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Prevalence of opioid and nonopioid pain management therapies among Medicare beneficiaries with musculoskeletal pain conditions from 2016 to 2019.

Jun 05, 2023

Pain treatment guidelines prioritize nonopioid therapies over opioid medications to prevent opioid-related harms. We examined trends in receipt and intensity of nonpharmacologic, nonopioid medication,...

Effects of acceptance and commitment therapy on fatigue for patients with cancer and other chronic health conditions: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Jun 05, 2023

Fatigue is significantly more prevalent in the chronically ill compared to healthy individuals. Fatigue is one of the most reported and debilitating symptoms in individuals with chronic health conditi...

Effectiveness of land- and water-based exercise on fatigue and sleep quality in women with fibromyalgia: the al-Ándalus quasi-experimental study.

May 29, 2023

To assess the effectiveness of 24 weeks of land- and water-based exercise on fatigue and sleep quality in women with fibromyalgia, and the persistence of changes 12 weeks after exercise cessation.quas...

Targeting α7-nAChR by galantamine mitigates reserpine-induced fibromyalgia-like symptoms in rats: Involvement of cAMP/PKA, PI3K/AKT, and M1/M2 microglia polarization.

May 29, 2023

Fibromyalgia (FM) is a pain disorder marked by generalized musculoskeletal pain accompanied by depression, fatigue, and sleep disturbances. Galantamine (Gal) is a positive allosteric modulator of neur...

Brain morphometric changes in fibromyalgia and the impact of psychometric and clinical factors: a volumetric and diffusion-tensor imaging study.

May 22, 2023

Previous studies have repeatedly found distinct brain morphometric changes in patients with fibromyalgia (FM), mainly affecting gray and white matter abnormalities in areas related to sensory and affe...

Moment-to-moment relationships between pain, fatigue, and distress as a function of GI symptoms in fibromyalgia.

May 22, 2023

There is emerging evidence that people with both fibromyalgia and functional gastrointestinal (GI) disorders report more severe psychological symptoms than people with only fibromyalgia or a functiona...

High overlap in patients diagnosed with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome or hypermobile spectrum disorders with fibromyalgia and 40 self-reported symptoms and comorbidities.

May 15, 2023

Joint pain is a common symptom in patients with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (hEDS), hypermobility spectrum disorders (HSD) and fibromyalgia. The goal of this study was to determine whether symp...

Contesting misrecognition online: Experiences of epistemic in/justice by vloggers with contested illnesses.

May 15, 2023

Contested illnesses, such as fibromyalgia, myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), and chronic Lyme disease (CLD), are surrounded by polemic debates regarding their etiology, symp...

Effects of interdisciplinary pain rehabilitation programs on neuropathic and non-neuropathic chronic pain conditions - a registry-based cohort study from Swedish Quality Registry for Pain Rehabilitation (SQRP).

May 08, 2023

Neuropathic pain arises as a direct consequence of a lesion or disease affecting the somatosensory system. Pharmacological treatments for neuropathic pain often fail despite following guidelines. Inte...

Effects of state opioid prescribing cap laws on providers' opioid prescribing patterns among patients with chronic non-cancer pain.

May 08, 2023

Prior work suggests opioid prescribing cap laws are not associated with changes in opioid prescribing among patients with chronic pain. It is unknown how these effects differ by provider specialty, pr...

Effectiveness and health benefits of a nutritional, chronobiological and physical exercise primary care intervention in fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome: SYNCHRONIZE + mixed-methods study protocol.

May 01, 2023

Chronic pain, fatigue and insomnia are classic symptoms of fibromyalgia (FM) and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and seriously affect quality of life. Nutrition and chronobiology are often overlooked i...

Depression and anxiety in systemic lupus erythematosus: A case-control study on prevalence and associated factors in a single-center cohort.

May 01, 2023

To evaluate the prevalence of self-perceived depression and anxiety in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and to explore associated factors.Cross-sectional study of unselected patients w...

Association of fibromyalgia with cancerous and non-cancerous gastrointestinal comorbidities: a cross-sectional study.

Apr 24, 2023

Several studies have shown a higher prevalence of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) among patients with fibromyalgia yet, data regarding association between fibromyalgia and other gastrointestinal disord...

Fibromyalgia Increases Post-Operative Healthcare Utilization Following Total Hip Arthroplasty.

Apr 24, 2023

Pre-operative factors can complicate the post-operative course and increase healthcare utilization following total hip arthroplasty (THA). Fibromyalgia is not generally recognized as a modifiable risk...

Predictors of Male Sexual Dysfunction in Urologic Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome (UCPPS), Other Chronic Pain Syndromes, and Healthy Controls in the Multidisciplinary Approach to the Study of Chronic Pelvic Pain (MAPP) Research Network.

Apr 17, 2023

Sexual dysfunction (SD), including erectile (ED) and ejaculatory dysfunction, is associated with diminished quality of life (QoL) in men with UCPPS (chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (C...

Real-Time Semi-Automated and Automated Voxel Placement using fMRI Targets for Repeated Acquisition Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy.

Apr 10, 2023

Currently, magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) is dependent on the investigative team to manually prescribe, or demarcate, the desired tissue volume-of-interest. The need for a new method to automat...

Effects of transcranial direct current stimulation and transcranial magnetic stimulation in patients with fibromyalgia. A systematic review.

Apr 10, 2023

Fibromyalgia syndrome (FM) is a chronic pathology characterized by widespread pain commonly associated with psychological distress affecting quality of life. In recent years, transcranial direct curre...

Spinal dopaminergic D-and D-like receptors have a sex-dependent effect in an experimental model of fibromyalgia.

Apr 03, 2023

There is evidence about the importance of sex in pain. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of sex in the antiallodynic activity of spinal dopamine D-and D-like receptors in a model...

The value of electrochemical skin conductance measurement by Sudoscan® for assessing autonomic dysfunction in peripheral neuropathies beyond diabetes.

Mar 27, 2023

The diagnosis and follow-up of peripheral neuropathies involving small-diameter nerve fibers require specific examinations beyond conventional nerve conduction studies which only concern large-diamete...

Subacute changes in brain functional network connectivity after nocturnal sodium oxybate intake are associated with anterior cingulate GABA.

Mar 27, 2023

Sodium oxybate (γ-hydroxybutyrate, GHB) is an endogenous GHB/GABAB receptor agonist, clinically used to promote slow-wave sleep and reduce next-day sleepiness in disorders such as narcolepsy and fibr...