Male and female workers suffering from chronic low back pain display different interrelationships between the biopsychosocial variables.

Objective: To study the biopsychosocial model of chronic low back pain in the workplace and the role of sex in it.

Design: Cross-sectional nationwide survey in a service company.

Patients: 256 workers (women 64.

Effectiveness of the ARTHE-e app for exercise adherence in people with knee osteoarthritis: protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

Introduction: Osteoarthritis, the most prevalent joint disease, poses a significant challenge due to its progressive nature and impact on the whole joint and periarticular structures. Although exercise is crucial for symptom improvement and progression slowdown, adherence to exercise programmes remains a concern. In response, we have developed a novel smartphone-based m-health application, ARTH-e, specifically designed to enhance adherence to adapted physical activity in individuals with knee osteoarthritis.

Eccentric Muscle Strengthening Using Maximal Contractions Is Deleterious in Knee Osteoarthritis: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

To show the superiority of eccentric versus concentric strengthening in terms of improving quadriceps strength in knee osteoarthritis (OA), a randomized controlled study was conducted to perform 12 sessions of either eccentric or concentric isokinetic muscle strengthening over 6 weeks. We recruited males and females, aged between 40 and 70 years, with predominantly unilateral femorotibial OA. Exclusion criteria were having a prosthesis, inflammatory arthritis or flare-up of OA, symptomatic patellofemoral OA, cardiovascular or pulmonary disease that could be a contraindication to the study treatment, and any pathology that could cause muscle weakness.

Comparison of self-management and spa therapy for upper-extremity musculoskeletal disorders: A randomized controlled trial.

Background: Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are common in the workplace and are a public health issue. Persistent pain despite conservative treatment or surgery may lead to poor long-term outcomes.

Objective: To compare the effect of a combined 6-day program of exercise, self-management workshops and spa therapy with self-management on functional capacity in personal and professional daily life at 3 months in people with musculoskeletal disorders.

Use of immersive virtual reality for stress reduction during botulinum toxin injection for spasticity (RVTOX): a study protocol of a randomised control trial.

Introduction: Botulinum toxin injection is a common way to help reduce spasticity in the body caused by central neurological damage such as cerebral stroke, multiple sclerosis or traumatic brain injury. The pain felt during the injection causes most patients to experience significant stress for further injections, the level of which is variable between patients.Immersive virtual reality is a digital technique that simulates the three-dimensional spatial and sound environment around a person said to be immersed in this virtualised world.

Determinants of Return to Work After a Stroke: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Objective: To identify prognostic factors for return to work (RTW) after stroke.

Data Sources: PubMed, MEDLINE, Cochrane, and Embase were systematically searched.

Study Selection: Studies had to include people of working age (<65 years old) at the time of stroke (ischemic, hemorrhagic, or subarachnoid hemorrhage).

Evaluation of the impact of a smartphone application on adherence to home exercise program for people with chronic low back pain: research protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial.

Introduction: Multidisciplinary rehabilitation programmes are highly recommended for individuals with the most disabling low back pain (LBP). However, the long-term adherence to regular home exercise is often poor. We aim to perform a prospective, controlled, pilot, randomised study that will evaluate the impact of a smartphone application on adherence to exercise programme for people with chronic LBP (CLBP).

Identification of Responders to Balneotherapy among Adults over 60 Years of Age with Chronic Low Back Pain: A Pilot Study with Trajectory Model Analysis.

Balneotherapy may be a relevant treatment for chronic low back pain (LBP) in individuals > 60 years old. This pilot study aimed to determine the effectiveness of balneotherapy for chronic LBP in people > 60 years old and to determine profiles of responders with trajectory model analysis. This was a pilot prospective open cohort study, with repeated measurements using validated questionnaires; participants were their own controls.

Validation of Visual Analogue Scales of job demand and job control at the workplace: a cross-sectional study.

Objectives: Work-related stress is a major concern. One of the best performing models is the Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ) of Karasek, assessing job demand and job control using 18 items. However, the JCQ is long and complex.

Creatine supplementation and VOmax: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Although creatine supplementation is well-known to increase exercise performance in acute high-intensity exercises, its role in aerobic performance based on VOmax is more controversial. Thus, we performed a systematic review and meta-analysis on the effects of creatine supplementation on VOmax. PubMed, Cochrane, Embase, and ScienceDirect were searched for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) reporting VOmax in creatine supplementation and placebo groups before and after supplementation.

Non-rigid lumbar supports for the management of non-specific low back pain: A literature review and meta-analysis.

Background: Clinical practice guidelines for non-specific low back pain do not recommend the use of non-rigid lumbar supports (NRLSs) despite the publication of several positive randomized controlled studies.

Objective: We conducted a systematic review with meta-analysis to assess the efficacy of NRLSs in the treatment and prevention of non-specific low back pain.

Methods: We searched for reports of randomized controlled trials in PubMed, Cochrane Library, EMBASE, Science Direct and Pedro databases.

Measuring the impact of the French version of The Whiplash Book on both treatment approach and fear-avoidance beliefs among emergency physicians. A cluster randomized controlled trial.

Background: Whiplash-associated disorders have been the subject of much attention in the scientific literature and remain a major public health problem.

Objective: Measure the impact of a validated information booklet on the fear-avoidance beliefs of emergency physicians and their approach to management regarding the treatment of whiplash-associated disorders.

Methods: A prospective cluster randomized controlled study conducted with a sample of emergency medicine physicians.

Gonadal hormones may predict structural bone fragility in elite female soccer player.

: This study determined the impact of menstrual status on bone tissue in elite post-pubertal female soccer players over an entire season.: Fifty-one elite female soccer players participated. At baseline, forty-one were assigned to the low hormonal androgenic profile (low-HAPL) and 10 to the high hormonal androgenic profile (high-HAPL).

Occupational exposure factors for mental and behavioral disorders at work: The FOREC thesaurus.

Background: Mental disorders in the workplace are a major public health problem. Knowledge of the impact of the psychosocial work environment on mental and behavioral disorders can assist occupational physicians in the identification and description of occupational risk situations, and help to define priority actions. However, no classification for occupational exposure factors is currently available.

The Back Belief Questionnaire is efficient to assess false beliefs and related fear in low back pain populations: A transcultural adaptation and validation study.

Background: According to the fear avoidance model, beliefs and thoughts can modify the outcome of patient with low back pain. The Back Belief Questionnaire (BBQ)-a 14 items scale-assesses these consequences of low back pain.

Objective: To test the psychometric properties of the French version of the BBQ.

Long-term cost reduction of routine medications following a residential programme combining physical activity and nutrition in the treatment of type 2 diabetes: a prospective cohort study.

Objectives: To demonstrate that lifestyle modifications will reduce the cost of routine medications in individuals with type 2 diabetes (T2D), through a mechanism involving glycaemic control.

Design: A within-trial cost-medication analysis with a 1-year time horizon.

Setting: Controlled environment within the spa resort of Chatel-Guyon, France.

Evaluation of the efficacy of a short-course, personalized self-management and intensive spa therapy intervention as active prevention of musculoskeletal disorders of the upper extremities (Muska): a research protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

Background: Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) constitute a major occupational health problem in the working population, substantially impacting the quality of life of employees. They also cause considerable economic cost to the healthcare system, with, notably, the reimbursement of treatments and compensation for lost income. MSDs manifest as localized pain or functional difficulty in one or more anatomical areas, such as the cervical spine, shoulder, elbow, hand, and wrist.

Creatine Supplementation and Upper Limb Strength Performance: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Background: Creatine is the most widely used supplementation to increase performance in strength; however, the most recent meta-analysis focused specifically on supplementation responses in muscles of the lower limbs without regard to upper limbs.

Objective: We aimed to systematically review the effect of creatine supplementation on upper limb strength performance.

Methods: We conducted a systematic review and meta-analyses of all randomized controlled trials comparing creatine supplementation with a placebo, with strength performance measured in exercises shorter than 3 min in duration.

Prevalence of dry eye disease in visual display terminal workers: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Objective: To evaluate the prevalence and risk factors of dry eye disease (DED) in workers using visual display terminals (VDT).

Design: Systematic review and meta-analysis.

Data Sources: We searched PubMed, Cochrane Library, Embase and Science Direct databases for studies reporting DED prevalence in VDT workers.

General Practitioners' Barriers to Prescribe Physical Activity: The Dark Side of the Cluster Effects on the Physical Activity of Their Type 2 Diabetes Patients.

Aims/hypothesis: To describe barriers to physical activity (PA) in type 2 diabetes patients and their general practitioners (GPs), looking for practitioner's influence on PA practice of their patients.

Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study on GPs (n = 48) and their type 2 diabetes patients (n = 369) measuring respectively barriers to prescribe and practice PA using a self-assessment questionnaire: barriers to physical activity in diabetes (BAPAD). Statistical analysis was performed accounting hierarchical data structure.