1. background amputation and pain may have considerable impact on health-related quality of life. 2. objectives the purpose of this study was to assess the impact of pain on health-related quality of life in a population of war related bilateral lower limb amputees. 3. materials and methods the veterans and martyrs affairs foundation (vmaf) database documented 578 patients with bilateral lower ...

conclusions telephone consultation partially based on a cognitive-behavioral approach significantly reduced the intensity of pain and improved the qol in patients with chronic pain in japan. results the pain intensities were significantly decreased from 7.6 ± 2.0 at baseline to 5.7 ± 2.9 on follow-ups assessed by a numerical rating scale (range; 0 - 10, p < 0.001, effect size (es); 0.76). the e...

aim : to determine the co-incidence of gallstones with upper gi disease in patients who were candidate for elective cholecystectomy. background : typical pain of gallstones frequently cause special pattern which can usually be distinguished from symptoms of other organic and functional diseases. but patient with cholelithiasis and atypical pattern of abdominal pain seems to bring about a challe...

background: chronic low back pain is among a wide spread musculoskeletal conditions that is related to disability with high economy cost. there are several treatment modalities for controlling chronic low back pain (clbp), among them high intensity laser therapy (hilt) and epidural blocks (eb) use more commonly. this study aimed to evaluate the benefits and hazards of each of these two methods....

conclusions a new approach to treat lumbar facet joint pain with prf is simple to perform and without serious complications. in view of the good long-lasting results obtained with the two reported cases, randomized control trials are necessary to validate this new approach. case presentation a 71-year-old patient presented because of persisting pain in the left gluteal region radiating to the l...

Introduction: Facial expression to pain is an important pain indicator; however, facial movements look unresponsive when perceiving mild pain. The present study investigates whether pain magnitude modulates the relationship between subjective pain rating and an observer&rsquo;s evaluation of facial expression.&nbsp; Methods: Twelve healthy volunteers were recruited to obtain 108 samples for pa...

background: chronic pain is a frequent disability that negatively affects patient’s quality of life. understanding of the possible relation between sociodemographic and medical variables with health related quality of life (hrql) may help identifying the multidimensionality of pain and risk factors that limit physical and psychological adjustment of the patients. the present study was done to f...