Validity and Reliability of Dynamic and Functional Balance Tests in People Aged 19-54: A Systematic Review by Kim J Lesch, Sanni Tuomisto, Heikki O Tikkanen, Mika Venojärvi

“…Exclusion criteria excluded studies involving participants with chronic diseases or musculoskeletal disorders, systematic reviews, professional athletes, and those lacking specific participant age information. …”
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Exercise Training in Athletes with Bicuspid Aortic Valve Does Not Result in Increased Dimensions and Impaired Performance of the Left Ventricle by Laura Stefani, Giorgio Galanti, Gabriele Innocenti, Roberto Mercuri, Nicola Maffulli

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Comparison of 8 Weeks of Selected TRX Training and Weight Training on Improving Motor Function and Chronic Nonspecific Back Pain in Women Aged 35 to 55 by Fatemeh Rezaei

“…Conclusion Both types of exercises were effective in strengthening the trunk area, reducing pain, and addressing musculoskeletal disorders. These exercises appear to lower the risk of injury and enhance performance by improving motor function. …”
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Self-reported illnesses in Thatta: Evidence from a rural and underdeveloped district in Sindh province, Pakistan. by Muhammad Ashar Malik, Rahat Batool, Muhammad Ahmed, Imran Naeem Abbasi, Zafar Ahmed Fatmi, Sarah Saleem, Sameen Siddiqui

“…Females were most likely to have injuries (1.20,), disabilities (1.59), and Musculoskeletal Disorders (1.25). Children aged < 1 year (0.80) and elderly >65 years (0.78) were more likely to have comorbidities.…”
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Correlates of physical activity behaviour among nursing professionals: A systematic search and literature review by Amanda H Wilkerson, Hunter O Thomas, Vinayak K Nahar

“…Previous research suggests nurses have an increased risk of being physically inactive, which may contribute to increased risk of musculoskeletal disorders. The purpose of this investigation was to use a systematic search process to determine previously identified correlates of nurses’ physical activity. …”
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Cancer type-specific adverse events of immune checkpoint inhibitors: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Xuhui Tong, Rong Tang, Jin Xu, Wei Wang, Qiong Du, Si Shi, Xianjun Yu

“…Among individuals undergoing single-agent anti-PD-L1, higher frequency of all-grade pruritus occurred in 19.0 % of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) patients (95 % CI 15.2%–23.2 %), and the highest probability of developing other severe musculoskeletal disorders was observed in patients with RCC (6.2 %, 95 % CI 4.0%–9.0 %). …”
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Needs for rehabilitation in China: Estimates based on the Global Burden of Disease Study 1990–2019 by Tian Tian, Lin Zhu, Qingzhen Fu, Shiheng Tan, Yukun Cao, Ding Zhang, Mingxue Wang, Ting Zheng, Lijing Gao, Daria Volontovich, Yongchen Wang, Jinming Zhang, Zhimei Jiang, Hongbin Qiu, Fan Wang, Yashuang Zhao, Rongman Jia

“…The highest contribution to the need for rehabilitation was musculoskeletal disorders with about 322 (95% UI: 302–343) million persons in seven aggregate disease and injury categories, and hearing loss with over 95 (95% UI: 84–107) million people among 25 health conditions. …”
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Is sleep bruxism associated with smartphone use, neck pain, and sleep features among adolescents? by Ivana Meyer PRADO, Letícia Fernanda MOREIRA-SANTOS, Gabriela de Faria e Barboza HOFFMAM, Lucas Guimarães ABREU, Sheyla Márcia AUAD, Isabela Almeida PORDEUS, Júnia Maria SERRA-NEGRA

“…Abstract An association between bruxism and musculoskeletal disorders, such as neck pain, has been established. …”
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Professional propaedeutic council in the university by N. N. Malyarchuk, G. M. Krinitzyna, E. V. Pashchenko, V. V. Pivnenko

“…Meanwhile, numerous studies point the fact that teachers are not ready to work with students, who have visual, hearing and musculoskeletal disorders. Higher educational institutions, which are just starting inclusive education without internal resources for such activity, are offered to organise PPCs. …”
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Effectiveness of cupping therapy for musculoskeletal pain: an umbrella review by Mohamed Magdy ElMeligie, Amr M. Yehia, Mahmoud Hamada Mohamed, Manna Mahmoud, Mohamed N. AlKholui, Ghada I. Mohamed

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Análisis de los riesgos musculoesqueléticos asociados a los trabajos de ferrallas: Buenas prácticas Musculoskeletal risks analysis related to steel reinforcement works: Good practi... by Mónica López Alonso, Mª Dolores Martínez Aires, Esther Martín González

“…<br>The MSD -musculoskeletal disorders- represent 45% of labour injuries. …”
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A digital intervention to reduce home-office workers’ sedentary behaviour: protocol for the evaluation of the Click2Move programme, a cluster randomised controlled trial by Judit Bort-Roig, Iris Parés-Salomón, Bette Loef, Cristina Vaqué-Crusellas, Alan Coffey, Arnau Gustems-Morral, Anna M. Señé-Mir, Izabela Luznik, Maja Pajek, Kieran P. Dowd, Anna Puig-Ribera, Karin I. Proper

“…Secondary outcomes will include device-based (activPAL3TM) and self-reported (Global Physical Activity Questionnaire and Workforce Sitting Questionnaire) physical activity and sedentary behaviour; self-reported musculoskeletal disorders (Standardised Nordic Questionnaire) and pain (Numeric Rating Scale); self-reported presenteeism and absenteeism (Health and Work Performance Questionnaire), job satisfaction (Need for Recovery scale) and fatigue (single-item 5-point Likert scale). …”
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Cost-utility and cost–benefit analysis of a multi-component intervention (NEXpro) for neck-related symptoms in Swiss office workers by Beatrice Brunner, Andrea Martina Aegerter, Venerina Johnston, Thomas Volken, Manja Deforth, Gisela Sjøgaard, Achim Elfering, Markus Melloh, the NEXpro Collaboration Group

“…On-site multi-component intervention to improve productivity and reduce the economic and personal burden of neck pain in Swiss office-workers (NEXpro): protocol for a cluster-randomized controlled trial. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2020;21(1):391.  https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-020-03388-x .…”
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A Pilot Study on the Age-Dependent, Biomechanical Properties of Longitudinal Ligaments in the Human Cervical Spine by Narendra Singh, Ana Trajkovski, Jovan Trajkovski, Robert Kunc, Jose Felix Rodriguez Matas

“…To explore age-related changes, we classified the samples into two groups—below and above 50 years old—aligning with the peak incidence of major musculoskeletal disorders. The investigation concentrated on the effects of age on four mechanical parameters of the uniaxial stress–stretch curve: initial tangent stiffness (<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msub><mrow><mi>E</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>0</mn></mrow></msub></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>), maximum tangent stiffness (<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msub><mrow><mi>E</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>m</mi></mrow></msub></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>), ultimate stress (<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msub><mrow><mi>P</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>u</mi></mrow></msub></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>) and ultimate stretch (<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msub><mrow><mi>λ</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>u</mi></mrow></msub></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>). …”
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Association of serum and local GRP78 and CHOP expressions with disease progression in patients with non-traumatic osteonecrosis of femoral head by Peng Zhang, Qing-He Ye, Wen-Xiu Zhu, Yong-Heng Zhao, Hong-Xun Zhu, Biao-Fang Wei

“…Abstract Background The endoplasmic reticulum stress (ER stress) has been involved in various musculoskeletal disorders including non-traumatic osteonecrosis of femoral head (NT-ONFH). …”
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Effect of bariatric surgery on postoperative outcomes of total hip arthroplasty: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis by Pablo Palacios, Isabel Palacios, Ana Palacios, Alejandro Lorente, Gonzalo Mariscal, María Benlloch, José Palacios

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Application of the Rehabilitation Principle of "GU ZHENG (Bones Integrity) and JIN HE (Muscles Harmony), XING SHEN GONG TIAO (Union of Body and Mind)" in Chronic Musculoskeletal Dy... by WANG Xiangbin, HOU Meijin, GOU Yanyun, XU Yang, LIN Ziling, TAO Jing

“…The main pathogenesis of musculoskeletal disorders is the imbalance of muscles and bones, the disharmony of body and mind, and the specific manifestations are the physical disorders, including bone disintegrity, discord of muscles and tendons, as well as emotion-cognition and motor-coordination disorders. …”
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Effective gene therapy for metachromatic leukodystrophy achieved with minimal lentiviral genomic integrations by Lucas Tricoli, Sunetra Sase, Julia L. Hacker, Vi Pham, Maxwell Chappell, Laura Breda, Stephanie N. Hurwitz, Naoto Tanaka, Carlo Castruccio Castracani, Amaliris Guerra, Zhongqi Hou, Lars Schlotawa, Karthikeyan Radhakrishnan, Matthew Hogenauer, Aoife Roche, John Everett, Frederic Bushman, Peter Kurre, Rebecca Ahrens-Nicklas, Laura A. Adang, Adeline L. Vanderver, Stefano Rivella

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