BACKGROUND Bladder spasm is a common side effect of urological surgery. Main treatment modalities include opioids or anticholinergic medication; however, bladder spasms still occur even after these interventions. Recent studies indicate that transcutaneous stimulation of the foot can result in 50% increase in bladder capacity in healthy adults, and inhibit bladder detrusor overactivity in spina...

objectives: the aims of this study were to evaluate the efficacy of conservative treatment in patients with and without cervical ribs and thoracic outlet syndrome (tos). from so many kinds of conservative treatment in literature, we used a multidisciplinary approach (correction of posture, maximizing muscle endurance and power, stretch shorten muscles, massage for trigger points and maximize th...

[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between standing balance increased through muscle-strengthening exercises and pain in knee osteoarthritis patients. [Subjects and Methods] Thirty knee osteoarthritis patients were equally divided into a strengthening exercise group and an unstable exercise group. Before and after the six-week experiment, the visual analogue sca...

Three commonly used pain scales, the visual analogue scale, the Wong-Baker Faces Pain Scale, and the Faces Pain Scale Revised were administered to 122 Thai children, of whom half were HIV infected, in order to assess their validity. These scales presented moderate to good correlation and moderate agreement, sufficient for valid use in Thai children.

Objectives: 1) To obtain preference scores from patients with breast cancer in Singapore for different stages of breast cancer and hormonal therapy–related adverse effects, and 2) to determine the association of patients’ demographic and clinical characteristics with those preference scores. Methods: A total of 22 health states were used to elicit preference values from 64 patients with breast ...

OBJECTIVES This study aimed to evaluate subjective symptom changes in obstructive sleep apnoea hypopnea syndrome patients following nasal surgery, and to explore treatment efficacy in improving patient quality of life. METHODS Patients with nasal blockage accompanied by habitual snoring were stratified into four groups. Their subjective symptoms were evaluated before and after nasal surgery. ...

Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the postoperative pain and satisfaction of patients who underwent total laparoscopic or abdominal hysterectomy for benign gynecologic conditions. Materials and Methods: This study was a prospective, randomized trial. A visual analogue scale and patient satisfaction score scale were used to evaluate the patients’ postoperative satisfaction rates. S...