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    Effectiveness of Primary and Community Care Physiotherapists (FISIOAPiC) 2025: a population-based analysis stratified by age, sex, and musculoskeletal diagnosis

    Eficacia de los fisioterapeutas de atención primaria y comunitaria (FISIOAPiC) 2025: análisis poblacional estratificado por edad, sexo y diagnóstico musculoesquelético

    Authors: Albert Oliveras Fábregas

    Coauthors: María del Carmen Sánchez Mato, Luisa Acosta Moreno, Yaiza Casas Rodríguez, Patricia Garriga Hernández

    Keywords: Physical therapy specialty. Primary health care. Musculoskeletal diseases. Quality of life. Aged. Sex factors

    Keywords: Especialidad en fisioterapia. Atención primaria de salud. Enfermedades musculoesqueléticas. Calidad de vida. Personas mayores. Factores de sexo

    Abstract: Musculoskeletal pain accounts for 40% of primary care consultations in Spain. Routine data from the Primary and Community Care Physiotherapy program (FISIOAPiC) of the Catalan Health Institute (ICS) enable real-world effectiveness evaluation using validated PROMs (Patient-Reported Outcome Measures): EuroQol-5D-5L (quality of life), Roland-Morris (low back pain), Northwick Park (neck pain), and SPADI (Shoulder Pain and Disability Index; shoulder pain).

    Abstract : ----El dolor musculoesquelético genera el 40% de las consultas en atención primaria en España. Los datos rutinarios del programa Fisioterapeuta de Atención Primaria y Comunitaria (FISIOAPiC) del Institut Català de la Salut (ICS) permiten evaluar la efectividad en condiciones reales mediante PROMs (Patient-Reported Outcome Measures; medidas de resultado reportadas por el paciente) validados: EuroQol-5D-5L (calidad de vida), Roland-Morris (dolor lumbar), Northwick Park (dolor cervical) y SPADI (Shoulder Pain and Disability Index; dolor de hombro).


    Citation: Albert Oliveras Fábregas, María del Carmen Sánchez Mato, Luisa Acosta Moreno, Yaiza Casas Rodríguez, Patricia Garriga Hernández. Eficacia de los fisioterapeutas de atención primaria y comunitaria (FISIOAPiC) 2025: análisis poblacional estratificado por edad, sexo y diagnóstico musculoesquelético. https://doi.org/10.24175/sbd.2026.000006
    Received: September 09, 2026  Accepted: September 09, 2026  Published: September 09, 2026
    Copyright: © 2026 Oliveras Fábregas et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY-NC), which allows, distribution, reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited and non-commercial use.
    Funding: I certify that all financial and material support for the conduct of this study and/or preparation of this manuscript is clearly described in the manuscript.
    Conflicts of Interest: I have no conflicts of interest to declare

About The Author/s
Albert Oliveras Fábregas
albert.oliveras@eug.es
Escuelas Universitarias Gimbernat, Adscritas a La Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona


María del Carmen Sánchez Mato
Servei Rehabilitació Maresme


Luisa Acosta Moreno
Servei de Rehabilitació del CAP Sant Andreu


Yaiza Casas Rodríguez
Rehabilitation Unit and Fisioapic Sant Andreu (Barcelona)


Patricia Garriga Hernández
CAP Ronda Cerdanya-EAP5 (Mataró), ICS


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DOI: 10.24175/sbd.2026.000006

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