Mar 28, 2022

Idiopathic scoliosis does not only cause structural changes in the spine, but also functional changes of the musculoskeletal system.Does idiopathic scoliosis lead to asymmetric hip loading in severe L...

Mar 28, 2022

Cross-sectional area (CSA) decreases and fat infiltration increases in epaxial muscles of Dachshunds with intervertebral disc disease (IVDD), but less is known about large breed dogs with IVDD. The ai...

Mar 28, 2022

Chronic low back pain (CLBP) is the leading cause of years lived with disability. Recently, it has been reported that CLBP is associated with alterations in the central nervous system. The present stu...

Mar 21, 2022

Facet joints' (FJ) ankylosis was reported in patients with radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (r-AxSpA). However, a detailed FJ evaluation over the whole spectrum of AxSpA was not performed. We aime...

Mar 21, 2022

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurodegenerative disorder. Separate lines of evidence suggest that synapses and astrocytes play a role in the pathological mechanisms underlying ALS. Gi...

Mar 21, 2022

Few studies have evaluated hospitalizations associated with rheumatic disease in Indigenous North American populations. The objective of this study was to determine the characteristics of people hospi...

Mar 21, 2022

Poststroke pain (PSP) is a heterogeneous term encompassing both central neuropathic (ie, central poststroke pain [CPSP]) and nonneuropathic poststroke pain (CNNP) syndromes. Central poststroke pain is...

Mar 14, 2022

"Lock-in" programs are used by health insurers to reduce the risk of adverse outcomes that can result from overutilization of opioids and other controlled substances. We estimated the association betw...

Mar 14, 2022

Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) has become the standard of care in microsurgical breast reconstruction. The current literature provides overwhelming evidence of the benefit of ERAS pathways in ...

Mar 14, 2022

Retrospective cohort study of patients from the National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center (NSCISC).The aim was to compare the outcomes of patients with gunshot-induced spinal injuries (GSIs) trea...

Mar 14, 2022

Retrospective cohort study.The objective of this study is to compare the outcomes of spinal tumor surgery between dual-surgeon and single-surgeon approach.Perioperative adverse outcomes may be improve...

Mar 14, 2022

Gallbladder disease affects approximately 20 million people in the US. Acute cholecystitis is diagnosed in approximately 200 000 people in the US each year.Gallstone-associated cystic duct obstructi...

Mar 14, 2022

Clinical research on social observational learning (SoL) as an underlying mechanism for inducing expectancy and eliciting analgesic placebo effects is lacking. This double-blinded randomized controlle...

Mar 07, 2022

Defined by dysfunction or degeneration of Aδ and C fibers, small fiber neuropathies (SFNs) entail a relevant health burden. In 50% of cases, the underlying cause cannot be identified or treated. In 1...

Mar 07, 2022

Opioids in general and remifentanil in particular can induce hyperalgesia. Preclinical data suggest that cannabidiol might have the capacity to reduce opioid-induced hyperalgesia (OIH). Thus, we inves...

Feb 28, 2022

Chronic pain has widespread, detrimental effects on the human nervous system. Its prevalence and burden increase with age. Machine learning techniques have been applied on brain images to produce stat...

Feb 21, 2022

Cefazolin (CFZ) is one of the most extensively used cephalosporins. This antibiotic exerts its bactericidal activity by interfering with bacterial cell wall formation, leading to bacteriolysis. CFZ is...

Feb 21, 2022

Galcanezumab, a monoclonal antibody against calcitonin gene-related peptide, is an emerging migraine preventative. We hypothesized that the preventive effects are conveyed via modulation of somatosens...

Feb 14, 2022

Due to current measurement, sizing and fitting approaches, poor bra fit is prevalent amongst larger breasted women. The impact of improving bra fit hasn't yet been explored. This pre-clinical study ai...

Feb 14, 2022

We aimed to determine the feasibility and efficacy of online strategies to recruit parents of children with pediatric rheumatic diseases (PRDs) for research and to evaluate the degree to which known f...