Exploration of Musculoskeletal Diseases, a peer-reviewed open access online journal. The journal publishes papers of the highest quality and significance in all areas related to musculoskeletal diseases, including but not limited to epidemiology and outcomes, basic science and pathophysiology, clinics, and therapy (both clinical trials and pharmacoeconomy). Priority is given to work related to osteoarthritis, inflammatory arthritis such as rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, spondyloarthropathies, and systemic autoinmmune diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus, scleroderma, vasculitides. Other topics related to soft tissue pathology, injuries, surgery, physical medicine and rehabilitation also lay within the scope of the journal.