Research area: Musculoskeletal Diseases

Description

The group is made up of a multidisciplinary team of researchers from Vallès Occidental that includes family doctors, nurses, rheumatologists and pharmacists, among others. The majority of the group’s members also belong to the Osteoporosis Work Group of CAMFiC (the Catalan Society of Family and Community Medicine). Through various research projects they collaborate with the Research Unit for Bone and Joint Physiopathology (URFOA) of the l'Institut de Recerca Mèdica Parc de Mar (IMIM) and with the British universities of Southampton and Oxford.

The group’s objective is epidemiological research and analysis of the influence of known risk factors on the development of musculoskeletal diseases (basically osteoporosis and arthrosis) and the treatment of these pathologies in primary health care.

Research Lines

Osteoporosis in primary health care: validation of the FRAX scale in Spain. Genetic and clinical risk factors associated with the risk of fracture. Electronic registers and the treatment of osteoporosis. Variability of clinical practice Osteoarthritis or arthrosis in primary health care: Epidemiology of osteoarthritis in primary health care. Classic risk factors (age, obesity, etc.) and emerging risk factors (synovitis, comorbidity, vitamin D level, etc.) associated with the development of the disease. Quality of Life Related to Health in patients with musculoskeletal or other problems resulting in pain and/or loss of function which require physical exercise for their genesis and or recovery in primary health care.

Members

Projects

Group projects:

PI: Pujol Salud, Jesus. Prevalença d'insomni i la seva relació amb factors clínics, farmacològics i socials. Funding: IDIAP Jordi Gol. Duration: 2016 - 2017

PI: Azagra Ledesma, Rafael. Efectividad de una intervención con el programa de ejercicios OTAGO para la prevención de caídas y fracturas osteoporóticas en personas de 75 a 90 años residentes en la comunidad: Proyecto PRECIOSA. Funding: Instituto de Salud Carlos III. Duration: 2015 - 2017

PI:. Delgado Martínez; Maria Pilar. Influencia del tipo de tratamiento antihipertensivo prescrito en la práctica clínica habitual sobre la variabilidad de la presión arterial y el riesgo cardiovascular del hipertenso. Funding: Instituto de Salud Carlos III. Duration: 2015 - 2017

PI: Prieto Alhambra, Daniel. Efectivitat i seguretat dels tractaments anti-osteoporosi a Catalunya: estudi de cohorts de base poblacional. Funding: IDIAP Jordi Gol. Duration: 2015 - 2017

The group participates in the following projects:

PI: Azagra Ledesma, Rafael. Incidencia de fracturas osteoporóticas en los ultimos diez años y capacidad predictiva de la herramienta FRAX en población general mayor de 40 años residente en Cataluña. Funding: ICS - Institut Català de la Salut. Duration: 2011 - 2016

Publications

The group participates in the following publications:

Azagra R, Zwart M, Aguyé A, Martín-Sánchez JC, Casado E, Díaz-Herrera MA, Moriña D, Cooper C, Díez-Pérez A, Dennison EM; GROIMAP and FROCAT Study Group. Fracture experience among participants from the FROCAT study: what thresholding is appropriate using the FRAX tool? Maturitas. 2016 Jan;83:65-71. doi: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2015.10.002. Epub 2015 Oct 21. PubMed PMID: 26546077 FI: 3,120.

Azagra R, Zwart M, Encabo G, Aguyé A, Martin-Sánchez JC, Puchol-Ruiz N, Gabriel-Escoda P, Ortiz-Alinque S, Gené E, Iglesias M, Moriña D, Diaz-Herrera MA, Utzet M, Manresa JM; GROIMAP study group. Rationale of the Spanish FRAX model in decision-making for predicting osteoporotic fractures: an update of FRIDEX cohort of Spanish women. BMC musculoskeletal disorders. 2016 ; 17:262. doi:10.1186/s12891-016-1096-6. Epub 2016 Jun 17. pmc:PMC4912785. PMID:27317560. FI: 1,684.

Evangelista A, Galuppo V, Méndez J, Evangelista L, Arpal L, Rubio C, Vergara M, Liceran M, López F, Sales C, Miralles V, Galinsoga A, Pérez J, Arteaga M, Salvador B, López C, García-Dorado D. Hand-held cardiac ultrasound screening performed by family doctors with remote expert support interpretation. Heart (British Cardiac Society). 2016 Mar; 102(5):376-82. doi:10.1136/heartjnl-2015-308421. Epub 2016 Jan 22. PMID:26802099. FI: 5,693.

Méndez Boo L, Coma E, Medina M, Hermosilla E, Iglesias M, Olmos C, Calero Muñoz S, Caro Mendivelso J. Effectiveness of computerized point-of-care reminders on adherence with multiple clinical recommendations by primary health care providers: protocol for a cluster-randomized controlled trial. SpringerPlus. 2016 ; 5(1):1505. doi:10.1186/s40064-016-3124-2. Epub 2016 Zer 07. pmc:PMC5014773. PMID:27652078.

Pujol J, Godoy P, Soldevila N, Castilla J, González-Candelas F, Mayoral JM, Astray J, Garcia S, Martin V, Tamames S, Delgado M, Domínguez A; CIBERESP Cases and Controls in Pandemic Influenza Working Group. Social class based on occupation is associated with hospitalization for A(H1N1)pdm09 infection. Comparison between hospitalized and ambulatory cases. Epidemiology and infection. 2016 Mar; 144(4):732-40. doi:10.1017/S0950268815001892. Epub 2015 Aug 14. PMID:26271901. FI: 2,515.

Pujol J, Godoy P, Soldevila N, Castilla J, González-Candelas F, Mayoral JM, Astray J, García S, Martín V, Tamames S, Delgado M, García ÁD; CIBERESP Cases and Controls in Pandemic Influenza Working Group. Effect of Occupational Exposure on A(H1N1)pdm09 Infection and Hospitalization. Ann Occup Hyg. 2016 Oct;60(8):1009-19. doi: 10.1093/annhyg/mew044. Epub 2016 Jul 18. PubMed PMID: 27432191. FI: 1,743.

Samperio-González MA, Selvi-Blasco M, Manzano-Montero M, Méndez-Gómez J, Gil-Prades M, Azagra R. Prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in a population with elevated transaminases and level of accuracy of the diagnosis in Primary Care. Atencion primaria / Sociedad Espan?ola de Medicina de Familia y Comunitaria. 2016 May; 48(5):281-7. doi:10.1016/j.aprim.2015.06.006. Epub 2015 Oct 04. Spanish. PMID:26441288. FI: 1,098.

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