Fibromyalgia (FM) is a common chronic pain disorder that presents diagnostic challenges
for clinicians. Several classification, diagnostic and screening criteria have been developed …

Background Work‐related upper limb and neck musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are one
of the most common occupational disorders worldwide. Studies have shown that the …

BACKGROUND: The global burden of chronic pain is projected to be large and growing, in
concert with the burden of noncommunicable diseases. This is the first systematic review …

Playing-related musculoskeletal disorders (PRMD) in professional musicians are common.
Existing literature demonstrates that up to 86% of musicians are affected. The aim of the …

Objectives The association between occupational mechanical exposures and low-back pain
(LBP) has been studied in several systematic reviews. However, no systematic review …

Methods We characterized pain in 40,960 subjects, including pain at 19 individual sites and
five pain regions, and calculated the widespread pain index (WPI) and polysymptomatic …

Although much attention has been given to the physical determinants of common
musculoskeletal complaints such as back and arm pain, research points to a stronger …

Chronic pain is an important problem after critical care admission. Estimates of the
prevalence of chronic pain in the year after discharge range from 14% to 77% depending on …

Multisite musculoskeletal pain is common among people suffering from low back pain.
Although the mechanisms behind co-occurrence of multiple somatic symptoms and …

The lockdown, due to the coronavirus, has led to a change in lifestyle and physical activity in
Spanish university students. The objective of this study was to analyze the prevalence of …