Musculoskeletal science & practice
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Musculoskelet Sci Pract · Jun 2021
Factors associated with care-seeking for low back pain when genetics and the familial environment are considered.
Low back pain (LBP) is the leading cause of disability worldwide. Care-seekers for LBP cause substantial economic burden to governments and the healthcare system. ⋯ Individuals with higher LBP intensity and worse sleep quality are more likely to seek care for LBP, and this relationship is likely to be causal after adjustment of familial and genetic confounding.
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Musculoskelet Sci Pract · Apr 2021
'It's not hands-on therapy, so it's very limited': Telehealth use and views among allied health clinicians during the coronavirus pandemic.
Telehealth services have helped enable continuity of care during the coronavirus pandemic. We aimed to investigate use and views towards telehealth among allied health clinicians treating people with musculoskeletal conditions during the pandemic. ⋯ Although telehealth was adopted by allied health clinicians during the coronavirus pandemic, we identified barriers that may limit continued telehealth use among allied health clinicians beyond the current pandemic.
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Musculoskelet Sci Pract · Feb 2021
Review Meta AnalysisEffects of manual therapy on fear avoidance, kinesiophobia and pain catastrophizing in individuals with chronic musculoskeletal pain: Systematic review and meta-analysis.
To systematically review the effectiveness of manual therapy on fear-avoidance, kinesiophobia, and pain catastrophizing in patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain. ⋯ Manual therapy may not be superior to no treatment or other treatments on improving fear-avoidance, kinesiophobia and pain catastrophizing, based on very low or low quality of evidence. More studies are necessary to strengthen the evidence of effects of manual therapy on pain-related fear outcomes.
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Musculoskelet Sci Pract · Feb 2021
ReviewClinical practice guidelines for the treatment and management of low back pain: A systematic review of quantity and quality.
Low back pain (LBP) is highly prevalent in the general population and is responsible for increased health-care costs, pain, impairment of activity, and if chronic, is associated with a range of comorbidities. ⋯ CPGs varied in quality, with most scoring the highest in the scope and purpose and clarity of presentation domains. CPGs achieved variable and lower scores in the stakeholder involvement, rigour of development, applicability, and editorial independence domains. CPGs with higher AGREE II scores can serve as suitable evidence-based resources for clinicians involved in LBP care; CPGs with lower scores could be improved in future updates using the AGREE II instrument, among other guideline development resources, as a guide.
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Musculoskelet Sci Pract · Feb 2021
Reliability, discriminative accuracy, and an exploration of response shift as measured using the satisfaction and Recovery Index over 12 months from musculoskeletal trauma.
The Satisfaction and Recovery Index (SRI) is an importance-weighted health-related satisfaction tool intended to be a patient-centric means to capture both the process and state of recovery following musculoskeletal trauma. The purpose of this study was to explore measurement invariance, responsiveness, discriminative accuracy, and potential response shift identifiable within the SRI. ⋯ This study provides support for the SRI as a useful tool for evaluating recovery, though it seems more valuable for capturing the process rather than state of recovery. While response shift was small, there is enough reason to endorse retention of the importance ratings.