Dec 07, 2020

The objective of this study was to identify whether total ankle arthroplasty (TAA) was associated with greater risk for 30-day complications and/or greater financial burden in comparison to ankle arth...

Dec 07, 2020

To investigate whether presepsin can be used as a novel biomarker to differentiate between native joint septic arthritis (NJSA) and crystal arthritis (CA).This study included 75 patients diagnosed wit...

Dec 03, 2020

Our previous study has demonstrated that porcine diazepam-binding inhibitor (pDBI) and its active fragments, pDBI-16 and pDBI-19, have inhibition effect on morphine analgesia in mice. The present stud...

Dec 03, 2020

To evaluate the effectiveness of dorsal root ganglion neurostimulation for the treatment of refractory, focal pain in the pelvis and lower extremities.Systematic review.The primary outcome was ≥50% ...

Dec 03, 2020

To explore how baseline resting-state cerebral function predicts clinical outcomes of acupuncture treatment for migraine.One hundred migraine patients and 46 healthy subjects were recruited. Patients ...

Dec 03, 2020

To examine differences in concussion symptom reporting between female and male adults considering current psychological symptoms such as anxiety and depression and pre-injury factors in order to ident...

Dec 03, 2020

The relation between migraine and vascular risk factors is an unclear issue. Furthermore, the reasons for chronification are still unknown. Probably, the age-related risk and other factors leading to ...

Dec 03, 2020

Fibromyalgia is characterized by widespread musculoskeletal pain and often accompanied by cognitive and emotional problems. Adaptation to fibromyalgia may therefore also rely on one's ability to regul...

Dec 03, 2020

A number of membrane lipid-derived mediators play pivotal roles in the initiation, maintenance, and regulation of various types of acute and chronic pain. Acute pain, comprising nociceptive and inflam...

Dec 03, 2020

The objective of this study is to suggest clinical and subclinical atlantoaxial (AA) instability as a cause for dorsal AA ligament hypertrophy responsible for clinical signs in dogs with dens abnormal...

Dec 03, 2020

Neck pain is a leading cause of years lived with disability and is often managed with opioid medications in primary care settings, though this is contraindicated by national guidelines. The aim of thi...

Dec 03, 2020

Retrospective cohort study.To identify the clinical significance of different patterns of intraoperative neuromonitoring (IONM) signal alerts.IONM is a long-established valuable adjunct to complex spi...

Dec 03, 2020

This study was aimed to investigate the potential gene targets and metabolite markers associated with colorectal carcinoma (CRC). Gene expression data (GSE110224) related with CRC were obtained from...

Dec 03, 2020

Long-term follow-up of patients treated with open-label placebo (OLP) are non-existent. Herein, we report a 5-year follow-up of a three-weeks OLP randomized controlled trial (RCT) in chronic low back ...

Dec 03, 2020

Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) is an approved treatment for truncal and limb neuropathic pain. However, pain relief is often suboptimal and SCS efficacy may reduce over time, sometimes requiring additi...

Dec 03, 2020

Pain (eg, needle injections, injuries, and chronic pain) is highly prevalent in childhood and occurs in social contexts. Nevertheless, broader sociocultural influences on pediatric pain, such as popul...

Dec 03, 2020

To study the clinical features, treatment and outcomes of primary Sjögren's Syndrome (pSS) in a Singapore cohort from an outpatient rheumatology clinic.Computerised Physician Order entry records of p...

Dec 03, 2020

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory disease associated with increased mortality and morbidity due to the higher cardiovascular risk in these patients. Traditional risk factors are not ...

Dec 03, 2020

Pain in fibromyalgia (FM) and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is assumed to originate from central sensitization. Perineural cysts or Tarlov cysts (TCs) are nerve root dilations resulting from patholog...

Nov 30, 2020

The assessment of academic physicians should utilize field-independent publication metrics to measure improvement of grant outcomes, promotion, and continued evaluation of research productivity. Publi...