Clinical Advances in Musculoskeletal Disorders: 2nd Edition
A special issue of Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN 2077-0383). This special issue belongs to the section "Clinical Rehabilitation".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 September 2026 | Viewed by 1333
Special Issue Editors
Interests: pelvic instability; pelvic reconstruction; non-union; bone regeneration; post fracture fixation complications
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2. Centre for Joint Reconstruction Surgery, Sushrut Institute of Medical Sciences, Nagpur, India
Interests: musculoskeletal disorders; orthopedic surgery; traumatology; reconsturuction surgery
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
It is our pleasure to invite you to contribute to this Special Issue entitled “Clinical Advances in Musculoskeletal Disorders: 2nd Edition”. This is a new volume, with 10 papers published in the first volume. For more details, please visit https://www.mdpi.com/journal/jcm/special_issues/X2NY6KBAV0.
Musculoskeletal disorders encompass various clinical conditions that affect the human musculoskeletal system. Bones, joints, muscles, tendons, ligaments, nerves, and connective tissues can all be afflicted, leading to pain, tenderness, inflammation, swelling, muscle spasm, and functional restrictions.
Overall, these conditions may be caused by hereditary, congenital, or acquired pathological developments. Inflammatory, infectious, degenerative, traumatic, vascular, metabolic, and neoplastic processes can lead to various types of impairment and degrees of severity. The three most prevalent musculoskeletal conditions known to be associated with the greatest number of health care-related visits to emergency departments and hospitals are trauma, backache, and arthritis.
Musculoskeletal disorders of traumatic origin develop due to a sudden intensity (i.e., lifting a heavy object) or due to the repeated exposure to force, vibration, or an awkward posture. They can affect any part of the body, including the upper extremities, hands, neck, spine, pelvis, lower extremities, and feet.
The most popular diagnostic tests employed to screen and diagnose musculoskeletal disorders include radiographs, computed tomography, magnetic resonance, and ultrasonography.
Musculoskeletal disorders represent the second most prevalent cause of disability globally; this is measured in terms of the number of years those affected live with disability and the fact that it continues to be a burden on society as a whole, due to the enormous direct costs to the health care system it incurs and the indirect costs suffered due to the loss of work. As the global population ages, it is envisaged that the number of people suffering from musculoskeletal conditions will also increase. Currently, the global prevalence of MSDs is reported to be as high as 40%.
In this Special Issue, we invite authors to submit their research work on this important topic. Papers focusing on epidemiological studies, diagnostic techniques, novel treatment modalities, either surgical, non-invasive, or non-operative, rehabilitation protocols, and patient-reported outcomes are all welcome; this is with the aim of enhancing our knowledge and providing further insight into these ever-growing disabling and costly conditions.
Prof. Dr. Peter V. Giannoudis
Prof. Dr. Sushrut Babhulkar
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- musculoskeletal disorders
- disability
- pain
- inflammation
- arthritis
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