Aim: Pain is an important health issue that common among patients who receive hemodialysis (HD) treatment and greatly affects the patients’ quality of life. This study aims to assess qualitative pain characteristics HD using McGill Questionnaire. Materials Method: quantitative, descriptive cross-sectional included 87 received treatment. Data were collected information form Questionnaire in clin...

BACKGROUND Perineal pain is a major morbidity in the first few days after delivery. This study aimed to investigate the effect of dry cupping therapy and acupressure at BL23 point on the intensity of postpartum perineal pain based on the short-form of McGill pain questionnaire (SMPQ). METHODS The present clinical trial was conducted on 150 subjects in 3 groups of 50 cases. After at least 4-8 ...

The objective of this study was to investigate the feasibility of an in-home telerehabilitation program for proximal humerus fractures. Seventeen patients with proximal humerus fractures were recruited by an orthopedic specialist during emergency room visits. Telerehabilitation treatments were given at the patient's home over an 8-week period using a videoconferencing system. Pain (Short-Form M...

Introduction: Due to its complex nature, identification, and treatment of both physical psychological risk factors is essential in patients with neck pain. Multidimensional pain assessment an prerequisite planning a multi-modal treatment. McGill Pain Questionnaire valid reliable tool that can assist multidimensional assessment. Hence, this study's objective was determine the clinimetric propert...

BACKGROUND Chronic motor cortex stimulation (MCS) with surgically implanted epidural electrodes has been proposed as a treatment for neuropathic pain refractory compared with medical treatment. However, no prospective controlled trial has been published to provide convincing evidence of MCS analgesic efficacy. OBJECTIVE To compare MCS analgesic efficacy between "ON"- and "OFF"-stimulation con...

9 based on reducing tissue levels of inflammatory mediators. Thus, the effective debridement of the infected root canal system, combined with incision for drainage and occlusal reduction if indicated, provides predictable pain reduction strategies in endodontic emergency patients. Antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are commonly used in the management of endodontic pain. NSAIDs reduce pain and infl...

  Background: We aimed to develop and validate the Persian version of Short Form McGill Pain Questionnaire-2 (SF-MPQ-2) in patients with knee osteoarthritis. Methods: Translation and back translation was performed using Beaton’s guideline. After a consensus has achieved on the Persian version of SF-MPQ-2, it was administered to 30 patients with knee osteoarthritis in a pilot study. Then, we enr...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to explore the differences in the descriptors for neuropathic and nociceptive pain in cancer patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS One hundred and eighty-six cancer patients who participated in the study completed the Greek version of the McGill Pain Questionnaire (G-MPQ) for the assessment of their pain quality. RESULTS Significant differences were found betwe...

CONTEXT Pain is one of the most common postpartum complaints by women in the United States, and the pain varies in its location. Research on intervention strategies for postpartum pain has focused primarily on the lower back, but pain management for other types of postpartum pain remains unclear. OBJECTIVE To investigate the effects of osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) on postpartum pa...

We have devised a new scoring system using visual analogue scales (VAS) to determine the functional outcome in 15 patients with 20 displaced intra-articular calcaneal fractures, confirmed by CT. The average follow-up was 19 months. A VAS was completed separately by the patient, the surgeon and an independent assessor. It showed satisfactory agreement between observers and strong correlations wi...