It publishes original research articles on topics related to the areas of physical therapy and rehabilitation sciences, including clinical, basic or applied studies on the assessment, prevention, and treatment of movement disorders. The Impact Factor measures the average number of citations received in a particular year by papers published in the journal during the two preceding years.
SRJ is a prestige metric based on the idea that not all citations are the same. SJR uses a similar algorithm as the Google page rank; it provides a quantitative and qualitative measure of the journal's impact. SNIP measures contextual citation impact by wighting citations based on the total number of citations in a subject field. Perceived social isolation PSI is a personal contextual factor that is associated with morbidity and mortality. It is a factor that contributes to a worse quality of life for individuals, being associated with a worse prognosis for several clinical conditions, including low back pain LBP and neck pain NP.
The few studies that investigated social isolation in back pain have scope or methodological limitations.. Cross-sectional observational study of pairs of complete twins. The sample was taken from the Brazilian Twin Registry.
We used self-reported questionnaires to assess the occurrence of LBP and NP yes or no and the level of physical activity. The Peas in a Pod and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality questionnaires were used to determine twin pair zygosity and sleep quality, respectively. Models were adjusted for potential confounders: family factors; age; gender; level of physical activity; and sleep quality.. The sample consisted of adults of good socioeconomic status, mostly female Our study is the first to investigate the association between these variables, adjusting for potential confounders, and the data suggest an association of PSI with NP and LBP, being a possible risk factor that can be taken into account in preventive approaches focused on individuals..
We consider that the results have a scientific, sociocultural, educational, and clinical practice impact, since the PSI is such an important personal contextual factor that is associated with several clinical conditions of health and quality of life, but which is still subjugated in the literature. We hope that based on these results, health professionals will start to include the ISP in their assessment routine and, thus, more fully address the biopsychosocial model focused on the individual..
