Pain General
Feb 28, 2020
Limited information on the prevalence and risk factors for chronic pain is available for developing countries. Therefore, we investigated the prevalence of chronic pain, and the association between th...
Feb 28, 2020
Whether, how, and which cognitive factors modulate the development of secondary hypersensitivity/hyperalgesia following central sensitization is not fully understood. Here we tested, in three subseque...
Feb 28, 2020
Distorted representations of the body and peripersonal space are common in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS), and might modulate its symptoms (e.g. asymmetric limb temperature). In pain-free peopl...
Feb 28, 2020
To compare remission status at completion of chemotherapy for multiple myeloma (MM) with changes in total diffusion volume (tDV) calculated from whole-body diffusion-weighted imaging (WB-DWI) and fat ...
Feb 28, 2020
The dimeric artesunate phospholipid conjugate (Di-ART-GPC) is a novel amphipathic artemisinin derivative, which can be assembled into liposomes. Di-ART-GPC liposomes were prepared and evaluated as pot...
Feb 28, 2020
Viscosupplementation has been used for decades to treat mild to moderate osteoarthritis, yet it is unknown if the lubricating function of different pathological synovial fluids (SF) vary, or if they r...
Feb 28, 2020
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic autoimmune disorder characterized by hyperplasia of the synovial membrane along with persistent inflammation of joints. Earlier studies suggest the crucial role...
Feb 28, 2020
BACKGROUND Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is a rheumatic disease characterized by diffuse body pain and decreased muscle function. The aim of the present study was to compare the biological rhythms of pa...
Feb 28, 2020
Fibromyalgia (FM) diagnosis follows the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) criteria, based on clinical evaluation and written questionnaires without any objective diagnostic tool. The lack of spec...
Feb 28, 2020
The aim of this study was to compare the handgrip strength (HGs), assessed with a cylindrical-shape grip device, of fibromyalgia syndrome (FM) patients with healthy subjects and to demonstrate the rel...
Feb 28, 2020
Sleep disturbances such as nonrestorative sleep and nighttime awakenings play a crucial role in fibromyalgia (FMS). Pain and sleep disturbances show a bidirectional relationship which affect outcomes ...
Feb 28, 2020
. Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is a pain disorder with an estimated prevalence of 1-5%. It is associated with a variety of somatic and psychological disorders. Its exact pathogenesis is still unclear b...
Feb 28, 2020
The association between temperature and mortality has been widely reported. However, it remains largely unclear whether inflammation-related diseases, caused by excessive or inappropriate inflammatory...
Feb 28, 2020
Raddi (Anacardiaceae) is popularly known in Brazil as and has pharmacological use as an astringent, antidiarrheal, anti-inflammatory, depurative, diuretic, and antifebrile agent. Although the neurop...
Feb 28, 2020
Prescription opioid overdose has increased markedly and is of great concern among injured workers receiving workers' compensation insurance. Given the association between high daily dose of prescripti...
Feb 28, 2020
Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) is primarily used for pain, but might be useful for various other physical symptoms, including nausea, fatigue, dyspnea, and constipation. However, f...
Feb 28, 2020
The purpose of this study was to investigate the presence of chronic diseases in patients with oral leukoplakia (OL) compared to controls matched for age group, gender, smoking and alcohol use.This ca...
Feb 28, 2020
A substantial share of fatal drug overdoses is missing information on specific drug involvement, leading to under-reporting of opioid-related death rates and a misrepresentation of the extent of the o...
Feb 26, 2020
While the frequency of short-term side effects of opioids are well-known, the long-term risks of opioid use are inadequately quantified. For a study published in Annals of Emergency Medicine, my colle...
Feb 25, 2020
Migraine is a very common, multifactorial, and recurrent central nervous system disorder that causes throbbing headache, photophobia, phonophobia, nausea, and disability. Migraine occurs more often in...