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Lateral lumbar interbody fusion in revision surgery for restenosis after posterior decompression.

Sep 03, 2020

The purpose of this study was to compare the clinical results of revision interbody fusion surgery between lateral lumbar interbody fusion (LLIF) and posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF) or transf...

Virtual reality approaches to pain: toward a state of the science.

Sep 03, 2020

This brief review provides a summary of existing research on virtual reality (VR) applications to pain. We distinguish three categories of studies - VR applications to clinical acute pain, chronic pai...

Relationship of prosthesis ownership and phantom limb pain: results of a survey in 2,383 limb amputees.

Sep 03, 2020

Phantom limb pain (PLP) accounts for a significant reduction in quality of life and is difficult to treat. Prosthesis use has been shown to negatively co-vary with PLP. Recent research on body percept...

No pain, still gain (of function): the relation between sensory profiles and the presence or absence of self-reported pain in a large multicenter cohort of patients with neuropathy.

Sep 03, 2020

The pathophysiology of pain in neuropathy is complex and may be linked to sensory phenotypes. Quantitative sensory testing, a standardized method to evaluate sensory profiles in response to defined st...

Minimally invasive lateral corpectomy for thoracolumbar traumatic burst fractures.

Sep 03, 2020

The need for anterior column reconstruction after thoracolumbar burst fractures remains controversial. Here, the authors present their experience with minimally invasive lateral thoracolumbar corpecto...

PEEK versus titanium cages in lateral lumbar interbody fusion: a comparative analysis of subsidence.

Sep 03, 2020

The authors have provided a review of radiographic subsidence after lateral lumbar interbody fusion (LLIF) as a comparative analysis between titanium and polyetheretherketone (PEEK) cages. Many author...

Total glucosides of paeony for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis: A methodological and reporting quality evaluation of systematic reviews and meta-analyses.

Sep 03, 2020

To assess the methodological, reporting and evidence quality of systematic reviews and meta-analyses of total glucosides of paeony (TGP) for rheumatoid arthritis (RA).We comprehensively searched the l...

Mechanism of miRNA-based Aconitum leucostomum Worosch. Monomer inhibition of bone marrow-derived dendritic cell maturation.

Sep 03, 2020

Delvestidine (DLTD) is a monomeric compound isolated from Aconitum leucostomum Worosch, a widely used medicine for local treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Studies have shown that Aconitum leucos...

Safflower yellow alleviates osteoarthritis and prevents inflammation by inhibiting PGE2 release and regulating NF-κB/SIRT1/AMPK signaling pathways.

Sep 03, 2020

Safflower yellow (SY) is the main active ingredient of safflower, with various pharmacological effects such as anticoagulating, antioxidant, and anti-arthritis effects.To investigate the anti-inflamma...

Vitamin K2, Arterial Stiffness, & Migraine

Sep 01, 2020

With migraine as the fifth highest cause of years lost due to disability according to the WHO, approximately 38% of patients with migraine requiring preventative therapy but only 3% to 13% using it, a...

Visualization of electrical activity in the cervical spinal cord and nerve roots after ulnar nerve stimulation using magnetospinography.

Aug 31, 2020

To establish a method for magnetospinography (MSG) measurement after ulnar nerve stimulation and to clarify its characteristics.Using a 132-channel magnetoneurography system with a superconducting qua...

Prevalence of and factors associated to chronic kidney disease and hypertension in a cohort of children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis.

Aug 31, 2020

We evaluated chronic kidney disease (CKD) (proteinuria or estimated glomerular filtration rate < 60 mL/min/1.73 m) or hypertension prevalence in 110 children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA...

Model-Based Meta-analysis Compares DAS28 Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment Effects and Suggests an Expedited Trial Design for Early Clinical Development.

Aug 31, 2020

A non-linear mixed effects modeling approach was used to conduct a model-based meta-analysis (MBMA) of longitudinal, summary-level, baseline-corrected 28-joint Disease Activity Score (ΔDAS28) clinica...

Systematic Review and Synthesis of Mechanism-based Classification Systems for Pain Experienced in the Musculoskeletal System.

Aug 31, 2020

Improvements in pain management might be achieved by matching treatment to underlying mechanisms for pain persistence. Many authors argue for a mechanism-based classification of pain, but the field is...

The impact of psychiatric comorbidity on treatment discontinuation among individuals receiving medications for opioid use disorder.

Aug 31, 2020

Psychiatric illness complicates the clinical course of opioid use disorder (OUD) including treatment using medication for OUD (MOUD). The purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between p...

Withdrawal-associated injury site pain prevalence and correlates among opioid-using people who inject drugs in Vancouver, Canada.

Aug 31, 2020

Pain can return temporarily to old injury sites during opioid withdrawal. The prevalence and impact of opioid withdrawal-associated injury site pain (WISP) in various groups is unknown.Using data from...

A systematic review and meta-analysis of medications for stimulant use disorders in patients with co-occurring opioid use disorders.

Aug 31, 2020

Stimulant (cocaine and/or methamphetamine) use has increased among people with opioid use disorder. We conducted a systematic review of medications for stimulant use disorders in this population.We se...

Monoclonal antibodies against calcitonin gene-related peptide in chronic migraine: an adjusted indirect treatment comparison.

Aug 31, 2020

New monoclonal antibodies against the calcitonin generelated peptide pathway have recently been developed for the  prevention of migraine. The aim of this study is to compare the efficacy  of mono...

Longitudinal Impact of Parent Factors in Adolescents With Migraine and Tension-Type Headache.

Aug 31, 2020

To examine longitudinal associations between parent factors (parent headache frequency and disability, protective parenting behaviors, parent catastrophizing) with adolescent headache-related disabili...

Implementation of an Intravenous Dihydroergotamine Protocol for Refractory Migraine in Children.

Aug 31, 2020

Retrospective chart review to assess the effectiveness of an institutional intravenous (IV) dihydroergotamine (DHE) therapy protocol for refractory migraine in the pediatric population.Limited high-qu...

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