BACKGROUND Despite the high prevalence and cost of neck-pain problems, there is currently little data available on the physical characteristics associated with different levels of neck pain. OBJECTIVE To investigate associations between categories of response to neck pain/discomfort and (1) the endurance time of neck muscles, neck range of motion (ROM), and neck and head morphology, (2) sensi...

The McGill Pain Questionnaire (MPQ) consists primarily of 3 major classes of word descriptors -sensory, affective and evaluative that are used by patients to specify subjective pain experience. It also contains an intensity scale and other items to determine the properties of pain experience. The questionnaire was designed to provide quantitative measures of clinical pain that can be treated st...

background: dysmenorrhea is one of the common problems during reproductive ages, with prevalence rate of 60–90%. this study aimed to compare the effects of acupressure at guan yuan (rn-4) and qu gu (rn-2) acupoints, self-care behaviors training, and ibuprofen on the intensity of primary dysmenorrhea based on mcgill pain questionnaire. materials and methods: in the randomized clinical trial, 120...

BACKGROUND This study aims to investigate the efficacy and safety of acupuncture for patients with chronic neck pain. METHODS The MEDLINE, EMBASE, CENTRAL, CINAHL, and the Chinese Biomedical Literature Database, the China National Knowledge Infrastructure, VIP Information, and Wanfang Data databases will be searched from their inception to present. Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) of acupu...

Evoked or experimental pain is often used as a model for the study of clinical pain, yet there are little data regarding the relationship between the two. In addition, there are few data regarding the types of stimuli and stimulus intensities that are most closely related to clinical pain. In this study, 36 subjects with fibromyalgia (FM), chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), or both syndromes were ...

Background and purpose Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein-antibody–associated disease (MOGAD) is an inflammatory autoimmune condition of the central nervous system. However, data on pain depression have remained scarce. The aim this study was to assess features chronic as well their impact health-related quality life (hr-QoL) in MOGAD. Methods Patients with MOGAD were identified Neuromyelitis ...

CONTEXT Pain is the most disturbing symptom of diabetic peripheral neuropathy. As many as 45% of patients with diabetes mellitus develop peripheral neuropathies. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of gabapentin monotherapy on pain associated with diabetic peripheral neuropathy. DESIGN Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, 8-week trial conducted between July 1996 and March 1997. SETT...