BACKGROUND Guasha is a therapeutic method for pain management using tools to scrape or rub the surface of the body to relieve blood stagnation. This study aims to systematically review the controlled clinical trials on the effectiveness of using Guasha to treat musculoskeletal pain. METHODS We searched 11 databases (without language restrictions): MEDLINE, Allied and Complementary Medicine (A...

It would be a mistake to deny commonsense intuitions a role in developing a theory of consciousness. However, philosophers have traditionally failed to probe commonsense in a way that allows these commonsense intuitions to make a robust contribution to a theory of consciousness. In this paper, I report the results of two experiments on purportedly phenomenal states and I argue that many dispute...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Chronic pain is a persistent indicator for the basic health care. It is estimated that between 30 and 40% of Brazilians suffer some chronic pain, including musculoskeletal pain, making necessary the development of strategies to cope with such indicator. In light of the above, this study aimed at reporting the experience of the implementation process of the Strategy of...

Bedside teaching is a vital component of medical education. It is applicable to any situation where teaching is imparted in the presence of patients. In teaching in the patients' presence, learners have the opportunities to use all of their senses and learn the humanistic aspect of medicine such as role modeling, which is vital but difficult to communicate in words. Unfortunately, bedside teach...

Eva G. Widerström-Noga, DDS, PhD The official definition of pain endorsed by the International Association for the Study of Pain states “Pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage” [1]. Furthermore, the definition suggests that pain is always subjective: “It is unquestionably a sensation in a par...