Status of musculoskeletal injury articles published in the major journals of radiology in China and comparison with abroad during the last decade / 中华放射学杂志

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Objective To investigate the status of musculoskeletal articles and musculoskeletal injury articles published in the major journals of radiology in China and compare with abroad during the last decade.Methods Statistic analysis and comparison were done with musculoskeletal injury articles published in the major journals of radiology in China and abroad.The number,category,exam methods,study region and study contents were analyzed respectively.The journals in China included Chinese Journal of Radiology,Journal of Clinical Radiology and Journal of Practical Radiology.The journals at abroad included Radiology,the American Journal of Roentgenology(AJR),the British Journal of Radiology(BJR)and Skeletal Radiology.Results The rate of musculoskeletal articles among the treatise articles was 13.O%(827/6352)in China and 10.4%(900/8659)in three kinds of compressive jonrnals at abroad.The rate of musculoskeletal injury articles in musculoskeletal articles was 21.5%(178/827)in China and 10.8%(97/900)abroad.Among the review articles,the rate was 9.9%(73/741)and 13.7%(10/73)in China.respectively,while that was 4.3%(34/783)and 23.5%(8/34),respectively abroad.Among the case reports,the rate was 17.0%(675/3971)and 3.4%(23/675)in China respectively,while that was 8.8%(177/2019)and 14.7%(26/177),respectively abroad.The rate of exam methods which onlv used X-ray plain film in injury articles was 11.7%(26/222),mainly CT was 42.8%(95/222)and mainly MR was27%(60/222)in China,while that was10.9%(32/295),9.8%(29/295)and 32.5%(96/295),respectively in four kinds of journals at abroad.The combination examination was 16.2%(36/222)in China and 42.0%(124/295)at abroad respectively,The other was 2.3%(5/222)in China and 4.8%(14/295)at abroad.As for the study region,the rate of vertebrate column was 22.5%(50/222).knee joint was 21.1%(47/222),cranial and facial bones was 15.3%(34/222),hip joint was 7.2%(16/222).thoracic region was 6.8%(15/222),foot and ankle was 4.5%(10/222),hand and wrist was 4.1%(9/222),respectively,while that was 14.6%(43/295),14.6%(43/295),1.7%(5/295).6.4%(19/295),3.7%(11/295),12.9%(38/295)and 7.5%(22/295)at abroad,respectively.As for the study contents,the rate of bone was 64.9%(144/222),articular capsule and ligament was 8.6%(19/222),cartilage and osteoepiphysis was 7.7%(17/222),dislocation with or without fracture was 5.8%(13/222),menisci was 5.4%(12/222),combination study was 4.0%(9/222)and the other was 3.6%(8/222),respectively,while that was 62.4%(184/295),24.1%(71/295),4.7%(14/295),0.3%(1/295),2.7%(8/295),2.4%(7/295)and 3.4%(10/295)at abroad,respectively,The number of experimental articles in Chinese Journal of Radiology was 7,while that of Radiology was 29.Conclusion The rate of article on bone and bone injury was lower in all articles.Emphasize should be laid on experimental research and non-bone musculoskeletal injury in china.