With the current aging population, the incidence of age-related musculoskeletal disorders has increased rapidly and these disorders have become a major public health concern. Musculoskeletal disorders are pathological conditions that affect muscles, bones, cartilages, and other tissues, resulting in physical and functional impairments to patients. This includes but are not limited to sarcopenia, osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, intervertebral disc degeneration, rheumatoid arthritis, and ankylosing spondylitis. As an effective prevention and intervention measure, exercise has been widely used for patients with musculoskeletal problems. Exercise is more specifically designed to improve cardiorespiratory fitness, flexibility, balance, strength, and/or power. Some key interventional studies have shown that exercise or physical activities can improve muscle and skeleton disorders in older adults, especially regarding sarcopenia and osteoporosis in clinical reports. Although current studies of molecular mechanisms have shown that exercise or physical activity can benefit skeletal and muscle health, more investigations are still needed to further explore the effect of the types, intensity, frequently of exercise on the prevention of musculoskeletal disorders. Moreover, further research works can shed light on novel molecular mechanisms, which may be of potential value in treating the musculoskeletal disorders in older adults.
This Research Topic would like to attract applied and clinical trial studies across the field of musculoskeletal diseases in older adults relating to exercise, as well as basic studies. In particular, we would like submissions of Original Research and Reviews (including meta-analysis) exploring the research topic through Randomized controlled trial, cohort studies of humans, as well as animal studies. In addition, we also welcome research suggesting novel regulatory mechanisms and improvement of musculoskeletal diseases in the older adults using special exercise and physiological approaches.
We welcome papers that cover but are not limited to the following areas:
• Exploration of epidemic status of musculoskeletal diseases and exercise/physical activity in older adults.
• Exploration of the effects on exercise physiology and training in clinical aging-related musculoskeletal diseases studies, including Randomized controlled trial, cohort studies, cross-sectional studies, etc..
• Exploration of different exercise programs including exercise types, intensity, time and frequency for rehabilitation in aging populations with musculoskeletal diseases.
• Exploration of the mechanism of exercise on the musculoskeletal system.
With the current aging population, the incidence of age-related musculoskeletal disorders has increased rapidly and these disorders have become a major public health concern. Musculoskeletal disorders are pathological conditions that affect muscles, bones, cartilages, and other tissues, resulting in physical and functional impairments to patients. This includes but are not limited to sarcopenia, osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, intervertebral disc degeneration, rheumatoid arthritis, and ankylosing spondylitis. As an effective prevention and intervention measure, exercise has been widely used for patients with musculoskeletal problems. Exercise is more specifically designed to improve cardiorespiratory fitness, flexibility, balance, strength, and/or power. Some key interventional studies have shown that exercise or physical activities can improve muscle and skeleton disorders in older adults, especially regarding sarcopenia and osteoporosis in clinical reports. Although current studies of molecular mechanisms have shown that exercise or physical activity can benefit skeletal and muscle health, more investigations are still needed to further explore the effect of the types, intensity, frequently of exercise on the prevention of musculoskeletal disorders. Moreover, further research works can shed light on novel molecular mechanisms, which may be of potential value in treating the musculoskeletal disorders in older adults.
This Research Topic would like to attract applied and clinical trial studies across the field of musculoskeletal diseases in older adults relating to exercise, as well as basic studies. In particular, we would like submissions of Original Research and Reviews (including meta-analysis) exploring the research topic through Randomized controlled trial, cohort studies of humans, as well as animal studies. In addition, we also welcome research suggesting novel regulatory mechanisms and improvement of musculoskeletal diseases in the older adults using special exercise and physiological approaches.
We welcome papers that cover but are not limited to the following areas:
• Exploration of epidemic status of musculoskeletal diseases and exercise/physical activity in older adults.
• Exploration of the effects on exercise physiology and training in clinical aging-related musculoskeletal diseases studies, including Randomized controlled trial, cohort studies, cross-sectional studies, etc..
• Exploration of different exercise programs including exercise types, intensity, time and frequency for rehabilitation in aging populations with musculoskeletal diseases.
• Exploration of the mechanism of exercise on the musculoskeletal system.
