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Demographic, Clinical and Psychological Factors Influencing Musculoskeletal Disorders

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2023) | Viewed by 6635

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VALTRADOFI Research Group, Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health, Universidad Camilo José Cela, Villanueva de la Cañada, 28692 Madrid, Spain
Interests: ultrasound imaging; neck pain; low back pain; myofascial pain syndromes; elastography; chronic pain; dry needling; manual therapy
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Dear Colleagues,

Musculoskeletal conditions are the leading contributor to disability worldwide, affecting almost 2 billion people, according to the latest report of the World Health Organization. This high prevalence involves an important socioeconomic burden, closely related to the management of chronic and persistent musculoskeletal pain. Chronic musculoskeletal pain is influenced by clinical, demographic and psychological factors, due to the multidimensional characteristics of pain. Thus, the clinical severity of musculoskeletal conditions could be related to these factors, based on the current bio-psycho-social model of pain. The correlations among these factors and clinical severity seem to be important to gain a better understanding of these conditions, in order to promote improvements in their management, reducing disability and socioeconomic burden.  A major issue for clinicians and researchers is properly understanding these conditions and the factors influencing these disorders, to provide appropriate recommendations for guiding diagnosis and management. Please join us in presenting observational studies in this Special Issue, currently focused on the demographic, clinical and psychological factors influencing musculoskeletal conditions (e.g., neck pain, lower back pain, osteoarthritis, etc.), in order to analyze the correlation among these factors and clinical severity, and to identify targets leading to direct changes in various factors.

Prof. Dr. Gustavo Plaza-Manzano
Dr. Juan Antonio Valera-Calero
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • neck pain
  • lower back pain
  • musculoskeletal diseases
  • myofascial pain syndromes
  • pain management
  • clinical medicine
  • ultrasound imaging
  • chronic pain
  • dry needling
  • manual therapy

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Spinal Pain, Chronic Health Conditions and Health Behaviors: Data from the 2016–2018 National Health Interview Survey
by Katie de Luca, Patricia Tavares, Haiou Yang, Eric L. Hurwitz, Bart N. Green, Hannah Dale and Scott Haldeman
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(7), 5369; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20075369 - 03 Apr 2023
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Spinal pain and chronic health conditions are highly prevalent, burdensome, and costly conditions, both in the United States and globally. Using cross-sectional data from the 2016 through 2018 National Health Interview Survey (n = 26,926), we explored associations between spinal pain and chronic [...] Read more.
Spinal pain and chronic health conditions are highly prevalent, burdensome, and costly conditions, both in the United States and globally. Using cross-sectional data from the 2016 through 2018 National Health Interview Survey (n = 26,926), we explored associations between spinal pain and chronic health conditions and investigated the influence that a set of confounders may have on the associations between spinal pain and chronic health conditions. Variance estimation method was used to compute weighted descriptive statistics and measures of associations with multinomial logistic regression models. All four chronic health conditions significantly increased the prevalence odds of spinal pain; cardiovascular conditions by 58%, hypertension by 40%, diabetes by 25% and obesity by 34%, controlling for all the confounders. For all chronic health conditions, tobacco use (45–50%), being insufficiently active (17–20%), sleep problems (180–184%), cognitive impairment (90–100%), and mental health conditions (68–80%) significantly increased the prevalence odds of spinal pain compared to cases without spinal pain. These findings provide evidence to support research on the prevention and treatment of non-musculoskeletal conditions with approaches of spinal pain management. Full article
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Bidirectional Comorbid Associations between Back Pain and Major Depression in US Adults
by Haiou Yang, Eric L. Hurwitz, Jian Li, Katie de Luca, Patricia Tavares, Bart Green and Scott Haldeman
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(5), 4217; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20054217 - 27 Feb 2023
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Low back pain and depression have been globally recognized as key public health problems and they are considered co-morbid conditions. This study explores both cross-sectional and longitudinal comorbid associations between back pain and major depression in the adult population in the United States. [...] Read more.
Low back pain and depression have been globally recognized as key public health problems and they are considered co-morbid conditions. This study explores both cross-sectional and longitudinal comorbid associations between back pain and major depression in the adult population in the United States. We used data from the Midlife in the United States survey (MIDUS), linking MIDUS II and III with a sample size of 2358. Logistic regression and Poisson regression models were used. The cross-sectional analysis showed significant associations between back pain and major depression. The longitudinal analysis indicated that back pain at baseline was prospectively associated with major depression at follow-up (PR 1.96, CI: 1.41, 2.74), controlling for health behavioral and demographic variables. Major depression at baseline was also prospectively associated with back pain at follow-up (PR 1.48, CI: 1.04, 2.13), controlling for a set of related confounders. These findings of a bidirectional comorbid association fill a gap in the current understanding of these comorbid conditions and could have clinical implications for the management and prevention of both depression and low back pain. Full article
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Analyzing the Interaction between Clinical, Neurophysiological and Psychological Outcomes Underlying Chronic Plantar Heel Pain: A Network Analysis Study
by Marta Ríos-León, Juan Antonio Valera-Calero, Ricardo Ortega-Santiago, Umut Varol, César Fernández-de-las-Peñas and Gustavo Plaza-Manzano
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(16), 10301; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191610301 - 18 Aug 2022
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Plantar heel pain (PHP) is one of the most common foot pain conditions in adults. Several biological and psychological factors could be involved in chronic PHP in a complex matrix. However, reciprocal interactions between these factors are unknown. The aim of the present [...] Read more.
Plantar heel pain (PHP) is one of the most common foot pain conditions in adults. Several biological and psychological factors could be involved in chronic PHP in a complex matrix. However, reciprocal interactions between these factors are unknown. The aim of the present study was to use network analysis to quantify potential multivariate relationships between pain-related, function, clinical, mechanosensitivity, psychological, and health-related variables in individuals with PHP. Demographic (age, gender), pain-related (pain intensity), function, clinical (myofascial trigger points [TrPs]), mechanosensitivity (pressure pain thresholds), psychological (Beck Depression Inventory), and health-related variables (EQ-5D-5L) were collected in 81 PHP patients. Network connectivity analysis was conducted to quantify the adjusted correlations between the modeled variables and to assess their centrality indices. The connectivity network showed local associations between pain-related variables, foot function, and mechanosensitivity. Additionally, associations between quality of life, depression, and pain-related variables were found, while TrPs was associated with quality of life and mechanosensitivity. The node with the highest strength centrality was the worst pain intensity, while mechanosensitivity and worst pain intensity showed the highest closeness and betweenness centrality. This is the first study to apply network modeling to understand the connections between pain-related, function, clinical, mechanosensitivity, psychological, and health-related variables in PHP. The role of pain severity and mechanosensitivity is highlighted and supported by the network. Thus, this study reveals potential factors that could be the target in the management of PHP, promoting a comprehensive and effective therapeutic approach. Full article
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