BACKGROUND Many people suffer with Osteoarthritis (OA) and subsequent morbidity. Therefore, measuring outcome associated with OA is important. The Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) has been a widely used patient reported outcome in OA. However, there is relatively little evidence to support the use of the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) version of the scale. We ...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to develop and psychometrically test a short, patient-reported questionnaire to be used in clinical practice for patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). The Visual Analogue Scale for Irritable Bowel Syndrome (VAS-IBS) questionnaire was designed to measure the treatment response of symptoms and well-being in patients suffering from IBS. METHODS The VA...

Objective: Determine the frequency of migraine, its triggering factors and assessment impact on daily life among medical students ofa private college in Lahore, Pakistan. Settings: First to final year MBBS Fatima Memorial College Medicine, Lahore Period: February April, 2019. Material & Methods: In a total 708 students, 118 were identified, as having experienced headache for past one year. ...

Background & Aim: The purpose of this study was to evaluate and compare the pain of patients with spondylolisthesis who had undergone either of the surgery techniques: posterolateral fusion (PLF) or posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF). Methods & Materials/Patients: In a prospective observational study, 102 surgical candidates with low grade degenerative and isthmic spondylolisthesis were e...

OBJECTIVE To determine the efficacy of single dose perioperative intravenous steroid (dexamethasone) for postoperative pain relief in patients undergoing tonsillectomy. STUDY DESIGN Quasi-experimental study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Combined Military Hospital, Lahore, from November 2009 to June 2010. METHODOLOGY Sixty patients were divided into two equal groups. A single dose of dexame...

Methods A prospective interventional study over 12 weeks. Baseline audits were made weekly 3 times on 25 randomly chosen patient cases. The following interventions were introduced to the triage nurses. All acute patients should be asked about pain using VAS-scale, when arriving to the hospital and the value should be documented together with the vital signs. The nurses were educated in pain tre...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to analyze the Visual Analogue Scale Foot and Ankle (VAS FA) in patients to obtain normative data for pathological conditions. METHODS The VAS FA was consecutively obtained in a foot and ankle outpatient clinic. The score results were categorized into different pathological foot and ankle conditions. RESULTS 414 patients were evaluated. Overall score...

background: chronic daily headache (cdh) has gained little attention in functional neuro-imaging. when no structural abnormality is found in cdh, defining functional correlates between activated brain regions during headache bouts may provide unique insights towards understanding the pathophysiology of this type of headache. methods: we recruited four cdh cases for comprehensive assessments, in...

BACKGROUND There is no study on the long-term use of prednisolone in post-stroke complex regional pain syndrome-1 (CRPS1). OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy and safety of long-term low dose prednisolone in post-stroke CRPS-I. STUDY DESIGN Open-labeled randomized controlled trial. SETTING Tertiary care teaching institute. METHODS Seventy-seven out of 396 (19.4%) patients with stroke had...