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{"title":"Confidence and knowledge of Brazilian physiotherapists and physiotherapy students in managing patellofemoral pain","authors":"Natanael P. Batista ,&nbsp;David M. Bazett-Jones ,&nbsp;Marina C. Waiteman","doi":"10.1016/j.msksp.2025.103305","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.msksp.2025.103305","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Previous research has explored clinicians' knowledge and confidence in managing patellofemoral pain (PFP), highlighting gaps in alignment with current evidence. However, there is limited research on Brazilian clinicians and physiotherapy students in this context.</div></div><div><h3>Objectives</h3><div>To evaluate the knowledge and confidence of Brazilian physiotherapists and physiotherapy students in managing PFP and identify barriers to accessing scientific resources.</div></div><div><h3>Design</h3><div>Cross-sectional online survey study.</div></div><div><h3>Method</h3><div>We electronically recruited Brazilian physiotherapists and physiotherapy students. The Qualtrics survey included Likert-based and open-ended questions on demographics, confidence in PFP management, and knowledge related to PFP diagnosis, risk factors, prognosis, and treatment. Responses were compared to current evidence, and between-group differences were analyzed.</div></div><div><h3>Results/findings</h3><div>A total of 46 physiotherapists and 51 students participated. Most physiotherapists were confident in managing PFP, but students were not. While most physiotherapists (93.4%) and students (86.3%) correctly defined PFP, only physiotherapists aligned with evidence-based diagnostic criteria. Both groups identified quadriceps weakness as a PFP risk factor but incorrectly cited hip weakness and dynamic knee valgus. Both groups correctly endorsed hip and knee exercises, physical activity modification, and load management as treatment strategies; however, 63.1% of physiotherapists incorrectly recommend knee brace for pain relief. Participants reported barriers to accessing scientific resources, including language, access difficulties, and searching knowledge gaps.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Brazilian physiotherapists reported high confidence and accurate knowledge in managing PFP, but still held inaccurate beliefs about its risk factors and prognosis. Physiotherapy students demonstrated a need for further education. Important barriers limit their ability to stay informed on current evidence.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":56036,"journal":{"name":"Musculoskeletal Science and Practice","volume":"77 ","pages":"Article 103305"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143628414","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The relationship between leisure time activities and chronic musculoskeletal pain in schoolteachers","authors":"Dilek Baday-Keskin,&nbsp;Esra Dilek Keskin","doi":"10.1016/j.msksp.2025.103309","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.msksp.2025.103309","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Leisure activities (LAs) have a positive effect on well-being, healthy aging, cognitive functions, physical function, and mental health.</div></div><div><h3>Purpose</h3><div>To determine the prevalence of chronic musculoskeletal pain (CMSP) in schoolteachers and evaluate the relationship between different types of LAs and CMSP.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>A total of 433 in-service schoolteachers (303 female, 130 male) participated in this cross-sectional study between January 2023 and March 2023 using an online survey. Common LAs in Turkey, including reading books/magazines/newspapers or writing stories/letters, leisure physical activities (PAs), computer-based LAs, television viewing, LAs on smartphones, music listening, going to the cinema/theatre/opera/ballet/concert, gardening, cooking meal/pastry, meeting with friends, and painting/marbling/ceramic/knitting, and their durations were recorded.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>The median age of the participants was 38.0 (IQR, 35.0–45.0) years. The prevalence of CMSP was 44.8%. Multiple logistic regression analysis including age, sex, body mass index, comorbidities, weekly standing duration at work, and LAs showed that there was an inverse relationship between CMSP and PAs (OR = 0.564, 95% CI: 0.357–0.890) and listening to music (OR = 0.555, 95% CI: 0.317–0.973). Moreover, LAs on smartphones (OR = 4.318, 95% CI: 2.004–9.308), gardening (OR = 1.827, 95% CI: 1.097–3.043), and having a thyroid disorder (OR = 2.212, 95% CI: 1.045–4.684) were predictive variables for CMSP.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Considering that PAs and music listening are inversely associated with CMSP, it may be beneficial to make them a part of the lifestyle of both healthy individuals and individuals with CMSP. Physicians should also be aware that LAs on smartphones carry a greater risk for CMSP.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":56036,"journal":{"name":"Musculoskeletal Science and Practice","volume":"77 ","pages":"Article 103309"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143643379","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Cultural adaptation and psychometric validation of the exercise adherence Rating scale Mexican Spanish version (EARS-Mx)","authors":"B.D. Pérez-Huerta ,&nbsp;B. Díaz-Pulido ,&nbsp;F. Godínez-Jaimes ,&nbsp;R. Gómez-Rodríguez ,&nbsp;E.L. Godfrey ,&nbsp;B. Sánchez-Sánchez","doi":"10.1016/j.msksp.2025.103308","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.msksp.2025.103308","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><div>The aim has been to translate and cross-culturally adapt the Exercise Adherence Rating Scale (EARS) for Mexican Spanish speaking population with non-specific chronic low back pain and assess its psychometric properties.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>The study had two phases: translation and cultural adaptation, followed by psychometric validation. Reliability was assessed with internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha) and test-retest reliability (intraclass correlation coefficient); validity with construct validity (Spearman's correlation) and factor analysis; sensitivity to change with effect size and standardized response mean difference; feasibility by completion time in seconds; and ceiling/floor effects were calculated.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>A total of 161 subjects were included. Cronbach's alpha (0.93; 95% CI 0.92–0.95) indicated good internal consistency, and intraclass correlation (0.95; 95% CI: 0.89–0.97) showed excellent test-retest reliability. Weak correlations between the EARS vs. the Visual Analogue Pain Rating Scale and the Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire were found (r = −0.29 and r = 0.00 respectively). All effect size values indicated that the scale presented a significant sensitivity to change. The average time to complete the EARS-Mx was 219 s. No ceiling or floor effect was detected.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>The EARS-Mx showed semantic, conceptual, idiomatic, content and operational equivalence with respect to the original scale, and appropriate metric properties of reliability, validity, sensitivity to change and feasibility.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":56036,"journal":{"name":"Musculoskeletal Science and Practice","volume":"77 ","pages":"Article 103308"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143629181","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Musculoskeletal triage physiotherapists’ perspectives on their role, the patient journey and implementation of interface triage clinics in primary care in Ireland","authors":"Fiona Callan ,&nbsp;Louise Keating ,&nbsp;Benjamin Saunders ,&nbsp;Helen P. French","doi":"10.1016/j.msksp.2025.103304","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.msksp.2025.103304","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objectives</h3><div>To explore musculoskeletal triage clinical specialist physiotherapists’ (CSPs) perspectives on the patient journey and their perspectives on the acceptability of implementing MSK triage interface clinics in primary care in Ireland.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>A qualitative descriptive study design using a thematic approach was conducted. Semi-structured focus groups were conducted with 11 CSPs in 8 hospitals with urban and rural catchment areas across Ireland. Data analysis involved a two-stage framework; thematic analysis, followed by exploration of the findings on interface clinic implementation through the lens of Normalisation Process Theory (NPT).</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Four themes were identified: (1) Development of MSK pathways; (2) Clinical governance; (3) Implementation of interface clinics and (4) Physiotherapy role and identity. Interface clinics achieved some degree of ‘coherence’ (i.e. made sense) and ‘cognitive participation’ (i.e. fostered engagement) for CSPs with the expectation of patients receiving expert MSK care earlier in their journey. However, this was less beneficial to CSPs if interface clinics were not implemented as part of a wider integrated care pathway, and if clinics were established near the main hospital instead of primary care locations in the wider catchment area. CSPs conveyed strong recommendations on ‘collective action’ such as development and resourcing of integrated care pathways and primary care physiotherapy, investing in information technology infrastructure (electronic health records) and obtaining the ability to order investigations (e.g. MRI/x-ray).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>These findings contribute new knowledge about MSK triage CSPs’ perspectives on the patient journey through MSK services in Ireland, which can inform future implementation phases of MSK triage interface clinics.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":56036,"journal":{"name":"Musculoskeletal Science and Practice","volume":"77 ","pages":"Article 103304"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143637507","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The relationship between radiological OA severity or body weight and outcomes following a structured education and exercise therapy program (GLA:D®) for people with knee osteoarthritis","authors":"Jacqui M. Couldrick ,&nbsp;Andrew P. Woodward ,&nbsp;Joseph T. Lynch ,&nbsp;Nicholas A.T. Brown ,&nbsp;Christian J. Barton ,&nbsp;Jennie M. Scarvell","doi":"10.1016/j.msksp.2025.103307","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.msksp.2025.103307","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Clinicians may presume people with higher bodyweight or greater OA severity do not respond to exercise therapy for knee osteoarthritis (OA), but few studies have examined this.</div></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><div>To examine the relationship between radiographical OA severity or bodyweight and pain and functional outcomes following a structured education and exercise therapy program (Good Life with OsteoArthritis from Denmark: GLA:D®).</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>33 participants with knee OA were assessed at baseline and week 8 following GLA:D®. Outcomes were pain (Visual analogue scale (VAS) 0–100), Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score-12 (KOOS-12 total), 40 m-fast-paced walk and 30-s chair stand. Multilevel models were used to define the severity of OA in medial, lateral and patellofemoral compartments using the Kellgren-Lawrence (KL) system and to examine the relationship between compartment severity, bodyweight and outcomes.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>No meaningful relationships between bodyweight and response to GLA:D® were found for any outcome measures. Greater medial OA compartment severity was related to less improvement in pain, KOOS-12 and chair stand repetitions. However, all levels of lateral compartment severity had similar improvements, and greater patellofemoral compartment severity was related to more improvement for KOOS-12 and pain.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>Bodyweight may have little influence on a person's response to a structured education and exercise therapy program. While people with greater medial compartment severity were less likely to improve following the program, OA severity in the PF and lateral compartments was not a barrier to improvement.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":56036,"journal":{"name":"Musculoskeletal Science and Practice","volume":"77 ","pages":"Article 103307"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143637505","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Correlating the abdominal drawing in manoeuvre between ultrasound imaging, pressure biofeedback and manual palpation measurements in participants with low back pain: An observational cross-sectional study","authors":"Caitlin Lauren Siobhan Prentice ,&nbsp;Carol Ann Flavell ,&nbsp;Nicola Massy-Westropp ,&nbsp;Steve Milanese","doi":"10.1016/j.msksp.2025.103303","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.msksp.2025.103303","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Physiotherapists have several options to measure lateral abdominal muscle (LAM) activity clinically, including ultrasound imaging (USI), pressure biofeedback units (PBU) and manual palpation scales. However, the concurrent validity of these tools is yet to be examined. Understanding how these tools correlate will help physiotherapists make informed choices about tool selection.</div></div><div><h3>Objectives</h3><div>To determine the correlation between the prone PBU test, manual palpation and USI measures (preferential activation, preferential activation modified and transversus abdominis muscle ratios and transversus abdominis slide) for examining the ADIM.</div></div><div><h3>Design</h3><div>Observational cross-sectional study.</div></div><div><h3>Method</h3><div>58 participants with LBP underwent measurement of LAM activation using the three measurement tools across two sessions (7–14 days apart). Results were analysed using correlation coefficients and tested for statistical significance.</div></div><div><h3>Results/findings</h3><div>Reliability of activation measures ranged from moderate to good. Correlations were found between manual palpation, PBU and USI, however, were non-significant after a Holm-Bonferroni correction.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>The findings question the concurrent validity of these tools, suggesting one cannot be used in place of another for measuring LAM activation during the ADIM.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":56036,"journal":{"name":"Musculoskeletal Science and Practice","volume":"77 ","pages":"Article 103303"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143600583","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Development of a clinical decision-support tool for management of adolescent knee pain (The MAP-Knee tool)","authors":"Henrik Riel ,&nbsp;Malene Kjær Bruun ,&nbsp;Chris Djurtoft ,&nbsp;Martin Bach Jensen ,&nbsp;Søren Kaalund ,&nbsp;Guido van Leeuwen ,&nbsp;Charlotte Overgaard ,&nbsp;Ole Rahbek ,&nbsp;Michael Skovdal Rathleff","doi":"10.1016/j.msksp.2025.103293","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.msksp.2025.103293","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Adolescent knee pain was historically viewed as a self-limiting condition. Still, it may severely impact health-related quality of life and physical activity, and almost half of adolescents may continue to experience pain into adulthood. Currently, no tool is available to support the consultation and shared decision-making process when an adolescent suffering from non-traumatic knee pain presents at clinical practice. By supporting shared decision-making and tailoring management strategies, such a tool could optimize treatment delivery and improve the prognosis of this common condition.</div></div><div><h3>Objectives</h3><div>This study aimed to develop a clinical decision-support tool (The MAP-Knee Tool) to improve the management of adolescents with non-traumatic knee pain.</div></div><div><h3>Design</h3><div>Development study with end-user testing.</div></div><div><h3>Method</h3><div>This multi-step study consisted of five steps ((1-4) initial development and (5) end-user testing with adolescents with or without non-traumatic knee pain and medical doctors). It ended with the first version of the MAP-Knee Tool for the six most common non-traumatic knee pain conditions. The tool includes four components: 1) tool for diagnosing, 2) credible explanations of the diagnoses based on two systematic literature searches and an Argumentative Delphi process with international experts, 3) prognostic factors based on an individual participant data meta-analysis, and 4) option grid including an unbiased presentation of management options based on the available evidence.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>We included seven children/adolescents (8–15 years old) and seven medical doctors for the end-user testing. All four components were revised accordingly, and the text was condensed as the initial draft was too comprehensive.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>We developed a clinical decision-support tool for clinicians and adolescents with non-traumatic knee pain based on a multi-step process, including end-user testing to support the consultation in clinical practice.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":56036,"journal":{"name":"Musculoskeletal Science and Practice","volume":"77 ","pages":"Article 103293"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143529599","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Investigation of axioscapular muscle thickness in individuals with neck pain with and without scapular dysfunction","authors":"Rungratcha Aramsaengthien ,&nbsp;Sompong Sriburee ,&nbsp;Munlika Sremakaew ,&nbsp;Sureeporn Uthaikhup","doi":"10.1016/j.msksp.2025.103292","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.msksp.2025.103292","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Scapular downward rotation (SDR) is associated with altered axioscapular muscles, including upper trapezius (UT), lower trapezius (LT), serratus anterior (SA), and levator scapulae (LS). SDR is commonly seen in patients with chronic non-specific neck pain (NP). However, the extent of muscle thickness changes in this population remains unclear.</div></div><div><h3>Objectives</h3><div>To investigate thickness of the axioscapular muscles between individuals with NP with SDR compared to those with NP and controls without scapular dysfunction (SD)</div></div><div><h3>Design</h3><div>A cross-sectional study.</div></div><div><h3>Method</h3><div>Sixty-six female participants were included, with 22 in each of the following groups: NP with SDR, NP without SD, and control without SD. Muscle thickness was taken using ultrasound imaging on the side of neck pain or dominant side, both at rest and during 120° arm flexion with a 1-kg weight. Ratios of the axioscapular muscle thickness were calculated for each condition.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>The NP with SDR group showed significantly reduced LT thickness, both at rest and during arm elevation compared to the NP without SD and control without SD groups (<em>p</em> &lt; 0.05). The NP without SD group demonstrated greater UT thickness at rest compared to the NP with SDR and control without SD groups (<em>p</em> ≤ 0.01). There were no differences in SA and LS thickness or in muscle ratios between the groups (<em>p</em> &gt; 0.05).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Individuals with NP and SDR exhibited decreased LT thickness and those NP without SD showed greater UT thickness. This may suggest that scapular dysfunction (i.e., SDR) contributes to alterations in axioscapular muscle thickness in patients with NP.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":56036,"journal":{"name":"Musculoskeletal Science and Practice","volume":"77 ","pages":"Article 103292"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143511779","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Fremantle Back Awareness Questionnaire: Cross-cultural adaptation, validity and reliability of the Polish version","authors":"Aleksandra Budzisz ,&nbsp;Andres Jung ,&nbsp;Kerstin Luedtke ,&nbsp;Gabriela F. Carvalho ,&nbsp;Tibor M. Szikszay ,&nbsp;Przemysław Bąbel ,&nbsp;Benedict M. Wand ,&nbsp;Wacław M. Adamczyk","doi":"10.1016/j.msksp.2025.103291","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.msksp.2025.103291","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Body image disturbance is observed in individuals with chronic low back pain (CLBP) and is a potential treatment target. The Fremantle Back Awareness Questionnaire (FreBAQ) is designed to identify disrupted body image specific to the low back. This study aimed to develop and assess the measurement properties of a Polish language version of this questionnaire (FreBAQ-PL).</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Following the translation process, cognitive interviews were carried out as a qualitative assessment of content validity. Subsequently a quantitative assessment of content validity was undertaken among in a study sample with CLBP and experts. Measurement properties were assessed in 114 participants with CLBP and 53 pain-free participants. The CLBP sample repeated the FreBAQ-PL assessment within 14-days. The measurement properties assessed in this study were content validity, internal consistency, frequency of responses, known-groups validity, convergent validity and test–retest reliability.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Content validity was supported, affirming relevance and comprehensiveness. Known-groups validity was confirmed by significant differences in FreBAQ-PL scores between participants with CLBP and pain-free participants (p &lt; 0.05). Convergent validity was established through moderate associations between FreBAQ-PL scores and pain variables (intensity and duration) (ρ′s = 0.24–0.27, p's &lt; 0.01), disability (ρ = 0.34, p &lt; 0.01), kinesiophobia (ρ = 0.37, p &lt; 0.01), depression (ρ = 0.30, p &lt; 0.01) and anxiety (ρ = 0.24, p &lt; 0.01). The scale was internally consistent (Cronbach's alpha 0.81). Test–retest reliability was good (ICC 0.90).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>The FreBAQ-PL is a reliable, internally consistent, and valid measure that can be used in clinical and research settings to assess the presence of body image disturbance in Polish-speaking individuals with CLBP.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":56036,"journal":{"name":"Musculoskeletal Science and Practice","volume":"77 ","pages":"Article 103291"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143548002","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The occurrence of cervicogenic headache: A mapping review","authors":"Sarah Mingels ,&nbsp;Marita Granitzer ,&nbsp;Gwendolen Jull ,&nbsp;Wim Dankaerts","doi":"10.1016/j.msksp.2025.103290","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.msksp.2025.103290","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Occurrence of cervicogenic headache (CeH), mostly expressed by estimates of the prevalence, ranges between 0.4% and 42%. However, transparency on such estimates is lacking, which hinders generalizing results.</div></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><div>Mapping the occurrence (expressed by incidence/prevalence) of CeH.</div></div><div><h3>Design</h3><div>Mapping review.</div></div><div><h3>Method</h3><div>A systematic literature search of PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science, Scopus databases (last search update January 28th^, 2025). The search query comprised terminology relating to “CeH”, “prevalence”, “incidence”.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Thirty-four publications were included (prevalence n = 32, incidence n = 2). The prevalence of CeH varied depending on the geographical location (Norway: 0.17% - USA: 69%), population (age: 0.17%–56.7%, chronic headache: 0.17% - computer users: 64.5%), setting (inpatient: 13.8%–69%, outpatient: 0.38%–10%), diagnostic criteria (International Headache Society: 0.38%–40%, Cervicogenic Headache International Study Group: 0.17%–64.5%), and diagnostic process (questionnaires: 5.3%–64.5%, clinical examination: 0.17%–56.7%, diagnostic block: 0.17%–16.1%).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>Most publications were retrieved from Europe, Asia, and the United States. One multicentre study provided results for the African continent. No conclusion could be drawn on the incidence of CeH. The populations studied (e.g., general, age-stratified, specific), settings (e.g., hospital, private practice, clinics, emergency services), diagnostic criteria (e.g., International Headache Society or Cervicogenic Headache International Study Group) and processes (e.g., questionnaires, clinical examination) were heterogeneous. Four publications required a diagnostic block in the diagnostic process. A standardized methodology, especially regarding the diagnostic criteria and process, is needed to compare studies, guarantee quality, and provide estimates to inform policy makers.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":56036,"journal":{"name":"Musculoskeletal Science and Practice","volume":"77 ","pages":"Article 103290"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143529598","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}