Jul 17, 2023

Interprofessional communication about inflammatory and non-inflammatory musculoskeletal conditions is an important component of assessment and management in paediatric rheumatology. Chronic pain is a ...

Jul 17, 2023

Interprofessional communication about inflammatory and non-inflammatory musculoskeletal conditions is an important component of assessment and management in paediatric rheumatology. Chronic pain is a ...

Jul 10, 2023

Fear avoidance beliefs questionnaire (FABQ), Tampa scale of kinesiophobia (TSK), and pain catastrophizing scale (PCS) are tools widely used to measure fear-avoidance beliefs, fear of movement, and pai...

Jul 10, 2023

Current guidelines recommend tapering biological disease-modifying antirheumatoid drugs (bDMARDs) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) if the disease is under control. However, guidelines on tapering are lack...

Jul 03, 2023

Living with chronic pain has been identified as a significant risk factor for suicide. Qualitative and cross-sectional studies have reported an association between mental defeat and suicidal thoughts ...

Jul 03, 2023

Two common elements in patient care are reoccurring painful events (e.g., blood draws) and verbal suggestions from others for lessened pain. Research shows that verbal suggestions for lower pain can d...

Jun 26, 2023

Although Burkitt lymphoma (BL) usually arises in the abdomen or pelvis, it can also arise in the epidural space as a primary or secondary site and present with back pain or limb weakness. Emergency ma...

Jun 19, 2023

To investigate the effect of body mass index (BMI) on the short-term effectiveness of high tibial osteotomy (HTO) in the treatment of varus knee arthritis.The clinical data of 84 patients (84 knees) w...

Jun 19, 2023

Self-reported pain intensity, frequently used as an outcome in randomized clinical trials (RCTs) of chronic pain, is often highly variable and could be associated with multiple baseline factors. Thus,...

Jun 19, 2023

We compared the effectiveness of physician-directed clinical decision support (CDS) administered via electronic health record (EHR) vs. patient-directed education to promote appropriate use of opioids...

Jun 12, 2023

Withdrawal from opioids can induce a state of anxiety and irritability. This negative state can facilitate continued drug taking, as the administration of opioids can alleviate unpleasant symptoms ass...

Jun 12, 2023

Neurologic morbidity is highly prevalent in pediatric critical illness, and the use of benzodiazepines and/or opioids are risk factors for delirium and post-discharge sequelae. However, little is know...

Jun 12, 2023

Cervicogenic headache, first proposed as a distinct headache in 1983, is a secondary headache to a primary cervical musculoskeletal disorder. Research into physical impairments was integral to clinica...

Jun 12, 2023

Erenumab has demonstrated effectiveness for prevention of migraine attacks, but the treatment is costly, and a considerable proportion of patients do not respond to it. The Registry for Migraine study...

Jun 12, 2023

Chronic pain is a growing worldwide health problem and complementary and integrative therapy options are becoming increasingly important. Multi-component yoga interventions represent such an integrati...

Jun 12, 2023

At low doses, naltrexone (LDN) has been shown to modulate inflammation through the interruption of microglial cell activation within the central nervous system. One of the most likely contributors to ...

Jun 12, 2023

Observational studies have found an association between rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and risk of obstructive lung disease (ORDs). However, whether RA plays a role in ORDs development remains unclear.This...

Jun 12, 2023

Inflammatory arthritis, primarily including rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis and ankylosing spondylitis, is a group of chronic inflammatory diseases, whose general feature is joint dysfunction wit...

Jun 12, 2023

Pain neuroscience education combined with exercise (PNE + exercise) is an effective treatment for patients with chronic spinal pain. Yet, however, little is known about its underlying therapeutic mech...

Jun 12, 2023

Referred sensation (RS) as a specific clinical phenomenon has been known for a long time, although the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. The aims of this study were to assess if (1) healthy indivi...