Medical Care Services in Orthopedic and Musculoskeletal Trauma Care
A special issue of Healthcare (ISSN 2227-9032). This special issue belongs to the section "Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 26 September 2025 | Viewed by 207
Special Issue Editors
Interests: rehabilitation; clinical assessment; sports injuries; biomechanics; musculoskeletal disorders; physical rehabilitation; exercise science; sport biomechanics; sports science; injury prevention
Interests: musculoskeletal disorders; exercise science; physical therapy; rotator cuff; biomechanics; rehabilitation medicine; sports injuries; physical rehabilitation; trauma; trauma surgery
Interests: motor systems assessment and rehabilitation
Interests: health sciences; plastic surgery; occupational therapy; physical therapy; mechanical therapy; low intensity laser therapy
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In the context of rehabilitation in trauma and orthopedics, outcome measures are frequently used to evaluate the characteristics of patients with musculoskeletal disorders in the context of hospital care and in clinical practice. These outcomes can provide important information for researchers who use these outcome measures, using clinical and/or pre-clinical research, as well as providing information in the literature for professionals for clinical practice.
In the literature, a strong heterogeneity of tools and procedures used for the benefit of patients with any musculoskeletal disorder can be observed. Thus, this Special Issue entitled "Medical Care Services in Orthopedic and Musculoskeletal Trauma Care" seeks to emphasize research that addresses the care of orthopedic patients and pre- and post-surgical care due to trauma, with this approach being through observational research and clinical trials.
This Special Issue will be an important path towards bringing high-quality studies to the area of orthopedics and traumatology.
Therefore, we are pleased to invite you to provide clinicians and researchers with studies that strengthen the evidence for an appropriate, literature-based approach to improving care for patients with musculoskeletal system impairment.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Areas of research in orthopedics and traumatology may include the following:
- Systematic reviews and meta-analyses.
- Psychometric studies that measure the psychometric characteristics of assessment instruments.
- Clinical trials.
- Cross-sectional and observational studies.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Alexandre Márcio Marcolino
Dr. Rafael Inácio Barbosa
Dr. Heloyse Uliam Kuriki
Dr. Laís Mara Siqueira Das Neves
Prof. Dr. Alessandro Haupenthal
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- musculoskeletal
- rehabilitation
- orthopedics
- traumatology
- post-surgical treatment
- electrophysical agents
- clinical trials
- observational studies
- epidemiology
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