used in rheumatoid arthritis clinical trials?.
  203. Soft tissue syndromes
  204. Critical appraisal of continuing medical education in the rheumatic diseases for primary care physicians