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The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 81:903-4 (1999)
© 1999 The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

Editorial

The Bone and Joint Decade, 2000-2010

Bruce D. Browner, M.D.

In 1990, President George Bush signed a proclamation designating the years 1990 to 2000 as The Decade of the Brain, a time to focus attention on the plight of those who have neurological disorders such as stroke or Alzheimer disease. Many European countries adopted the proclamation. The widespread campaign yielded four cover articles in Time magazine between 1994 and 1997. Increased support for research in the neurosciences led to the publication of approximately 5000 scientific reports during this decade. In addition, many universities established well funded neuroscience departments, including some housed in newly constructed buildings.

Stimulated by the construction of a large neuroscience center on his campus, Professor Lars Lidgren, M.D., Ph.D., Chairman of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Lund University in Sweden and President of the European Orthopaedic Research Society, wondered if similar support for musculoskeletal disorders could be obtained by having the years 2000 to 2010 formally . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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