Pain General
Sep 21, 2020
There is strong evidence showing that the activation of peripheral proteinase-activated receptors type 2 (PAR-2) can initiate hyperalgesic and inflammatory responses in the joint. However, to date, th...
Sep 21, 2020
Postoperative nausea/vomiting affects up to 80% of parturients undergoing cesarean delivery, but there is a lack of obstetric-specific risk-prediction models. We performed this study to identify posto...
Sep 17, 2020
Standardized prescribing practices are recommended to decrease opioid abuse, however, data regarding the handling and disposal of leftover narcotics are lacking. This quality improvement project and a...
Sep 17, 2020
Thirty percent to sixty-four percent of patients experience poorly controlled pain following spine surgery, leading to patient dissatisfaction and poor outcomes. Identification of at-risk patients bef...
Sep 17, 2020
Observational studies have shown a link between zinc deficiency and migraine headaches. We aimed to examine the effect of zinc supplementation on the characteristics of migraine attacks in patients wi...
Sep 17, 2020
This study aims to evaluate the potential of percutaneous patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure to improve the headache in patients with migraine and PFO, and discuss the difference between the randomize...
Sep 17, 2020
Technological advances have given smartphones the capabilities of sensitive clinical measurement equipment at lesser cost and higher availability. The Clinometer is a smartphone application that can b...
Sep 17, 2020
The aim of the present meta-analysis was to explore the association between FokI polymorphism of the VDR gene and lumbar spine disc degeneration.The search was performed in PubMed, Scopus and Web of S...
Sep 17, 2020
Inadvertent perioperative hypothermia is a common complication of surgery, and active body surface warming (ABSW) systems are used to prevent adverse clinical outcomes. Prior data on certain outcomes ...
Sep 17, 2020
Current pharmacologic therapies for patients with osteoarthritis are suboptimal.To determine the efficacy of extract (CL) for reducing knee symptoms and effusion-synovitis in patients with symptomati...
Sep 17, 2020
Exercise-induced hypoalgesia (EIH) describes acute reductions in pain that occur following exercise. Current evidence suggests that the magnitude of EIH is small-to-moderate at best, warranting explor...
Sep 17, 2020
To evaluate secondary outcomes including changes in functioning and disability associated with galcanezumab, a humanized monoclonal antibody to calcitonin gene-related peptide, in patients with chroni...
Sep 17, 2020
The presented study aimed to explore the presence and the self-identification of depressive symptoms among patients with rheumatic musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs) through the use of the Patient Health...
Sep 17, 2020
Placebo analgesia is hypothesized to involve top-down engagement of prefrontal regions that access endogenous pain inhibiting opioid pathways. Fibromyalgia (FM) patients have neuroanatomical and neuro...
Sep 17, 2020
One in three patients with lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) undergoing decompressive laminectomy (DL) to alleviate neurogenic claudication do not experience substantial improvement. This prospective cohor...
Sep 17, 2020
To describe the incidence and fatality of COVID-19 and identify risk factors to fatality in patients with inflammatory articular diseases (IAD).This is a cross-sectional observational study of IAD pat...
Sep 17, 2020
As the largest genus of Gentianaceae family, the Gentiana genus harbors over 400 species, widely distributed in the alpine areas of temperate regions worldwide. Plants from Gentiana genus are traditio...
Sep 17, 2020
Many trials have shown that intensive management is effective in patients with early active rheumatoid arthritis (RA). But its benefits are unproven for the large number of RA patients seen in routine...
Sep 14, 2020
Opioid overdose prevention education and naloxone distribution (OEND) programs include information on general risk factors, overdose recognition, and naloxone utilization. This study evaluated a perso...
Sep 14, 2020
The primary aim was to quantify and compare the location and extent of pain in people with either episodic migraine, chronic migraine, or cervicogenic headache. A secondary aim was to examine the asso...