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Validity and reliability of the self-administered Visual Aura Rating Scale questionnaire for migraine with aura diagnosis: A prospective clinic-based study.

Jun 10, 2021

To assess the validity and reliability of the self-administered Visual Aura Rating Scale (VARS) questionnaire using a hospital-based sample in a cross-sectional setting.Visual aura is the most common ...

Validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the shoulder rating questionnaire in patients with shoulder pain.

Jun 10, 2021

The aim of this study was to translate the Shoulder Rating Questionnaire (SRQ-T) into Turkish and to determine the validity and reliability of the translated version in patients shoulder pain.The Turk...

Pulsed electromagnetic field (PEMF) as an adjunct therapy for pain management in interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome.

Jun 10, 2021

Patients with interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS) often experience chronic pelvic and even systemic pain that can be difficult to clinically manage. Pulsed electromagnetic field (PEMF...

3D magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging reveals links between brain metabolites and multidimensional pain features in fibromyalgia.

Jun 10, 2021

Fibromyalgia is a centralized multidimensional chronic pain syndrome, but its pathophysiology is not fully understood.We applied 3D magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging (MRSI), covering multiple c...

Three-Dimensional Sonographic Evaluation of the Position of the Fetal Conus Medullaris at First Trimester.

Jun 10, 2021

The objective of this study was to assess the position of the conus medullaris (CM) at the first trimester 3D ultrasound in a cohort of structurally normal fetuses.This was a multicenter prospective s...

Bicortical Short C2 Pars Screw Fixation for High-Riding Vertebral Artery Provided Sufficient Biomechanical Stability: A Finite Element Study.

Jun 10, 2021

Finite element analysis.To determine and compare the biomechanical stability of the bicortical short C2 pars screw fixation for high-riding vertebral artery (HRVA) with the C2 pedicle screw and C2 tra...

Characterizing Health-Related Quality of Life by Ambulatory Status in Patients With Spinal Metastases.

Jun 10, 2021

Retrospective review of prospective longitudinal data.To determine health-related quality of life (HRQL) utilities associated with specific ambulatory states in patients with spinal metastases: indepe...

Association of Granuloma Annulare With Type 2 Diabetes, Hyperlipidemia, Autoimmune Disorders, and Hematologic Malignant Neoplasms.

Jun 10, 2021

Although granuloma annulare (GA) has been associated with several other conditions, these studies have been limited by single-center designs and small sample sizes.To evaluate whether there is an asso...

Clinical characteristics of interstitial lung diseases positive to different anti-synthetase antibodies.

Jun 10, 2021

To analyze the clinical, serological, and imaging characteristics of patients with interstitial lung diseases (ILD) positive to different anti-aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase (anti-ARS) antibodies.The clini...

Determinants of first-line biological treatment in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: Results from an observational study.

Jun 10, 2021

Guidelines for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) recommend the use of conventional synthetic disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (cs-DMARDs) at the onset of the disease and only in the cas...

Membrane potential instabilities in sensory neurons: mechanisms and pathophysiological relevance.

Jun 10, 2021

Peripheral sensory neurons transduce physicochemical stimuli affecting somatic tissues into the firing of action potentials that are conveyed to the central nervous system. This results in conscious p...

Noninvasive bladder testing of adolescent females to assess visceral hypersensitivity.

Jun 10, 2021

Excess pain after visceral provocation has been suggested as a marker for chronic pelvic pain risk in women. However, few noninvasive tests have been validated that could be performed readily on youth...

Pain response to cannabidiol in induced acute nociceptive pain, allodynia, and hyperalgesia by using a model mimicking acute pain in healthy adults in a randomized trial (CANAB I).

Jun 10, 2021

Preclinical studies have demonstrated the analgesic potential of cannabidiol (CBD). Those suggesting an effect on pain-processing receptors have brought CBD back into focus. This study assessed the ef...

Is there a relationship between sagittal cervical spine mobility and generalised joint hypermobility? A cross-sectional study of 1000 healthy Australians.

Jun 07, 2021

The primary aim was to determine the association between sagittal cervical mobility and the presence and extent of GJH across the lifespan. Secondary aims were to determine which features explain vari...

Current application of the enhanced recovery after surgery protocol for patients undergoing radical cystectomy: lessons learned from European excellence centers.

Jun 03, 2021

There is no consensus on which items of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) should and should not be implemented in radical cystectomy (RC). The aim of this study is to report current practices acr...

Opioid-Sparing Multimodal Analgesia Protocol for Lumpectomy Patients Results in Superior Postoperative Pain Control.

Jun 03, 2021

We sought to determine if lumpectomy patients who received perioperative opioid-sparing multimodal analgesia reported less pain when compared with those who received traditional opioid-based care.A pr...

Clinical and Neurophysiological Effects of Botulinum Neurotoxin Type A in Chronic Migraine.

Jun 03, 2021

Chronic pain syndromes present a subversion of both functional and structural nociceptive networks. We used transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to evaluate changes in cortical excitability and pla...

Current Perspectives on Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension without Papilloedema.

Jun 03, 2021

The pseudotumor cerebri syndrome embraces disorders characterised by raised intracranial pressure, where the commonest symptom is headache (90%). Idiopathic intracranial hypertension without papilloed...

Hypervigilance, Allostatic Load, and Migraine Prevention: Antibodies to CGRP or Receptor.

Jun 03, 2021

Migraine involves brain hypersensitivity with episodic dysfunction triggered by behavioral or physiological stressors. During an acute migraine attack the trigeminal nerve is activated (peripheral sen...

Deep Brain Stimulation of the Posterior Insula in Chronic Pain: A Theoretical Framework.

Jun 03, 2021

To date, clinical trials of deep brain stimulation (DBS) for refractory chronic pain have yielded unsatisfying results. Recent evidence suggests that the posterior insula may represent a promising DBS...

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