Objective: The present study aimed to compare prospective and retrospective memory impairment and attention deficit in people suffering from chronic low back pain with those cognitive functions in healthy subjects. Furthermore, this study examines the relation between severity and duration of pain and prospective and retrospective memory impairment and attention deficit. Me...

INTRODUCTION Pain, mood problems, and sleeping difficulties are often comorbid and contribute to reduced physical function and quality of life for those with chronic pain. However, the way in which these factors interact is unclear. Until recently it was thought that the effect of sleep on pain and physical function was simply a result of its common association with mood problems. However, a gr...

AIM The study highlighted the effect of patient-related factors on levels of pain felt by subjects during root canal treatment, as well as the association between treatment duration and pain severity. MATERIALS AND METHODS Maxillary central incisors with either necrotic pulp or irreversibly inflamed pulp, with or without preoperative pain were studied in 160 subjects aged 18 years and above. ...

BACKGROUND Still there is no consensus on the best treatment for abdominal pain-related functional Gastrointestinal Disorders (FGIDs). OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of a synbiotic Lactol (Bacillus coagulans + fructooligosaccharide (FOS)), peppermint oil (Colpermin) and placebo (folic acid) on abdominal pain-related FGIDs except for abdominal migraine. PATIE...

STUDY DESIGN Prospective randomized controlled trial. OBJECTIVE To analyze factors that may influence the outcome of anterior cervical decompression and fusion (ACDF) followed by physiotherapy versus physiotherapy alone for treatment of patients with cervical radiculopathy. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA An understanding of patient-related factors affecting the outcome of ACDF is important for ...

OBJECTIVE To determine the effect of duration of application of mouth gag on Temporomandibular (TM) joint pain and trismus after tonsillectomy. STUDY DESIGN Descriptive study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Department of ENT and Head and Neck Surgery, Combined Military Hospital, Nowshera, from February to July 2012. METHODOLOGY A total of 40 patients undergoing tonsillectomy, in mouth openin...