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Determinants of first-line biological treatment in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: Results from an observational study.

Jun 10, 2021

Guidelines for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) recommend the use of conventional synthetic disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (cs-DMARDs) at the onset of the disease and only in the cas...

Membrane potential instabilities in sensory neurons: mechanisms and pathophysiological relevance.

Jun 10, 2021

Peripheral sensory neurons transduce physicochemical stimuli affecting somatic tissues into the firing of action potentials that are conveyed to the central nervous system. This results in conscious p...

Noninvasive bladder testing of adolescent females to assess visceral hypersensitivity.

Jun 10, 2021

Excess pain after visceral provocation has been suggested as a marker for chronic pelvic pain risk in women. However, few noninvasive tests have been validated that could be performed readily on youth...

Pain response to cannabidiol in induced acute nociceptive pain, allodynia, and hyperalgesia by using a model mimicking acute pain in healthy adults in a randomized trial (CANAB I).

Jun 10, 2021

Preclinical studies have demonstrated the analgesic potential of cannabidiol (CBD). Those suggesting an effect on pain-processing receptors have brought CBD back into focus. This study assessed the ef...

Is there a relationship between sagittal cervical spine mobility and generalised joint hypermobility? A cross-sectional study of 1000 healthy Australians.

Jun 07, 2021

The primary aim was to determine the association between sagittal cervical mobility and the presence and extent of GJH across the lifespan. Secondary aims were to determine which features explain vari...

Current application of the enhanced recovery after surgery protocol for patients undergoing radical cystectomy: lessons learned from European excellence centers.

Jun 03, 2021

There is no consensus on which items of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) should and should not be implemented in radical cystectomy (RC). The aim of this study is to report current practices acr...

Opioid-Sparing Multimodal Analgesia Protocol for Lumpectomy Patients Results in Superior Postoperative Pain Control.

Jun 03, 2021

We sought to determine if lumpectomy patients who received perioperative opioid-sparing multimodal analgesia reported less pain when compared with those who received traditional opioid-based care.A pr...

Clinical and Neurophysiological Effects of Botulinum Neurotoxin Type A in Chronic Migraine.

Jun 03, 2021

Chronic pain syndromes present a subversion of both functional and structural nociceptive networks. We used transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to evaluate changes in cortical excitability and pla...

Current Perspectives on Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension without Papilloedema.

Jun 03, 2021

The pseudotumor cerebri syndrome embraces disorders characterised by raised intracranial pressure, where the commonest symptom is headache (90%). Idiopathic intracranial hypertension without papilloed...

Hypervigilance, Allostatic Load, and Migraine Prevention: Antibodies to CGRP or Receptor.

Jun 03, 2021

Migraine involves brain hypersensitivity with episodic dysfunction triggered by behavioral or physiological stressors. During an acute migraine attack the trigeminal nerve is activated (peripheral sen...

Deep Brain Stimulation of the Posterior Insula in Chronic Pain: A Theoretical Framework.

Jun 03, 2021

To date, clinical trials of deep brain stimulation (DBS) for refractory chronic pain have yielded unsatisfying results. Recent evidence suggests that the posterior insula may represent a promising DBS...

Vegetarian and Vegan Diet in Fibromyalgia: A Systematic Review.

Jun 03, 2021

Fibromyalgia (FM) is a chronic non-degenerative disease characterized by the presence of multiple symptoms such as chronic pain, which negatively influence the quality of life of sufferers, most of wh...

Activity Patterns and Functioning. A Contextual-Functional Approach to Pain Catastrophizing in Women with Fibromyalgia.

Jun 03, 2021

The psychological flexibility model states that activity patterns are not deemed to be intrinsically functional or dysfunctional; it is considered that underlying factors, such as personal goals and c...

Voluntary running exercise after focal cerebral ischemia ameliorates dendritic spine loss and promotes functional recovery.

Jun 03, 2021

Cerebral infarction causes motor, sensory, and cognitive impairments. Although rehabilitation enhances recovery of activities of daily living after cerebral infarction, its mechanism remains elusive d...

The biomechanical influence of facet joint parameters on corresponding segment in the lumbar spine: A new visualization method.

Jun 03, 2021

Facet joints have been discussed as influential factors in the development of lumbar degeneration, which includes disc herniation and degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis. Facet orientation (FO) and ...

Sufentanil Disposition and Pharmacokinetic Model-Based Dosage Regimen for Sufentanil in Ventilated Full-Term Neonates.

Jun 03, 2021

Sufentanil is a potent synthetic opioid used for analgesia in neonates; however, data concerning drug disposition of sufentanil and dosage regimen are sparse in this population. Therefore, the aim of ...

A multi-center open-label study of apremilast in palmoplantar pustulosis (APLANTUS).

Jun 03, 2021

Palmoplantar pustulosis (PPP) is a chronic skin disease with painful erythematous scaly or crusty lesions and pustules on the palms and soles. Apremilast is a phosphodiesterase 4 inhibitor that has pr...

Polymorphisms in the TP53-MDM2-MDM4-axis in patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis.

Jun 03, 2021

In addition to being a tumour suppressor, TP53 is a suppressor of inflammation, and dysfunction of this gene has been related to autoimmune diseases. Patients with autoimmunity, such as rheumatoid art...

Gynecological/Obstetric Background and Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Cross-sectional Study in Brazilian Patients.

Jun 03, 2021

 To study a sample of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients for their gynecological/obstetric history and compare them to controls to determine their influences on number of pregnancies, menarche, meno...

Effect of Long-term Continuous Cardiac Monitoring vs Usual Care on Detection of Atrial Fibrillation in Patients With Stroke Attributed to Large- or Small-Vessel Disease: The STROKE-AF Randomized Clinical Trial.

Jun 03, 2021

Patients with ischemic stroke attributed to large- or small-vessel disease are not considered at high risk for atrial fibrillation (AF), and the AF incidence rate in this population is unknown.To dete...

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