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Personalized Medicine in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation: Pediatrics, Adolescents and the Elderly

A special issue of Journal of Personalized Medicine (ISSN 2075-4426). This special issue belongs to the section "Clinical Medicine, Cell, and Organism Physiology".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2025 | Viewed by 1564

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Prof. Dr. José Carmelo Adsuar

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Promoting a Healthy Society (PHeSo) Research Group, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Extremadura, 10003 Cáceres, Spain
Interests: global health; physical and sports activities as a strategy to promote a healthy society; physical activity interventions; exercise training physical exercise; physical health; assessment of physical capacity; health, quality of life in groups of subjects and active lifestyle (elderly; children, type 2 diabetes, Parkinson, etc.); balance and muscle strength; rehabilitation; osteoporosis; fall prevention; validity and reliability of physical fitness testing; active tourism; outdoor behavioral healthcare; wilderness therapy; forest bathing; shinrin-yoku; buddhist walking
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Dear Colleagues,

Personalized medicine in physical medicine and rehabilitation is focused on taking into account patient characteristics such as lifestyle, environment, or genetics when carrying out treatment. This type of personalized medicine can lead to improved treatment outcomes in different populations, including children, adolescents, and the elderly.

Traditionally there was a view of generalized treatments. With the advent of advances in genomics, data analysis, and technology used in rehabilitation, more individualized interventions have been allowed and have been achieving better outcomes than generalized treatments.

This Special Issue aims to issue a call for research papers that take into account interventions in physical activity and rehabilitation from a personalized medicine approach in different populations such as children, adolescents, and older people.

All cutting-edge research will be welcome both in personalized medicine and in musculoskeletal, neurological, or other problems in pediatric, adolescent, and older populations. Different types of research will be welcome.

Prof. Dr. José Carmelo Adsuar
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • personalized medicine
  • physical medicine
  • exercise
  • rehabilitation
  • pediatrics
  • adolescents
  • elderly

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Shoulder and Scapular Function Before and After a Scapular Therapeutic Exercise Program for Chronic Shoulder Pain and Scapular Dyskinesis: A Pre–Post Single-Group Study
by Ana S. C. Melo, Ana L. Soares, Catarina Castro, Ricardo Matias, Eduardo B. Cruz, J. Paulo Vilas-Boas and Andreia S. P. Sousa
J. Pers. Med. 2025, 15(7), 285; https://doi.org/10.3390/jpm15070285 - 2 Jul 2025
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Background/Objectives: Scapular adaptations have been associated with shoulder pain. However, conflicting findings have been reported after scapular-focused interventions. The present study aims to evaluate scapula-related outcomes before and after a scapular therapeutic exercise program. Methods: Eighteen adult volunteers with chronic shoulder [...] Read more.
Background/Objectives: Scapular adaptations have been associated with shoulder pain. However, conflicting findings have been reported after scapular-focused interventions. The present study aims to evaluate scapula-related outcomes before and after a scapular therapeutic exercise program. Methods: Eighteen adult volunteers with chronic shoulder pain participated in an 8-week scapular therapeutic exercise program that was personalized according to their pain condition and the presence of scapular dyskinesis. This program included preparation and warm-up, scapular neuromotor control, and strengthening and stretching exercises. Both self-reported (shoulder pain and function, psychosocial factors, and self-impression of change) and performance-based outcomes (scapular muscular stiffness and activity level, tridimensional motion, rhythm, and movement quality, measured while participants drank a bottle of water) were used for analysis. Results: After the intervention, participants presented reduced shoulder pain (p < 0.0001) and pain catastrophizing (p = 0.004) and increased shoulder function (p < 0.0001). Additionally, the participants presented changes in scapular winging (p < 0.0001 to p = 0.043), increased scapular downward rotation (p < 0.0001) and depression (p = 0.038), and decreased global movement smoothness (p = 0.003). These were associated with changes in serratus anterior activity (p = 0.016 to p = 0.035), decreased middle (p < 0.0001 to p = 0.002) and lower trapezius (p < 0.0001) and levator scapulae (p = 0.048) activity levels, and decreased middle trapezius muscle stiffness (p = 0.014). Patients’ self-perception of change was rated favorably. Conclusions: After a scapular therapeutic exercise program, changes were observed in both self-reported and performance-based outcomes. These results need to be confirmed by a randomized controlled trial. Full article
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