Understanding degenerative cervical myelopathy in musculoskeletal practice.

Background: Degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM) is a clinical syndrome characterized by a progressive compression of the spinal cord. DCM often looks like common symptoms of aging or bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome in its early stages, requiring careful differential diagnosis. Identifying DCM is a real challenge as no validated screening tools are available for making the DCM diagnosis.

Effects of Breathing Exercises on Neck Pain Management: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis.

Given the relationship between reduced pulmonary and respiratory muscle function in neck pain, incorporating breathing exercises into neck pain management may be beneficial. : The purpose of this study was to investigate the benefits of breathing exercises for treating neck pain. : We searched PubMed (MEDLINE), PEDro, CINAHL, Scopus, and EMBASE databases, up to the 28 of February 2024.

Clinimetric analysis of the visual analogue scale and pain free mouth opening in patients with muscular temporomandibular disorder.

Objective: Perform a clinimetric analysis of the visual analogue scale (VAS) and active pain-free mouth opening (PFMO) in patients with muscular temporomandibular disorder (mTMD).

Methods:  Reliability (intraclass correlation coefficient=ICC), construct validity, responsiveness (area under the curve=AUC), minimal detectable change (MDC), and minimal clinically important difference (MCID) values were calculated.

Results: The VAS-24hr (ICC=0.

Clinimetric analysis of the numeric pain rating scale, patient-rated tennis elbow evaluation, and tennis elbow function scale in patients with lateral elbow tendinopathy.

Background: Currently, there is conflicting clinimetric data on the patient-rated tennis elbow evaluation (PRTEE) and a paucity of evidence regarding the reliability, validity, and responsiveness of the numeric pain rating scale (NPRS), and tennis elbow function scale (TEFS) in patients with lateral elbow tendinopathy.

Objective: Perform a comprehensive clinimetric analysis of the NPRS, PRTEE, and TEFS in a sample of patients ( = 143) with lateral elbow tendinopathy.

Methods: Establish the reliability, construct validity, responsiveness, meaningful clinically important difference (MCID), and minimal detectable change (MDC) values for the NPRS, PRTEE, and TEFS at the 3-month follow-up.

Global changes in extreme tropical cyclone wave heights under projected future climate conditions.

Tropical cyclone risks are expected to increase with climate change. One such risk is extreme ocean waves generated by surface winds from these systems. We use synthetic databases of both historical (1980-2017) and future (2015-2050) tropical cyclone tracks to generate wind fields and force a computationally efficient wave model to estimate significant wave heights across all global tropical cyclone basins.