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The Effect of Exercise Intensity and Psychological Intervention on Musculoskeletal Disorders

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Sport and Health".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2023) | Viewed by 11432

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1. Interdisciplinary Research Group on Musculoskeletal Disorders, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Universidad Europea de Madrid, 28670 Villaviciosa de Odón, Spain
2. Physiotherapy and Orofacial Pain Working Group, Sociedad Española de Disfunción Craneomandibular y Dolor Orofacial (SEDCYDO), 28009 Madrid, Spain
3. Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Universidad Europea de Madrid, 28670 Villaviciosa de Odón, Spain
Interests: osteoarthritis; rehabilitation; dry needling; ultrasonography; pulmonary rehabilitation; therapeutic exercise

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Department of Clinical Dentistry, Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, Universidad Europea de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Interests: burning mouth syndrome; pain; clonazepam

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Departamento de Fisioterapia, Terapia Ocupacional, Rehabilitación y Medicina Física, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, 28032 Madrid, Spain
Interests: chronic pain; pain assessment; pain management
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Dear Colleagues,

Musculoskeletal pain is the most common type of pain and requires a multidisciplinary approach from a rehabilitation point of view. It can range from myofascial pain syndrome, which causes or contributes to orofacial pain, low back, shoulder, and knee pain, all the way to intervertebral joints, which cause or contribute to the same complaints and cervical pain.

The peripheral nervous tissue is also frequently affected in injuries of the locomotor system or as a consequence of repetitive and accumulated overloads, both in sports practice and in the development of professional or daily activities.

All these disorders, and many others related to them, , need to be treated by physiotherapy, dentistry and psychology, among other disciplines.

Dr. Eleuterio A. Sánchez Romero
Dr. Miguel de-Pedro-Herráez
Prof. Dr. Josué Fernández-Carnero
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Keywords

  • myofascial pain syndrome
  • craniofacial pain
  • post-COVID-19 syndrome
  • musculoskeletal pain
  • pain management
  • orofacial pain
  • chronic pain
  • therapeutic exercise
  • manual therapy
  • ultrasonography
  • osteoarthritis
  • diffuse noxious inhibitory control
  • conditioned pain modulation
  • temporal summation
  • central sensitization
  • cognitive behavioral therapy
  • rehabilitation

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Editorial to the Special Issue “The Effect of Exercise Intensity and Psychological Intervention on Musculoskeletal Disorders”
by Eleuterio A. Sánchez-Romero, Miguel de-Pedro and Josué Fernández-Carnero
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(10), 5777; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20105777 - 10 May 2023
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Musculoskeletal disorders are responsible for the most prevalent form of pain, and necessitate a comprehensive approach to rehabilitation [...] Full article

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Manual Therapy Effect in Placebo-Controlled Trials: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
by Miguel Molina-Álvarez, Alberto Arribas-Romano, Carmen Rodríguez-Rivera, Miguel M. García, Josué Fernández-Carnero, Susan Armijo-Olivo and Carlos Goicoechea Garcia
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(21), 14021; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192114021 - 28 Oct 2022
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Purpose: Background: Evaluate whether the design of placebo control groups could produce different interpretations of the efficacy of manual therapy techniques. Methods: Nine databases were searched (EMBASE, CINAHL, PsycINFO, MEDLINE, PubMed, SCOPUS, WEB of SCIENCE, COCHRANE, and PEDro). Randomized placebo-controlled clinical trials that [...] Read more.
Purpose: Background: Evaluate whether the design of placebo control groups could produce different interpretations of the efficacy of manual therapy techniques. Methods: Nine databases were searched (EMBASE, CINAHL, PsycINFO, MEDLINE, PubMed, SCOPUS, WEB of SCIENCE, COCHRANE, and PEDro). Randomized placebo-controlled clinical trials that used manual therapy as a sham treatment on subjects suffering from pain were included. Data were summarized qualitatively, and meta-analyses were conducted with R. Results: 53 articles were included in the qualitative analysis and 48 were included in the quantitative analyses. Manipulation techniques did not show higher effectiveness when compared with all types of sham groups that were analyzed (SMD 0.28; 95%CI [−0.24; 0.80]) (SMD 0.28; 95%CI [−0.08; 0.64]) (SMD 0.42; 95%CI [0.16; 0.67]) (SMD 0.82; 95%CI [−0.57; 2.21]), raising doubts on their therapeutic effect. Factors such as expectations of treatment were not consistently evaluated, and analysis could help clarify the effect of different sham groups. As for soft tissue techniques, the results are stronger in favor of these techniques when compared to sham control groups (SMD 0.40; 95%CI [0.19, 0.61]). Regarding mobilization techniques and neural gliding techniques, not enough studies were found for conclusions to be made. Conclusions: The literature presents a lack of a unified placebo control group design for each technique and an absence of assessment of expectations. These two issues might account for the unclear results obtained in the analysis. Full article
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