Medical information plays a pivotal role in collecting health information which can be used to determine the main health problems at national and international levels and to change main health policies. Patient management is impossible without having accurate information regarding prevention, treatment and recovery of diseases. Thus, in this issue of International Electronic Journal of Medicine...

medical information plays a pivotal role in collecting health information which can be used to determine the main health problems at national and international levels and to change main health policies. patient management is impossible without having accurate information regarding prevention, treatment and recovery of diseases. thus, in this issue of international electronic journal of medicine...

Rather than providing the customary few pages with abstracts of the current literature, for this special topic issue of JMMT on myofascial pain syndrome we have been able to enlist the expertise of Dr. David Simons and Jan Dommerholt to share with us their critical review of what they consider some of the more relevant recent literature on this topic. As the co-author of the most authoritative ...

background :musculoskeletal disorders are among the most prevalent occupational disorders in different jobs such as office work. some interventions such as ergonomic modifications and workplace exercises are introduced as the methods for alleviating these disorders. in this study we compared the effect of ergonomic modifications and workplace exercises on musculoskeletal pain and discomfort in ...

OBJECTIVES To conduct the first systematic review from an epidemiological perspective regarding the association between high-heeled shoe wear and hallux valgus, musculoskeletal pain, osteoarthritis (OA) and both first-party and second-party injury in human participants without prior musculoskeletal conditions. SETTING A systematic review of international peer-reviewed scientific literature ac...

CONTEXT Vitamin D is a potent secosteroid hormone that provides many skeletal and extraskeletal health benefits. Musculoskeletal injury prevention and recovery are potentially affected by sufficient circulating levels of the storage form of vitamin D: 25-hydroxyvitamin D3, or 25(OH)D. Vitamin D deficiency can exist among young, active, and healthy people, which may put them at increased risk fo...

The aim of this study was to investigate if participants with pain experience reduced pain development when using a mouse allowing a more neutral position of the wrist (Anir) compared with development of pain using a traditional mouse. The study population consisted of 67 participants with mean intensity of pain of approximately 50 mm on a 100-mm Visual Analog Scale (VAS). The total group was r...

international electronic journal of medicine (iejm) is an open access electronic journal that covers all aspects of medicine and medical sciences. we invite authors from all over the world to send their manuscripts to iejm. manuscripts submitted to iejm go through a peer review process before publication in iejm. we will ask our reviewers to finish the papers’ review within two weeks. authors a...