Physiotherapy in Muscle Pain: Current Updates from Theory to Clinical Practice
A special issue of Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN 2077-0383). This special issue belongs to the section "Epidemiology & Public Health".
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Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Muscle pain (MP) is a natural, physiological effect of physical activity. It could also be one of the most common symptoms of diseases. Injury, overload, overexertion, stress, infection, or inflammation of every tissue may cause MP. On the other hand, it is also a major cause of dysfunctions and even chronic disability. MP is a classical example of a vicious circle. For many years, every kind of physiotherapeutic method has focused on relieving MP. Despite the vast amount of research on the management of MP, the etiology, pathomechanics, therapy, and prevention of this kind of dysfunction are still not fully understood.
These issues are important for therapy and research, as well as ergonomics and physical activity. Effective therapy and EBM requires scientific proofs, so we invite you to contribute original research articles and reviews of the literature. This Special Issue in the Journal of Clinical Medicine (PubMed indexed ISSN 2077-0383) aims to attract high-quality research papers on the etiology, assessment, treatment, and prevention of MP. Research studies on a wide range of physiotherapy methods applied in MP treatment, including exercises, massage, manual therapy, fascial therapy, structural integration, electrotherapy, laser therapy, and other methods of physiotherapy and physical medicine are all within the scope of this Special Issue. We also expect reports on the psychological and other aspects of MP and its therapy. We hope to receive papers on objective methods of examination and assessment of MP as surface electromyography, elastography, algesimetry, and other subjective methods of MP examination—scales, questionnaires, etc.
Study design can include:
- Clinical trials
- Cohort studies
- Case studies
- Cross-sectional studies
- systematic reviews
- meta-analyses
- narrative reviews
Potential topics:
- theoretical basis for muscle pain (a physiological and pathophysiological mechanism)
- subjective and objective methods of MP examination
- muscle pain as a specific and non-specific symptom
- influence MP on quality of life
- the effectiveness of physiotherapy treatments in patients with MP
- a new physiotherapeutic methods in the treatment of MP
Prof. Dr. Tomasz Halski
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- delayed-onset muscle soreness (DOMS)
- myofascial pain
- objective methods of assessment
- pain therapy
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