Development and Application of Objective Measures in Physiotherapy for Musculoskeletal Disorders, Orthopedics, and Sports Medicine—2nd Edition
A special issue of Medicina (ISSN 1648-9144). This special issue belongs to the section "Orthopedics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2025 | Viewed by 258
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Interests: return-to-sport decision making; biomedical monitoring; isokinetics; knee joint; physiotherapy; rehabilitation; surface electromyography
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Dear Colleagues,
It is my pleasure to invite you to contribute to this Special Issue entitled “Development and Application of Objective Measures in Physiotherapy for Musculoskeletal Disorders, Orthopedics, and Sports Medicine—2nd Edition”. This is our second volume; we previously published 11 papers in the first volume. For more details, please visit the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/medicina/special_issues/6B47437404.
Objective measures constitute an integral part of the examination of patients in physiotherapy in musculoskeletal disorders, orthopedics, and sports medicine for diagnostic, treatment monitoring, and follow-up purposes, as well as the prevention of primary and secondary musculoskeletal injuries. Objectively measured outcomes supplement health outcomes directly reported by the patient experiencing them, known as patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs), and pain ratings. Objective measures also comprise an aspect of clinical and physical examination and are fundamental to so-called performance-based measures. The value of a measure lies in its suitability for comparison; therefore, before we use any measuring instrument or tool for research or clinical practice purposes, its reliability and validity must be determined.
This Special Issue is open to submissions of research and review articles addressing the development and application of objective measures for diagnostic, treatment monitoring, and follow-up purposes in physiotherapy, orthopedics, and sports medicine. We strongly encourage authors to submit papers that focus on preventing primary and secondary musculoskeletal injuries. In addition, reliability and validity studies are welcome.
Dr. Aleksandra Królikowska
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- clinical evaluation
- functional performance
- injury prevention
- muscle strength
- orthopedics
- performance-based measures
- physical examination
- physiotherapy
- rehabilitation
- reliability
- sports medicine
- surface electromyography
- validity
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