Chronic pain is a debilitating problem for many Americans. It affects physical, social, and emotional health. This study addresses the potential differential effects of chronic pain cross-culturally in younger Americans. A retrospective analysis of persons younger than 50 years of age presenting for chronic pain management in a multidisciplinary pain center was done. White and black American ad...

Address all correspondence and request for reprints to: Tamer S. Issa Issa Physical Therapy Randolph Medical Center 4701 Randolph Rd Suite G1 Rockville, MD 20852 USA [email protected] Abstract: Chronic headaches are a significant health problem for patients and often a clinical enigma for the medical professionals who treat such patients. The purpose of this case report is to describe the phys...

CONTEXT Chronic lower leg pain in athletes can be a frustrating problem for patients and a difficult diagnosis for clinicians. Myriad approaches have been suggested to evaluate these conditions. With the continued evolution of diagnostic studies, evidence-based guidance for a standard approach is unfortunately sparse. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION PubMed was searched from January 1980 to May 2011 to i...

Background & Purpose: Fibromyalgia syndrome is a chronic disease with unknown etiology musculoskeletal pain and tender points throughout the body are numerous. The aim of this study was to measure quality of life in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome that referred to Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation clinic in Baqiyatallah Hospital. Methods & Materials: Patients that referred to Physical...

Vulvodynia is a problem most family physicians can expect to encounter. It is a syndrome of unexplained vulvar pain, frequently accompanied by physical disabilities, limitation of daily activities, sexual dysfunction and psychologic distress. The patient's vulvar pain usually has an acute onset and, in most cases, becomes a chronic problem lasting months to years. The pain is often described as...

background : chronic constipation is a common problem worldwide that negatively impacts quality of life. because of the effects of psychological and cultural factors on the function of the bowel tract and the vast variety of ethnicities and diet among the iranian people, the present study describes the occurrence of constipation and its associated factors in kerman, the largest city in southeas...