Background Previous studies have indicated that trunk muscle strength decreases with
chronic low back pain, and is associated with poor balance, poor functional performance …

Hydrogels have been extensively employed as an attractive biomaterial to address
numerous existing challenges in the fields of regenerative medicine and research because …

Background Chronic musculoskeletal pain (CMP) is characterised by pain related to the
muscles or the joints with a duration of three months or more and is associated with high …

Objective Chronic pain is of concern to health professionals, patients, society, and
negatively impacts quality of life (QoL). The present epidemiologic study identified point …

This cross-sectional study investigated the association between chronic pain and physical
frailty in community-dwelling older adults. We analyzed data obtained from 323 older adults …

Chronic musculoskeletal pain affects all aspects of human life. However, mechanisms of its
genetic control remain poorly understood. Genetic studies of pain are complicated by the …

Prevalence of Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain and Its Associated Factors among Middle-Aged
and Elderly People: An Analysis Based on Data from a Musculoskeletal Examination in Japan …

Background This study investigates the reliability of muscle performance tests using cost-
and time-effective methods similar to those used in clinical practice. When conducting …

Intervertebral disc degeneration (IDD) is the most common cause of low-back pain.
Accumulating evidence indicates that the expression profiling of noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs) …

The precise role of nucleus pulposus cell proliferation in the pathogenesis of intervertebral
disc degeneration remains to be elucidated. Recent findings have revealed that microRNAs …