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

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 April 2023) | Viewed by 6984

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Dr. José Casaña Granell

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Exercise Intervention for Health Research Group (EXINH-RG), Department of Physiotherapy, University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain
Interests: therapeutic exercise; physical rehabilitation; physical medicine

Dr. Ferran Cuenca-Martínez

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Department of Physiotherapy, University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain
Interests: chronic pain; respiratory disturbances; pain management
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Dr. Luis Suso-Martí

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Exercise Intervention for Health Research Group (EXINH-RG), Department of Physiotherapy, University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain
Interests: mental practice; chronic pain; pain diagnostic; pain severity
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Dear Colleagues,

Physical medicine and rehabilitation is the interprofessional, transversal and global health speciality that aims to improve the physical function of patients in order to reduce disability and improve quality of life. With all this, the patient will have an improvement in social development and activities of daily living. The term physical medicine and rehabilitation refers to the whole team of professionals who help to improve the functional aspects of the patient, including the physician, physiotherapist, psychologist, speech and language therapist, occupational therapist, etc. The health situation after the pandemic due to COVID-19 has changed and different tools for rehabilitation of patients with musculoskeletal disorders including chronic pain have started to be used telematically for treatments. There is a need for a special issue that includes the study of all these new therapeutic options for the treatment of patients with musculoskeletal disorders including chronic pain both conventionally and through telerehabilitation. The aim of this Special Issue is to collate the latest high-quality clinical articles and systematic reviews through meta-analyses (also umbrella reviews with meta-meta-analyses), which address physical and rehabilitation issues in musculoskeletal patients (both face-to-face and telematically). Clinical research, innovative case series (with follow-up), systematic reviews with meta-analysis, umbrella reviews and meta-meta-analysis, and protocols are the types of papers that we are inviting for submission to this Special Issue.

Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

Physiotherapy interventions to manage chronic pain
Telemedicine in patients with musculoskeletal alterations
Neuromodulation and chronic pain
Drugs to manage chronic pain
Physical interventions in surgery patients
Pediatric population
Therapeutic exercise and older patients
Psychology interventions and chronic pain.

Dr. José Casaña Granell
Dr. Ferran Cuenca-Martínez
Dr. Luis Suso-Martí
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chronic pain
physical medicine
therapeutic exercise
telemedicine
physical interventions
psychological interventions

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Physical Exercise Effects on Cardiovascular Autonomic Modulation in Postmenopausal Women—A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

by Juan Carlos Sánchez-Delgado, Adriana Marcela Jácome-Hortúa, Kelly Yoshida de Melo, Bruno Augusto Aguilar, Stella Vieira Philbois and Hugo Celso Dutra de Souza

Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(3), 2207; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20032207 - 26 Jan 2023

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Background: The cardioprotective effect of physical exercise has been demonstrated in several studies. However, no systematic or updated analysis has described the effects of physical exercise on cardiovascular autonomic modulation in postmenopausal women. Aim: to describe the effects of physical exercise on cardiovascular autonomic modulation in postmenopausal women. Methods: The Scopus, PubMed, and Embase databases were searched for randomized clinical trials published between January 2011 and December 2021, and regarding the effects of physical exercise on cardiovascular autonomic modulation in postmenopausal women. Two independent authors processed the citations. The methodological quality was evaluated using the PEDRo scale. Results: Of the 91 studies identified, only 8 met the inclusion criteria, of which 7 had fair or poor methodological quality. The analyzed studies investigated the effects of functional training, whole-body vibration, muscular resistance, stretching, and aerobic exercises performed at home or at the gym. The majority of these exercise modalities showed improvements in heart-rate variability (HRV) indices and in the low-frequency band of blood pressure variability. The meta-analysis shows that exercise increased the standard deviation of instantaneous beat-to-beat variability (SD1) (mean difference (MD) = 3.99; 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.22 to 6.77, n = 46; I²: 0%) and the standard deviation of long-term variability (SD2) (MD = 11.37; 95% CI = 2.99 to 19.75; n = 46; I²: 0%). Conclusions: Aerobic exercise and some nonconventional training modalities may have beneficial effects on cardiovascular autonomic modulation in postmenopausal women. More high-quality studies are still needed to further confirm their efficacy and safety. Full article

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Review of the Quality of YouTube Videos Recommending Exercises for the COVID-19 Lockdown

by Alvaro Manuel Rodriguez-Rodriguez, Maria Blanco-Diaz, Marta de la Fuente-Costa, Sergio Hernandez-Sanchez, Isabel Escobio-Prieto and Jose Casaña

Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(13), 8016; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19138016 - 30 Jun 2022

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Background: The world is experiencing a pandemic caused by COVID-19. Insufficient physical activity can increase the risk of illness. Trying to replicate a normal search that any user/patient could do in YouTube, the objective of this study was to evaluate the quality of YouTube videos related to home exercises during lockdown and their adherence to World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations. Methods: A simple search was carried out on YouTube. The first 150 videos were selected. After applying exclusion criteria, 68 videos were analyzed and evaluated. Two statistical analyses based on machine learning techniques were carried out. Videos were classified according to principal component analysis (PCA) models as ‘Relevant’ and ‘Non-Relevant’. Popularity was assessed using the video power index (VPI). Information’s quality and accuracy were gauged using the DISCERN scale and global quality score (GQS). Reliability and credibility of information that can be found on health-related websites was assessed using the Health On the Net Code (HONCode). Exercises were evaluated according to WHO recommendations. Results: DISCERN, HONCode, and GQS scored a mean of 2.29, 58.95, and 2.32, respectively. The PCA calculation allowed videos to auto-classify into high- and low-quality videos. Conclusions: The quality of YouTube videos recommending exercises during lockdown is low and doesn’t reflect WHO recommendations. Effective strategies and tools capable of indicating the quality of this information are needed to filter out erroneous or non-rigorous information that may affect people’s health. These tools should help any user/viewer to distinguish videos of high and low quality. Full article

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Behavior Modification Techniques on Patients with Chronic Pain in the Context of COVID-19 Telerehabilitation: An Umbrella Review

by Ferran Cuenca-Martínez, Joaquín Calatayud, Luis Suso-Martí, Clovis Varangot-Reille, Aida Herranz-Gómez, María Blanco-Díaz and José Casaña

Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(9), 5260; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19095260 - 26 Apr 2022

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The aim of this systematic review (SR) of SRs was to assess the effectiveness of telerehabilitation based on behavior modification techniques (t-BMT) in patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain. We searched in PubMed, PEDro, Web of Science, CINAHL, PsycINFO, and Google Scholar (January 2022). The outcome measures were pain intensity, disability, psychological distress, pain-related fear of movement, disease impact, depressive symptoms, anxiety symptoms, and physical function. This review was previously registered on the international prospective register of systematic reviews PROSPERO (CRD42021262192). Methodological quality was analyzed using the AMSTAR and ROBIS scales, and the strength of evidence was established according to the Physical Activity Guidelines Advisory Committee grading criteria. Four SRs with and without meta-analyses covering 25 trials and involving 4593 patients were included. Of the three SRs that assessed pain intensity, two reported a significant decrease compared to usual care. Contradictory results were also found in the management of psychological distress, and of depressive and anxiety symptoms. However, two reviews found that t-BMT has significant effects on disability, and one review found that t-BMT seems to be effective for improving pain-related fear of movement and disease impact. Finally, one review found that t-BMT does not seem to be an effective modality to improve physical function. The quality of evidence was limited for all outcomes assessed. The results obtained showed that t-BMT was effective in improving disability, disease impact, and pain-related fear of movement, but it was not effective in improving physical function in patients with chronic pain. Mixed evidence was found for pain intensity, psychological distress, and depressive and anxiety symptoms, with a limited quality of evidence. Full article

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