OBJECTIVE To measure the prevalence, severity and morbidity of neuropathic pain in AIDS patients, prior to the initiation of antiretroviral (ARV) therapy. DESIGN A prospective, cross-sectional and descriptive-analytical study. SETTING The Kalafong Hospital HIV Clinic in Pretoria. SUBJECTS All patients with confirmed AIDS who were referred to the Kalafong HIV clinic to be initiated on ARV ...

BACKGROUND Voluntary limb movements are associated with involuntary and automatic postural adjustments of the trunk muscles. These postural adjustments occur prior to movement and prevent unwanted perturbation of the trunk. In low back pain, postural adjustments of the trunk muscles are altered such that the deep trunk muscles are consistently delayed and the superficial trunk muscles are somet...

PURPOSE Symptom clusters (scs) are a dynamic construct. They consist of at least 2 or 3 interrelated symptoms that may be a significant predictor of patient morbidity. In a previous study, we identified 2 scs in patients with bone metastases: An activity-related interference cluster, psychology-related interference cluster. These scs may be clinically important in the pain and symptom managemen...

Abstract Introduction Poor sleep quality and chronic pain are common after moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury (msTBI). Prior studies have not examined the role of PTSD symptoms in relationship between experience (i.e., severity pain-related interference) those with msTBI. Yet, is known to be associated both pain. The purpose this analysis determine sleep-pain among at-risk clinical popul...

The efficacy of a novel, proprietary topical formulation of ibuprofen 5% gel (Ibugel) was evaluated in a placebo-controlled study in patients with soft tissue injuries. Patients received either active gel (n=40) or placebo gel (n=41) for a maximum of seven days. Pain and interference with physical activity were assessed daily using visual analogue scales. There was a significant difference (p<0...

patients afflicted with chronic pain have both physical and psychological problems. this research investigated the impact of the psychological factors in the treatment results of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (tens) in the patients afflicted with chronic diseases. the subjects were 37 individuals (20 males and 17 females) with the mean age of 46 who had referred to two centers of ...

Objectives: The 0-10 Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) is often used in pain management. The aims of our study were to determine the cut-off points for mild, moderate, and severe pain in terms of pain-related interference with functioning in patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain, to measure the variability of the optimal cut-off points, and to determine the influence of patients' catastrophizing ...