BACKGROUND Patients undergoing treatment for head and neck cancer may develop myofascial pain syndrome as sequelae. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence, risk factors, and quality of life (QOL) related to myofascial pain syndrome. METHODS This was a prospective study including patients with head and neck cancer with at least a 1-year disease-free interval. RESULTS One h...

OBJECTIVES To document any consistent clinical findings in a large cohort of patients with whiplash associated disorder. DESIGN Four-year observational study. SETTING Large orthopaedic medicolegal practice in the UK. PARTICIPANTS 1025 consecutive cases of chronic whiplash associated disorder. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES OBSERVATIONAL STUDY OF THE CLINICAL FEATURES OF WHIPLASH ASSOCIATED DISOR...

STUDY DESIGN Repeated-measurement design. OBJECTIVES To explore interobserver reliability of the modified physical dysfunction severity (mPDS) as a measure for impairment of the cervical spine and the modified cervical nonorganic signs (mcNOS) as a measure for behavioral signs, and to explore construct validity of the mPDS and mcNOS. BACKGROUND The PDS has been used for evaluation of treatm...

Fifty-three patients with a diagnosis of chronic myofascial pain-dysfunction syndrome were treated with occlusal equilibration to establish complete anterior guidance. In approximately 5 to 7 days after treatment, most myofascial pain dysfunction symptoms disappeared and complete symptom resolution was usually attained within 3 weeks. The common symptoms all patients had were (1) pain and fatig...

Scalene myofascial pain syndrome is a regional pain syndrome wherein pain originates over the neck area and radiates down to the arm. This condition may present as primary or secondary to underlying cervical pathology. Although scalene myofascial pain syndrome is a well known medical entity, it is often misdiagnosed as being some other neck pain associated with radiculopathy, such as cervical d...

BACKGROUND Myofascial pain is a common dysfunction with a lifetime prevalence affecting up to 85% of the general population. Current guidelines for the management of myofascial pain are not available. In this study we investigated how physicians on the basis of prescription behaviour evaluate the effectiveness of treatment options in their management of myofascial pain. METHODS We conducted a...

The paper describes the basic pathogenic mechanisms of neuroendocrine disorders development in COVID-19 and post-COVID syndrome. lesions central nervous system included complaints about headache, often very intensive, undue fatiguability, “intellectual fog”, periodic faintness, changes mental state cognitive functions. peripheral manifest themselves anosmia hypogeusia, pain muscles cartilages, ...