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Pain General

Cannabidiol Use for Fibromyalgia: Prevalence of Use and Perceptions of Effectiveness in a Large Online Survey.

Jan 07, 2021

Cannabidiol (CBD) is widely advertised as helpful for chronic pain management but research is limited. Using a cross-sectional, anonymous survey, we examined patterns of naturalistic CBD use among ind...

Differences in movement limitations in different low back pain severity in functional tests using an RGB-D camera.

Jan 07, 2021

Low back pain (LBP) can lead to motor control disturbance which can be one of the causes of reoccurrence of the complaint. It is important to improve our knowledge of movement related disturbances dur...

Systemic effect of FHL1 on neuromuscular junction and myotube formation via insulin-like growth factor and myostatin signaling pathways.

Jan 07, 2021

Four-and-a-half LIM domain protein 1 (FHL1) is a member of the FHL protein family that serves as a scaffold protein to maintain normal cellular structure and function. Its mutations have been implicat...

Capsaicin: Plants of the Genus Capsicum and Positive Effect of Oriental Spice on Skin Health.

Jan 07, 2021

Capsaicin, the main pungent ingredient in hot chili peppers, causes excitation of small sensory neurons. It also provides the basic pungent flavor in Capsicum fruits.Capsaicin plays a vital role as an...

Generalization of placebo pain relief.

Jan 07, 2021

Efficacy of treatment is heavily dependent on experience and expectations. Moreover, humans can generalize from one experience to a perceptually similar but novel situation. We investigated whether an...

Does aerobic exercise training alter responses to opioid analgesics in individuals with chronic low back pain?: a randomized controlled trial.

Jan 07, 2021

We tested whether aerobic exercise training altered morphine analgesic responses or reduced morphine dosages necessary for adequate analgesia. Chronic back pain patients were randomized to an 18-sessi...

Voluntary wheel running improves outcomes in an early life stress-induced model of urologic chronic pelvic pain syndrome in male mice.

Jan 07, 2021

Patients with a history of early life stress (ELS) exposure have an increased risk of developing chronic pain and mood disorders later in life. The severity of ELS in patients with urologic chronic pe...

How should we treat palindromic rheumatism? A systematic literature review.

Jan 07, 2021

To perform a systematic literature review (SLR) analysing all studies that reported on the efficacy and safety of pharmacological treatments for palindromic rheumatism (PR).We performed a SLR using Pu...

Risk of solid cancers overall and by subtypes in patients with psoriatic arthritis treated with TNF inhibitors - a Nordic cohort study.

Jan 07, 2021

To investigate whether TNF inhibitors (TNFi) are associated with increased risk of solid cancer in patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA).From the Nordic clinical rheumatology registers (CRR) here: S...

The JANUS of chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases onset during COVID-19 - A systematic review of the literature.

Jan 07, 2021

The diverse clinical manifestations of COVID-19 is emerging as a hallmark of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. While the initial target of SARS-CoV-2 is the r...

Assessing Prescription Analgesic Use in Older Adults With CKD

Jan 05, 2021

Opioids and NSAIDs are the most commonly used analgesics for managing pain in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), but these therapies come with important risks. “NSAIDs have direct nephrotox...

Efficacy and Safety Profile of Rectus Sheath Block in Adult Laparoscopic Surgery: A Meta-analysis.

Jan 04, 2021

Rectus sheath block (RSB) has been increasingly used for pain management after laparoscopic procedures but with a conflicting data on its analgesic efficacy. We conducted a systematic review and meta-...

Management of migraine in the emergency department: Findings from the 2010-2017 National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Surveys.

Jan 04, 2021

The study objective was to describe trends in the medical management of migraine in the emergency department (ED) using the 2010-2017 National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS) datasets...

Vestibular migraine of childhood and recurrent vertigo of childhood: Diagnostic criteria consensus document of the committee for the classification of vestibular disorders of the bárány society and the international headache society.

Jan 04, 2021

This paper describes the diagnostic criteria for "Vestibular Migraine of Childhood", "probable Vestibular Migraine of Childhood" and "Recurrent Vertigo of Childhood" as put forth by the Committee for ...

The prevalence of psychiatric and chronic pain comorbidities in fibromyalgia: An acttion systematic review.

Jan 04, 2021

Fibromyalgia (FM) is a chronic widespread pain condition that overlaps with multiple comorbid health conditions and contributes to considerable patient distress. The aim of this review was to provide ...

Novel tankyrase inhibitors suppress TDP-43 aggregate formation.

Jan 04, 2021

Transactive response DNA-binding protein of 43 kDa (TDP-43) abnormally forms aggregates in certain subtypes of frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) and in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The...

Impact of a shelter-in-place order during the COVID-19 pandemic on the incidence of opioid overdoses.

Jan 04, 2021

Since the beginning of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the United States, there have been concerns about the potential impact of the pandemic on persons with opioid use disorder. Shelter-...

Barriers and facilitators to PDMP IS Success in the US: A systematic review.

Jan 04, 2021

Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMP) help prevent prescription drug misuse and promote appropriate pain management. Despite these benefits and PDMP mandates in most states, PDMPs face challeng...

Type 1 helper T cells generate CXCL9/10-producing T-bet effector B cells potentially involved in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis.

Jan 04, 2021

Efficacy of B-cell depletion therapy highlights the antibody-independent effector functions of B cells in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Given type 1 helper T (Th1) cells abundant in synovial fluid (SF) o...

How can neighborhood environments facilitate management of osteoarthritis: A scoping review.

Jan 04, 2021

The association between neighborhood environments and health outcomes has long been recognized, but the importance of environmental factors is less well examined in osteoarthritis (OA). We aimed to gi...

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