The locomotor system as seen in Brazilian scientific journals: a mini review.

Clinics (Sao Paulo)

Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.

Published: August 2011

Objective: To make recent selected publications on the locomotor system available to the readership of Clinics.

Method: A general survey of articles published in selected Brazilian journals was inspected and 91 articles were critically analyzed. They were categorized and briefly described. A final summary of themes is reproduced here.

Results: Papers fall into two main categories: articular and muscular pathology and therapeutics; medical sports. A number of papers are not classifiable under these headings.

Conclusion: The locomotor system has been extensively analyzed and discussed in the Brazilian scientific press in recent years. Not surprisingly, knee and ankle pathology, soccer and running are dominant themes.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3020352PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s1807-59322010001200024DOI Listing

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