nonspecific activity-related arm pain is characterized by an absence of objective physical findings and symptoms that do not correspond with objective pathophysiology. arm pain without strict diagnosis is often related to activity, work-related activity in particular, and is often seen in patients with physically demanding work. psychological factors such as catastrophic thinking, symptoms of d...

  Nonspecific activity-related arm pain is characterized by an absence of objective physical findings and symptoms that do not correspond with objective pathophysiology. Arm pain without strict diagnosis is often related to activity, work-related activity in particular, and is often seen in patients with physically demanding work. Psychological factors such as catastrophic thinking, symptoms of...

RATIONALE Among the causes of swelling in the extremities of renal transplantation patients, secondary lymphedema caused by complete idiopathic obstruction of large veins is rare and may be difficult to diagnose and treat. PATIENT CONCERNS A 64-year-old man presented with severe edema and pain that occurred suddenly in the right arm. DIAGNOSES The patient was diagnosed as stage-2 secondary ...

background: nonspecific symptoms are common in all areas of medicine. patients and caregivers can be frustrated when an illness cannot be reduced to a discrete pathophysiological process that corresponds with the symptoms. we therefore asked the following questions: 1) which demographic factors and psychological comorbidities are associated with change from an initial diagnosis of nonspecific a...

Symptomatic impingement of the rotator cuff between the humeral head and the coracoid process has been studied and three varieties recognised: idiopathic, iatrogenic and traumatic. In all three the clinical findings consisted of pain in front of the shoulder, referred to the upper arm and forearm, and especially felt during forward flexion and medial rotation; the pain could be reproduced by me...

OBJECTIVES To investigate sensory changes present in patients with chronic whiplash-associated disorders and chronic idiopathic neck pain using a variety of quantitative sensory tests to better understand the pain processing mechanisms underlying persistent symptoms. METHODS A case control study was used with 29 subjects with chronic whiplash-associated disorders, 20 subjects with chronic idi...

 Background: Frozen shoulder is resulting in limb disability and reduction of quality of life but the factors associated with patients’ disability and quality of life is not clear. To assess pain, disability, the quality of life and factors associated with them in patients suffering from frozen shoulder.  Methods: We enrolled 120 patients (37 men and 83 women) with phase-II idiopathic frozen sh...

background: frozen shoulder is resulting in limb disability and reduction of quality of life but the factors associated with patients’ disability and quality of life is not clear. to assess pain, disability, the quality of life and factors associated with them in patients suffering from frozen shoulder.  methods: we enrolled 120 patients (37 men and 83 women) with phase-ii idiopathic frozen sho...

introduction idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura is a platelet autoimmune hemostatic disorder. in this study, an itp case with abdominal signs and hemorrhagic corpus luteum is presented. case presentation the patient is a 28-year-old nonpregnant woman admitted to ed for constant acute abdominal pain, accompanied by nausea and vomiting. itp was the prominent disease in her medical history which ...