Musculoskeletal science & practice
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Musculoskelet Sci Pract · Feb 2021
Reliability, discriminative accuracy, and an exploration of response shift as measured using the satisfaction and Recovery Index over 12 months from musculoskeletal trauma.
The Satisfaction and Recovery Index (SRI) is an importance-weighted health-related satisfaction tool intended to be a patient-centric means to capture both the process and state of recovery following musculoskeletal trauma. The purpose of this study was to explore measurement invariance, responsiveness, discriminative accuracy, and potential response shift identifiable within the SRI. ⋯ This study provides support for the SRI as a useful tool for evaluating recovery, though it seems more valuable for capturing the process rather than state of recovery. While response shift was small, there is enough reason to endorse retention of the importance ratings.
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Musculoskelet Sci Pract · Feb 2021
Cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric validation of the Persian version of the central sensitization inventory.
The Central Sensitization Inventory (CSI) is a patient-reported tool to assess symptoms associated with central sensitization (CS). It consists of two parts: Part A assesses 25 somatic and emotional CS-related health symptoms, and part B asks if one has previously been diagnosed with a list of 10 Central Sensitivity Syndromes and related conditions. ⋯ The CSI-Per demonstrated good validity and reliability to assess symptoms associated with CS in Persian-speaking patients with chronic pain.
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Musculoskelet Sci Pract · Feb 2021
The presence of aura is not related to changes in the cervical performance and mobility of patients with migraine.
Migraine may be associated with neck impairment and migraine chronicity is related to greater disability. However, whether other subclassifications of migraine, such as migraine with aura, are related to neck impairment is currently unknown. The aim of this study was to assess the musculoskeletal aspects of the neck in patients with migraine with and without aura. ⋯ There was no association between aura and neck pain disability, reduced upper cervical spine mobility or reduced neck muscle performance. No differences in the neck impairment level between patients with and without aura during the clinical assessment of the cervical spine are expected.
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Musculoskelet Sci Pract · Feb 2021
Review Meta AnalysisEffects of manual therapy on fear avoidance, kinesiophobia and pain catastrophizing in individuals with chronic musculoskeletal pain: Systematic review and meta-analysis.
To systematically review the effectiveness of manual therapy on fear-avoidance, kinesiophobia, and pain catastrophizing in patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain. ⋯ Manual therapy may not be superior to no treatment or other treatments on improving fear-avoidance, kinesiophobia and pain catastrophizing, based on very low or low quality of evidence. More studies are necessary to strengthen the evidence of effects of manual therapy on pain-related fear outcomes.
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Musculoskelet Sci Pract · Feb 2021
ReviewClinical practice guidelines for the treatment and management of low back pain: A systematic review of quantity and quality.
Low back pain (LBP) is highly prevalent in the general population and is responsible for increased health-care costs, pain, impairment of activity, and if chronic, is associated with a range of comorbidities. ⋯ CPGs varied in quality, with most scoring the highest in the scope and purpose and clarity of presentation domains. CPGs achieved variable and lower scores in the stakeholder involvement, rigour of development, applicability, and editorial independence domains. CPGs with higher AGREE II scores can serve as suitable evidence-based resources for clinicians involved in LBP care; CPGs with lower scores could be improved in future updates using the AGREE II instrument, among other guideline development resources, as a guide.