Background: Little is known about the influence of habitual participation in physical exercise and diet on upper-extremity physical function in older adults. To assess the relationship of general physical exercise and diet to upper-extremity physical function and pain intensity in older adults.   Methods: A cohort of 111 patients 50 or older completed a sociodemographic survey, the Rapid Asse...

To improve assessment and management of pain in nonverbal older adults with dementia, an effective means of recognizing and evaluating pain in this vulnerable population is needed. The purpose of this review is to critically evaluate the existing tools used for pain assessment in this population to provide recommendations to clinicians. Ten pain assessment tools based on observation of behavior...

Pain in children is underestimated and undertreated because of lack of pain assessment tools. Pain assessment depends on the cognitive development of the child being tested, clinical context, and pain typology. For children older than age 6 years, pain assessment is based on a self-report. For children younger than age 6 years, behavioral pain scales are needed to assess pain. Numerous pain sca...

This European Neuromuscular Centre (ENMC) care workshop was attended by 19 professionals working in the field of neuromuscular disorders (pediatric and adult), pain or fatigue from 8 different countries (USA, Great Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Sweden, Denmark and the Netherlands), and 3 patient representatives coming from the Netherlands. This ENMC organized workshop aimed to achieve consen...

Objectives: The goal of this study was to compare the results of evaluating the success of spinal cord stimulation (SCS) using the Visual Analog Scale (VAS) and a Scaling Pain Relief (SPR) measurement. Methods: This prospective study included 29 patients, who were considered good candidates for an SCS trial. In the immediate post trial period, immediate post implant period, and one-month post i...

This report provides a review of the current procedures for measuring cervical pain and dysfunction and discusses some of the methodological issues involved in the measurement of chronic pain. In particular, the Neck Pain and Disability Scale is compared with other measures of pain and disability. Suggestions are made for further documentation of clinical and research usefulness.