Aug 14, 2023

Elevated levels of anxiety in relation to chronic pain have been consistently associated with greater distress and disability. Thus, accurate measurement of pain-related anxiety is an important requir...

Aug 07, 2023

Spinal cord injury (SCI) can lead to severe neurological dysfunction. Despite scientific and medical advances, clinically effective regenerative therapies including stem cells are lacking for SCI.This...

Aug 07, 2023

Pain is the primary symptomatic manifestation of sickle cell disease (SCD), an inherited hemoglobinopathy. The characteristics that influence pain experiences and outcomes in SCD are not fully underst...

Aug 07, 2023

The 3-item PEG has become one of the most widely used measures of pain severity and interference. The minimally important differences (MID) and responsiveness of the PEG are essential metrics for soli...

Jul 31, 2023

The aim of this work was to explore the association between Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans (A actinomycetemcomitans) infection and disease activity amongst those with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) ...

Jul 31, 2023

Whiplash-Associated Disorders (WAD) represent a multifactorial condition often accompanied by altered nociceptive processing and psychological factors. This systematic review on acute and chronic WAD ...

Jul 17, 2023

Despite the high prevalence of alcohol use disorder (AUD) in the United States, limited research is focused on the associations among AUD, pain, and opioids/benzodiazepine use. In addition, little is ...

Jul 17, 2023

Despite the high prevalence of alcohol use disorder (AUD) in the United States, limited research is focused on the associations among AUD, pain, and opioids/benzodiazepine use. In addition, little is ...

Jul 17, 2023

Chinese society is progressively aging, and more and more patients suffer from spinal diseases in advanced age patients (>75 years). Surgery is still the most effective solution for patients who ha...

Jul 17, 2023

Over the past half century, psoriasis is considered as an immune-mediated inflammatory skin disease with the combined hallmarks of autoimmunity and autoinflammation, according to growing volumes of cl...

Jul 17, 2023

Over the past half century, psoriasis is considered as an immune-mediated inflammatory skin disease with the combined hallmarks of autoimmunity and autoinflammation, according to growing volumes of cl...

Jul 17, 2023

Influences on anterior knee pain, stair climbing limitations, and function such as rising from sitting are poorly understood in unicompartmental knee arthroplasty. Original indications for unicompartm...

Jul 17, 2023

Influences on anterior knee pain, stair climbing limitations, and function such as rising from sitting are poorly understood in unicompartmental knee arthroplasty. Original indications for unicompartm...

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...