A female patient had residual numbness and pain in the right half of body after intracerebral hemorrhage (capsular hemorrhage). After a 1-week trial spinal cord stimulation (SCS), Numerical Rating Scale (NRS) improved from 10 to 5 Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) 76 52. The was able lift her legs, 210-cm walking time 24.79 s 15.25 s, which highly satisfactory. One month trial, flared up gait wor...

This study aims to analyze the effect of multiple disciplinary team (MDT) led by pain specialist nurses on postoperative analgesia in patients undergoing mastectomy. 140 with breast cancer admitted our hospital were treated mastectomy and randomly divided into control group intervention group. Routine care was applied group, while MDT based The degree pain, total analgesic dose, first ambulatio...

BACKGROUND Achilles tendinopathy (AT) is a pathological state resulting from repetitive loading or stress on the tendon. The article aims to evaluate the effects of the low - energy radial extracorporeal shockwave therapy (RESWT) in the treatment of the adult with chronic insertional Achilles tendinopathy (AT) after the unsuccessful conservative treatment, with 18 months follow - up evaluation....

INTRODUCTION Our objective was to compare pain assessments by patients, parents and physicians in children with different medical conditions, and analyse how this affected the physicians' administration of pain relief. PATIENTS AND METHODS This cross-sectional study involved 243 children aged 3-15 years treated at Bergen Accident and Emergency Department (ED) in 2011. The child patient's pain...

Abstract Background Chronic nonspecific low back pain (CNSLBP) troubles approximately 30% of people worldwide. Silver needle therapy (SNT) is a treatment method to relieve soft tissue through heating. Therefore, this study aimed observe the effects SNT on CNSLBP. Methods In study, 100 patients were randomly divided into 2 groups: silver (SN) group and control ( n = 50). SN group, received physi...

Background Because of the high initial cost intrathecal drug delivery (ITDD)-therapy, this study investigated cost-effectiveness and cost-utility ITDD-therapy in refractory cancer pain management Thailand over past ten years.Methods The retrospective was conducted patients who underwent from January 2011-2021 at three university hospitals. Clinical outcomes included numerical rating scale (NRS)...

PURPOSE To evaluate the efficacy of hydromorphone-OROS (HM-OROS) in reducing sleep disturbance and relieving cancer pain. MATERIALS AND METHODS One hundred twenty cancer patients with pain (numeric rating scale [NRS] ≥ 4) and sleep disturbance (NRS ≥ 4) were evaluated. The initial HM-OROS dosing was based on previous opioid dose (HM-OROS:oral morphine=1:5). Dose adjustment of the study drug w...

OBJECTIVE To examine the reliability (stability) and sensitivity of the Bristol Rheumatoid Arthritis Fatigue scales (BRAFs) and patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) developed to capture the fatigue experience. The Multi-Dimensional Questionnaire (BRAF-MDQ) has a global score and four subscales (Physical Fatigue, Living with Fatigue, Cognitive Fatigue and Emotional Fatigue), while three num...

PURPOSE Dyspnea is a common and distressing symptom for patients with lung cancer (LC) because of disease burden, therapy toxicity, and comorbid illnesses. Acupuncture is a centuries-old therapy with biological plausibility for relief of dyspnea in this setting. This pilot study aimed to evaluate the feasibility and preliminary effectiveness of acupuncture for dyspnea among patients with LC. ...

BACKGROUND Mobilization with movement (MWM) has been shown to reduce pain, increase range of motion (ROM) and physical function in a range of different musculoskeletal disorders. Despite this evidence, there is a lack of studies evaluating the effects of MWM for hip osteoarthritis (OA). OBJECTIVES To determine the immediate effects of MWM on pain, ROM and functional performance in patients wi...