Studies of how people relate to the risk of occupational injury indicate that there is a tendency to underestimate the risk at work compared to other risks in society. Ultrasound examinations of the heart involve a static and very uncomfortable working posture for the sonographer. As a result many sonographers experience shoulder and neck pains which can result in long term sickness leaves. The...

introduction: low back pain is one of the most common musculoskeletal disorders,which is prevalent among the public population. depending on the severity of the patients’ pain, different treatments are selected for them. few studies have addressed, so far, the therapeutic effects of laser in such pains and different results have been published in this regard. the aim of this study is to investi...

Although pain of dental origin is the most common orofacial pain, other non-odontogenic pains can affect the orofacial region and occasionally mimic dental pain. These non-odontogenic pains may pose a diagnostic dilemma for the dental practitioner who routinely diagnoses and treats dental pain. Knowledge of the various non-odontogenic pains will ultimately prevent misdiagnosis and the delivery ...

STUDY DESIGN Retrospective review. PURPOSE This study aims to define the role of lumbar fusion for persistent back pains after the lumbar disc replacement. OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE Little is written about lumbar fusion after optimally placed lumbar arthroplasty in patients with persistent lower back pains. METHODS Retrospective review of cases of lumbar artificial disc requiring subsequent ...

OBJECTIVES To assess whether the prevalence of growing pains varies with indicators of fatty acid exposure. Growing pains (limb pains of no obvious explanation) have been shown to be strongly linked to a family history of arthritis, and are thought to predict an increased risk of the development of arthritis in adulthood. Much has been made of the possibility of fatty acids, particularly the ω-...

The terms myofascial pain, fibromyalgia and fibrositis are critically examined. They constitute diagnostic labels for non-specific musculoskeletal aches and pains. Analysis of the evidence shows that none of these labels is substantiated by hard physical signs or by laboratory evidence of consistent pathological or biochemical abnormality. What is the objective evidence for disorder(s) of muscl...

Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are of choice for acute pain management in musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) but they are not without side effects. The primary aim of this study was to investigate user’s experience of side effects of oral NSAIDs among patients with MSDs. Multi-stage sampling technique was used to select 296 patients with MSDs from physiotherapy out-patient clinics...

Context: Musculoskeletal disorders are among the main causes of death and disability can impose high costs on individuals countries. Considering importance pain, present meta-analysis study aimed to investigate prevalence orthopedic pains in Iranian children adolescents. Methods: The was reported line with PRISMA. searching process carried out using keywords, including adolescents, youth, schoo...