Mar 05, 2020

To analyze the association between pubertal stage, menstrual cycle and migraine attacks in girls with migraine. In addition, headache frequency, accompanying symptoms, duration and onset in relation t...

Mar 05, 2020

Migraine has many presumed comorbidities which have rarely been compared between samples with and without migraine. Examining the association between headache pain intensity and monthly headache day (...

Mar 05, 2020

In clinical practice, the evidence of acupuncture used as a treatment for migraine without aura is employed interchangeably to guide treatment for menstrual migraine. However, its effect and safety ar...

Mar 05, 2020

Personal health informatics has potential to help patients discover personalized health management strategies that influence outcomes. Fibromyalgia (FM) is a complex chronic illness requiring individu...

Mar 05, 2020

We sought to determine the impact of medical students' prior experience of assessing peers in the objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) on their clinical performance.Forty-two year 4 medica...

Mar 05, 2020

Axonal regeneration in the central nervous system (CNS) is a highly energy-demanding process. Extrinsic insults and intrinsic restrictions lead to an energy crisis in injured axons, raising the questi...

Mar 05, 2020

Commissural inhibitory neurons in the spinal cord of aquatic vertebrates coordinate left-right body alternation during swimming. Their developmental origin, however, has been elusive. We investigate t...

Mar 05, 2020

Patterns of opioid overprescribing following arthroplasty likely developed given that poor pain control can diminish patient satisfaction, delay disposition, and lead to complications. Recently, inter...

Mar 05, 2020

With promising technological advances, ankle arthroplasty has become an alternative to arthrodesis, traditionally the gold standard, for treating end-stage ankle arthritis. We collected knowledge and ...

Mar 05, 2020

Ankle fusion is a treatment option for end-stage ankle arthritis. Fusion site stability and optimal foot positioning are crucial parameters. We present the results of our double fixation technique, co...

Mar 05, 2020

The purpose of this study was to compare the mid-term clinical outcomes between screw internal fixation and Ilizarov external fixation in patients who underwent ankle arthrodesis and to elucidate the ...

Mar 05, 2020

Talonavicular joint arthritis is a great concern after ankle fusion. Although arthrodesis is the gold standard treatment for this complication, it could initiate a vicious cycle of further adjacent jo...

Mar 05, 2020

Total knee replacement (TKR) and unicompartmental knee replacement (UKR) are successful procedures for patients with knee arthritis. While strict criteria were proposed early on for UKR, some surgeons...

Mar 05, 2020

US health care spending has continued to increase and now accounts for 18% of the US economy, although little is known about how spending on each health condition varies by payer, and how these amount...

Mar 05, 2020

Paragliding is a risk-taking adventure sport. It can be performed either individually or accompanied by a pilot in tandem formation. Paragliding, as well as other types of "extreme" sport, have gained...

Mar 04, 2020

Fibromyalgia (FM), the most frequently encountered cause of widespread musculoskeletal pain, affects an estimated 2% of the general Italian population. However, it is not a homogeneous clinical entity...

Mar 04, 2020

Forgiveness influences health through numerous mechanisms, but commonly it is thought to reduce stress, increase healthy behaviour, and promote social support, thereby positively impacting health and ...

Mar 04, 2020

The human gut microbiome constitutes a diverse and dynamic community of microorganisms that inhabit the digestive tract. In recent years, there is growing appreciation for the role of the gut microbio...

Mar 04, 2020

Sleep and opioid medications used to treat insomnia and chronic pain are associated with adverse side effects (falls and cognitive disturbance). Although behavioural treatments such as cognitive behav...

Mar 02, 2020

The safety and efficacy of opioids are compromised as analgesic tolerance develops. Opioids are also ineffective against neuropathic pain. Recent reports have suggested that inhibitors of the epiderma...