OBJECTIVE To assess the applicability of pain assessment instruments in three hospital settings. METHODOLOGY This study comprised 60 patients with musculoskeletal pain cared for at the Conjunto Hospitalar de Sorocaba: orthopedic ward, Rheumatology outpatient clinic, and orthopedic emergency unit. QUESTIONNAIRES Brief Pain Inventory (BPI); McGill Pain Questionnaire (MPQ); Visual Analogue Sca...

Objectives. To explore the feasibility of intravenous magnesium administration as a potential candidate intervention for a large size trial in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Type 1 (CRPS 1). Design. Randomized clinical trial. Setting. Outpatient pain clinic. Patients. Ten CRPS 1 patients. Interventions. Eight patients received 70 mg/kg magnesium sulphate infusions in 4 hours for 5 days. For bli...

OBJECTIVES To explore the feasibility of intravenous magnesium administration as a potential candidate intervention for a large size trial in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Type 1 (CRPS 1). DESIGN Randomized clinical trial. SETTING Outpatient pain clinic. PATIENTS Ten CRPS 1 patients. INTERVENTIONS Eight patients received 70 mg/kg magnesium sulphate infusions in 4 hours for 5 days. For ...

background : many women suffer from perineal trauma during the normal vaginal delivery. perineal trauma is mainly associated with pain and complications after the childbirth. perineal management techniques can play a significant role in perineal trauma reduction. this study aimed to compare the effects of perineal management techniques (hands-off technique, ritgen maneuver and perineal massage ...

We have evaluated the level of state and trait anxiety, neuroticism, extroversion and coping style as predictors of the effectiveness of patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) in 110 patients undergoing total abdominal hysterectomy. After operation patients were allocated to receive pain control with either PCA or i.m. injections (IMI). Pain was assessed using the short form McGill pain questionnai...

INTRODUCTION This study was designed to evaluate incidence and characteristics of acute referred orofacial pain caused by a posterior single tooth pulpitis in an Iranian population. METHODS In this cross-sectional study, 3,150 patients (1,400 males and 1,750 females) with pain in the orofacial region were evaluated via clinical and radiographic examination to determine their pain source. Pati...

CONTEXT Pain is one of the most common postpartum complaints by women in the United States, and the pain varies in its location. Research on intervention strategies for postpartum pain has focused primarily on the lower back, but pain management for other types of postpartum pain remains unclear. OBJECTIVE To investigate the effects of osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) on postpartum pa...