background: primary dysmenorrhea is the most common cyclic pelvic pain and is also the most common gynecological problem worldwide and affects quality of life. the present study aimed to investigate the effect of isometric exercises on intensity and duration of pain and level of anxiety in the students with primary dysmenorrhea. materials and methods : in this randomized controlled clinical tri...

BACKGROUND Chronic lumbosacral radicular pain is a common source of radiating leg pain seen in pain management patients. These patients are frequently managed conservatively with multiple modalities including medications, physical therapy, and epidural steroid injections. Radiofrequency has been used to treat chronic radicular pain for over 30 years; however, there is a paucity of literature ab...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the course of lateral epicondylitis and identify prognostic indicators associated with short- and longterm outcome of pain intensity. METHODS We prospectively followed patients (n = 349) from 2 randomized controlled trials investigating conservative interventions for lateral epicondylitis in primary care. Uni- and multivariate linear regression analyses were used to i...

BACKGROUND Breakthrough pain (BTP) is traditionally defined as a pain exacerbation in patients with chronic controlled pain. However, this definition has recently been challenged. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the prevalence of unsatisfactory control in patients with chronic cancer pain, and investigate the frequency and intensity of BTP episodes. METHODS A total of 665 patients with chronic cance...

the health effects of fish oil capsules and vitamin b1 tablets on duration and severity of dysmenorrhea     agakhani n [1] ,sadagyani m [2] , jasemi m [3] , feizi a [4] , eghtedar s [5] ,mesgarzadeh m [6] ,ebrahimi m [7]     received: 5 jan, 2012 accepted: 19 jun, 2012     abstract   background & aims : dysmenorrhea is the most common complaint of young girls and one of the main reasons behind ...

recurrent aphthous stomatitis (ras) is the most common and painful oral inflammatory lesion with an unknown etiology. this study aims to determine the therapeutic effects of ibuprofen, diphenhydramine and aluminum magnesium simethicone (almgs) syrup on reducing oral aphthous ulcer pain.thirty-one patients with ras participated in this double-blind clinical trial. subjects were randomly divided ...

introduction: this study aimed to examine the effects of induced inflammatory tooth pain on anxiety level in adult male rats. methods: the mandibular incisors of 56 adult male rats were cut off and prefabricated crowns were fixed on the teeth. formalin and capsaicin were injected intradentally to induce inflammatory tooth pain. diazepam treated group received diazepam 30 minutes before intraden...

The aim of the present investigation was to assess the psychological profile of a sample of patients with temporomandibular disorders (TMD) and to compare the psychometric scores between patients with pain of different diffusion, location, intensity and duration. One hundred and ten (N = 110) patients with painful TMD fulfilled three psychometric instruments. Pain features were assessed as cate...

The study was designed to assess whether the social context of a pain experience impacted on the relation between catastrophizing and duration of pain behaviour. Based on a communal coping model, the prediction was that the presence of an observer during a pain procedure would differentially influence the display of pain behaviour in high and low catastrophizers. University undergraduates takin...

Background & aim: Despite the global efforts to promote breastfeeding, women report some problems leading to stop breastfeeding in the early postpartum. Nipple soreness is considered as one of the main causes of early breastfeeding discontinuation. Treatment of this problem could keep breastfeeding for a prolonged period of time. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the effect of n...