Robin Holtedahl

23.11.2020: The reliability of research findings may be weakened in several ways. Trials that have positive and statistically significant findings and that support the hypotheses of the authors or editors have a greater probability of being published (publication bias) (1, 2). Other common sources of bias are...

05.03.2018: Of all musculoskeletal pain, knee pain is among the most frequently occurring. The majority of the patients have an atraumatic knee disorder (1). Pain receptors cannot be detected in joint cartilage, but are abundantly present in other structures, including joint ligaments, the synovium, the...

11.06.2013: The medicalisation of everyday maladies is not a new phenomenon, but is increasingly being pushed by the pharmaceutical industry. The hunt for new «diagnoses» is good business, and now our bad backs have also become the subject of the industry’s unsought attention: they have become neuropathic. Help...

15.11.2011: The development of new orthopaedic products depends on a close cooperation between orthopaedic surgeons and the industry. However, in recent years a number of cases of financial collusion between the industry and parts of the professional orthopaedic environment in the US have been exposed. This has...