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Hypersensitivity to Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide in Post-Traumatic Headache.

Sep 24, 2020

To demonstrate that calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) induces headache exacerbation with migraine-like features in patients with persistent post-traumatic headache (PTH) attributed to mild trauma...

Case Report: Neurocysticercosis Acquired in Australia.

Sep 24, 2020

Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is a disease caused by infection of the central nervous system with the larval stage of the tapeworm This disease is endemic in many parts of the world, including Africa, Asi...

Diagnostic Accuracy of ACR 2010 Preliminary Diagnostic Criteria in the Diagnosis of Fibromyalgia Among Chronic Backache Patients.

Sep 24, 2020

Chronic backache remains among common causes of attendance in orthopaedic, pain and neurology clinics and requires a detailed workup for the management of these patients. As per literature, fibromyalg...

Neural therapy for fibromyalgia: myth or improving quality of life?

Sep 24, 2020

Fibromyalgia is a common rheumatic disease, which is thought to be a neuroendocrine dysregulation disorder. Patients' quality of life is severely affected by this disease. Though neural therapy, as a ...

Linear and geometric morphometric analyses of variation of the plectrum in four species of bess beetles, tribe Proculini (Coleoptera: Passalidae).

Sep 24, 2020

Bess beetles are sapro-xillophagous insects that inhabit decaying logs. They display sub-social behavior and acoustic communication. Adults produce sounds with an abdomino-alary stridulatory system. T...

One-day Acceptance and Commitment Therapy workshop for preventing persistent post-surgical pain and dysfunction in at-risk veterans: A randomized controlled trial protocol.

Sep 24, 2020

Persistent post-surgical pain is common among patients undergoing surgery, is detrimental to patients' quality of life, and can precipitate long-term opioid use. The purpose of this randomized control...

Recovery after enhanced versus conventional care laparoscopic hysterectomy performed in the afternoon: A randomized controlled trial.

Sep 24, 2020

To compare enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) and conventional care (CC) protocols on outcomes of laparoscopic hysterectomy (LH) performed in the afternoon.A single-center randomized controlled tr...

Perioperative Pregabalin for Preventive Analgesia in Breast Cancer Surgery: A Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.

Sep 24, 2020

Pregabalin is a drug for neuropathic pain. The antipronociceptive properties of pregabalin have led to its recent use as an adjuvant to the multimodal postoperative pain regimen. This meta-analysis wa...

High Prevalence of Falls Independent of Age in Adults Living with Chronic Pain.

Sep 24, 2020

High risks of falls have been reported in older adults with chronic pain but chronic pain similarly affects adults of all ages. This cross-sectional study aimed to determine the prevalence of falls an...

The Concept of Pain Inventory (COPI): Assessing a Child's Concept of Pain.

Sep 24, 2020

Clinical guidelines recommend that healthcare providers assist children to understand their experience of persistent pain, with pain science education a key component of clinical management in pediatr...

Impact of cognitive tasks on biomechanical and kinematic parameters of gait in women with fibromyalgia: a cross-sectional study.

Sep 24, 2020

Fibromyalgia (FM) is a chronic disease whose symptoms may cause altered walking pattern, which is important given the relevance of walking in daily life activities. These activities use to require the...

Walking disabilities are associated with tenosynovitis at the metatarsophalangeal joints: A longitudinal MRI-study in early arthritis.

Sep 24, 2020

The relationship between functional disability and MRI-inflammation has been studied for the hands, but has not been well established for the feet, even though walking-difficulties are common. Therefo...

Sunlight exposure, sun-protective behaviour, and anti-citrullinated protein antibody positivity: A general population-based study in Quebec, Canada.

Sep 24, 2020

To examine associations between sunlight exposure and anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPA) using general population data in Quebec, Canada.A random sample of 7600 individuals (including 786 po...

Ubiquitination in rheumatoid arthritis.

Sep 24, 2020

Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic, inflammatory joint disease leading to inflammation of synovial membrane that lines the joints. This inflammation further progresses and results in destruction of joi...

Functional impairment and disability among patients with migraine: evaluation of galcanezumab in a long-term, open-label study.

Sep 21, 2020

Migraine can negatively impact patient functioning and quality of life. Here, we report the effects of galcanezumab (GMB), a humanized monoclonal antibody that binds to calcitonin gene-related peptide...

Effect of Migraine on Pregnancy Planning: Insights From the American Registry for Migraine Research.

Sep 21, 2020

To evaluate the effect of migraine on women's pregnancy plans.Participants were enrolled in the American Registry for Migraine Research, an observational study that recruits patients from headache spe...

Motivations to initiate injectable hydromorphone and diacetylmorphine treatment: A qualitative study of patient experiences in Vancouver, Canada.

Sep 21, 2020

Within the context of the ongoing overdose crisis and limitations of conventional opioid treatments, the scale-up of injectable hydromorphone (HDM) and diacetylmorphine (DAM) as evidenced-based treatm...

Individual and social network correlates of recent treatment for substance use disorders among persons who use drugs in Baltimore, MD (2014 - 2017).

Sep 21, 2020

This analysis examined individual and network correlates of treatment enrollment for substance use disorders (SUDs) in the past 6 months and whether these factors varied by type(s) of drug(s) used and...

A Systematic Review of Arthroscopic Versus Open Debridement of the Arthritic Elbow.

Sep 21, 2020

To systematically review the available data with regard to clinical and functional outcomes of arthroscopic and open debridement for elbow arthritis in order to determine the complication rate with tr...

Patients' perceptions of the pathways linking chronic pain with problematic substance use.

Sep 21, 2020

Approximately one-half of patients with substance use disorders (SUD) experience chronic pain. Yet how patients perceive the relationship between their substance use and chronic pain remains poorly un...

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