CMP	Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain
ECM	Extracellular Matrix
ESWT	Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy
HILT	High-Intensity Laser Therapy
SWI	Ultrasound-Guided Mechanical Needling with Sterile Water Injection
NSS	Normal Saline Solution
RCT	Randomized Controlled Trial
NOS	Newcastle–Ottawa Scale
RoB 2.0	Risk of Bias 2.0 Tool
GRADE	Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation
VAS	Visual Analog Scale
OA	Osteoarthritis
WOMAC	Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index