The MSK Playbook: Spinal insufficiency fractures

Introduction Spinal insufficiency fractures are a type of fragility fracture that occurs due to low-energy trauma on structurally weakened or poor-quality bone which would not ordinarily result in fracturing (1). This is most commonly due to osteoporosis affecting patients over the age of 50 or younger patients with risk factors (2). Osteoporosis is a global […]

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E-letter: Level Playing Field for SEM Entrants

This E-letter is in response to The role of the sports and exercise medicine physician in the National Health Service: a questionnaire-based survey Abstract | Full Article I would like to thank P O’Halloran for conducting this survey. One of the results which strikes clearly is the need for training in Orthopaedics by all the participants ( 85% […]

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