Cherkin, D.C. J GEN INTERN MED (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-018-4362-5 Chronic musculoskeletal pain (CMP) has long been one of the most clinically challenging conditions. The inability of clinicians to identify specific underlying causes of CMP for most patients and the lack of highly effective treatments continues to frustrate both clinicians and patients. Clinician desires to relieve their […]
Andrew J. Vickers, PhD The Journal of Pain. Published online:November 30, 2017 Highlights – Acupuncture has a clinically relevant effect on chronic pain that persists over time – The effect of acupuncture cannot be explained only by placebo effects – Factors in addition to the specific effects of needling are important contributors – Referral for […]
René Pelletier Physical Therapy, Volume 95, Issue 11, 1 November 2015, Pages 1582–1591, https://doi.org/10.2522/ptj.20140575 Published: 01 November 2015 Present interventions utilized in musculoskeletal rehabilitation are guided, in large part, by a biomedical model where peripheral structural injury is believed to be the sole driver of the disorder. There are, however, neurophysiological changes across different areas […]
Pauline Anderson October 30, 2017 SAN DIEGO — The last two decades have seen “unprecedented advances” in the use of acupuncture to treat pain conditions, with a “rapid rise” in the number and quality of related published studies, according to a physician who is an experienced acupuncture practitioner. “Right now, we have a pretty solid […]
August 28, 2017 Annals of Internal Medicine TAKE-HOME MESSAGE The authors of this systematic review evaluated the benefits and harms of using cannabis preparations for the treatment of chronic pain. There is limited evidence to support the efficacy of cannabis for neuropathic pain in select patients but little evidence to support the use of cannabis […]
MAY 19, 2017 Successful management of neuropathic pain remains elusive despite the variety of pharmacologic classes prescribed to treat it, new research suggests. Furthermore, the actual evidence supporting drugs used on an everyday basis is remarkably deficient, according to Richard W. Rosenquist, MD, the study’s author and chairman of the Department of Pain Management at […]
March 20, 2017 The Journal of Pain TAKE-HOME MESSAGE In this study, 369 patients with painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy and stable HbA1c scores <11% were randomized to receive a one-time, 30-minute application of the 8% capsaicin patch or a placebo patch to a painful area on the foot. Patients then reported pain and sleep at […]
Date: February 24, 2017 Source: Wolters Kluwer Health Summary: Older adults with higher levels of physical activity have pain modulation patterns that might help lower their risk of developing chronic pain, reports a study. Older adults with higher levels of physical activity have pain modulation patterns that might help lower their risk of developing chronic […]
The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry Volume 18, 2017 – Issue 3 Franz Riederer Abstract Objectives: Widespread sensory deficits occur in 20–40% of chronic pain patients on the side of pain, independent of pain aetiology, and are known as nondermatomal sensory deficits (NDSDs). NDSDs can occur in absence of central or peripheral nervous system lesions. […]
January 26, 2017 Pain TAKE-HOME MESSAGE A 3-hour home visit was conducted with 98 healthy adults in the community to collect information on environment, food-related behaviors, and adiposity to evaluate the effect of dietary intake of anti-inflammatory foods on the relationship of body fat to body pain. Modelling revealed that quality of dietary intake mediated […]
January 10, 2017 BMJ Open TAKE-HOME MESSAGE Adults of working age were interviewed to evaluate the effect of chronic pain on sick leave and employment in this Spanish study. The prevalence of sick leave as a result of chronic pain was 4.21%. Chronic pain is associated not only with an increase in sick leave but […]
Headline The programme of research found that acupuncture was more effective than usual care and sham acupuncture for chronic pain, that it was one of the more clinically effective physical therapies for osteoarthritis and that it showed benefits in the treatment of depression. Abstract Background: There has been an increase in the utilisation of acupuncture […]
Ralph Bingham Cloward was an American Neurosurgeon born September 24th 1908 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was a member of the Western Neurosurgical Society for 40 years and the President in 1975. “Like many contributors to medicine, the [interbody fusion] technique was developed as a wartime necessity. Dr. Cloward was the only neurosurgeon in […]
Ralph Bingham Cloward was an American Neurosurgeon born September 24th 1908 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was a member of the Western Neurosurgical Society for 40 years and the President in 1975. “Like many contributors to medicine, the [interbody fusion] technique was developed as a wartime necessity. Dr. Cloward was the only neurosurgeon in […]
J Child Neurol. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2014 Aug 7. Published in final edited form as: J Child Neurol. 2013 Aug; 28(8): 993–1001. Published online 2013 May 16. doi: 10.1177/0883073813487595 PMCID: PMC4124736 NIHMSID: NIHMS506894 Susan A. Masino, Ph.D.* and David N. Ruskin, Ph.D. Abstract Ketogenic diets are well-established as a successful anticonvulsant therapy. Based […]
Date: September 19, 2016 Source: Sissa Medialab Summary: Neurofeedback is a technique used for the treatment of clinical disorders (like depression, anxiety, chronic pain, ADHD and schizophrenia etc.) and enhancement of brain performance. It is based on the “self-regulation” of brain activations underpinned by the principles of feedback control systems. Feedback systems can be found […]
Pain Physician. 2016 Sep-Oct;19(7):415-27. Wu Z, Malihi Z, Stewart AW, Lawes CM, Scragg R. Abstract BACKGROUND: There is conflicting evidence from previous qualitative reviews on the effect of vitamin D supplementation on pain. OBJECTIVE: To determine with quantitative methods if vitamin D supplementation lowers pain levels. STUDY DESIGN: Quantitative meta-analysis of published randomized controlled trials […]