The Impact of Social Distancing Due to COVID-19 on Activities of Daily Living in Parkinson's Disease.

Introduction: To explore the impact of the lockdown and social distancing measures, applied for one year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic on Activities of Daily Living in patients with Parkinson's disease, as well as to determine the association between daily performance and tasks requiring more manipulative dexterity.

Methods: Data collection was carried out between 18 January and 22 March 2021 through telephone interviews. Patients were recruited from associations of patients with Parkinson's disease in Spain.

Association of Neuropathic Pain Symptoms with Sensitization Related Symptomatology in Women with Fibromyalgia.

We aimed to analyze potential correlations between S-LANSS and PainDETECT with proxies for pain sensitization, e.g., the Central Sensitization Inventory (CSI) and pressure pain hyperalgesia (construct validity), pain-related or psychological variables (concurrent validity) in women with fibromyalgia (FMS).

Construct validity and test-retest reliability of a free mobile application for spatio-temporal gait analysis in Parkinson's disease patients.

Background: Mobile applications may be used to assess gait pattern deviation through mobile smartphones in people with Parkinson's disease (PD). However, few studies have investigated their psychometrics properties.

Research Question: To study the construct validity and test-retest reliability of the RUNZI® free mobile application in people with mild to moderate PD.

Muscle Trigger Points and Pressure Pain Sensitivity Maps of the Feet in Women with Fibromyalgia Syndrome.

OBJECTIVE : To investigate the presence of trigger points (TrPs) in feet musculature and topographical pressure sensitivity maps of the feet as well as the relationship between TrPs, pressure pain maps, and clinical variables in women with fibromyalgia (FMS). METHODS : Fifty-one FMS women and 24 comparable healthy women participated. TrPs within the flexor hallucis brevis, adductor hallucis, dorsal interossei, extensor digitorum brevis, and quadratus plantae, as well as external and internal gastrocnemius, were explored.

Multiple active myofascial trigger points reproduce the overall spontaneous pain pattern in women with fibromyalgia and are related to widespread mechanical hypersensitivity.

Objectives: To determine whether the local and referred pain from active myofascial trigger points (MTrPs) reproduce the overall spontaneous fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) pain pattern and whether widespread pressure hypersensitivity is related to the presence of widespread active MTrPs in FMS.

Methods: Forty-four women with FMS (mean age: 47±8 y) and 50 comparable healthy women (age: 48±7 y) participated in the study. MTrPs in the temporalis, masseter, upper trapezius, splenius capitis, sternocleidomastoid, suboccipital, levator scapulae, scalene, pectoralis major, extensor carpi radialis brevis, extensor digitorum communis, gluteus maximus, piriformis, vastus medialis, and tibialis anterior muscles were explored.

Two exercise interventions for the management of patients with ankylosing spondylitis: a randomized controlled trial.

Objective: The purpose of this clinical trial was to evaluate the impact of a 4-month comprehensive protocol of strengthening and flexibility exercises developed by our research group versus conventional exercises for patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) on functional and mobility outcomes.

Design: Randomized controlled trial. Forty-five patients diagnosed with AS according to the modified criteria of New York were allocated to control or experimental groups using a random numbers table.