Pain General
May 27, 2021
Blood pressure variability (BPV) is linked to dementia risk, possibly through cerebral hypoperfusion. We investigated BPV over 1 year and concurrent regional cerebral perfusion decline in older adults...
May 27, 2021
This study aimed to explore perceptions of people with spinal cord injuries regarding the information they received during their rehabilitation programme on post-injury sexual functioning.Spinal cord ...
May 27, 2021
Biologic factors that predict risk for and mediate the development of common outcomes of trauma exposure such as chronic posttraumatic pain (CPTP) are poorly understood. In the current study, we exami...
May 27, 2021
A key clinical problem is identifying the endometriosis patient whose pain is complicated by central nervous system sensitization, where conventional gynecologic treatment (e.g. hormonal therapy or su...
May 24, 2021
Clinical studies have postulated that β-endorphin deficiency generates excessive alcohol consumption and, it has been shown that the reduction of β-endorphin neurons increases alcohol intake in anim...
May 24, 2021
Headache is a frequent symptom of the novel coronavirus 19 disease (COVID-19). To date, there are limited information on how COVID-19 affects migraine and its treatment.A 47-year-old patient, sufferin...
May 24, 2021
We sought to investigate the patient experience of telemedicine for headache care during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.The use of telemedicine has rapidly expanded and evolved since...
May 24, 2021
To quantify the change in quality of life, disease-specific indicators, health, and lifestyle before and during the COVID19 pandemic amongst people with musculoskeletal diagnoses and symptoms.We under...
May 24, 2021
Novel antibodies to trisulfated heparin disaccharide (TS-HDS) and fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 (FGFR-3) have been recently described in otherwise cryptogenic small fiber neuropathy (SFN) cases....
May 24, 2021
The pathophysiology of chronic musculoskeletal pain is linked to the neurophysiologic condition known as central sensitization. Developing reliable, sensitive and clinically feasible techniques for qu...
May 24, 2021
Patients in methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) with problem gambling (PG) experience worse psychosocial outcomes than their non-PG counterparts. Interventions targeting PG in MMT may enhance psycho...
May 24, 2021
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease characterized by joint inflammation and tissue destruction. Immune responses mediated by T cells and autoantibodies are known to play critical...
May 24, 2021
Recently, new sets of diagnostic criteria were proposed, including criteria by the ACTTION-American Pain Society Pain Taxonomy (AAPT) group and Fibromyalgia Assessment Status (FAS) 2019 modified crite...
May 24, 2021
Migraine is one of the leading causes of years lived with disability and considered to be a major global health concern. Pharmacological preventive treatment often causes side effects that limit the a...
May 20, 2021
We described public views toward harm reduction among Canadian adults and tested a social exposure model predicting support for these contentious services, drawing on theories in the morality policy, ...
May 20, 2021
To examine the association of perceived distress tolerance-one's ability to endure aversive experiences-with subsequent substance use frequency during adolescence.High school students (N = 3,203) we...
May 20, 2021
Millions of patients with cancer pain are treated with prescription opioids each year. However, efforts to mitigate the ongoing opioid crisis result in unintended consequences with opioid pain managem...
May 20, 2021
Headache accounts for a significant number of cases presenting to the Emergency Department (ED) and has a high societal cost, contributed by recurrent ED and clinic visits, and unnecessary diagnostic ...
May 20, 2021
Migraine is a common disabling primary headache condition. Although strives have been made in treatment, there remains an unmet need for safe, effective acute, and preventative treatments. The promisi...
May 20, 2021
The proximity of sensory neurons in the upper cervical spinal cord to the trigeminal nucleus caudalis (TNC) neurons and the convergence of sensory input to TNC neurons from both cervical and trigemina...