BACKGROUND Self-reported pain scores are used widely in clinical and research settings, yet little is known about their interpretability in children. In this prospective, observational study we evaluated the relationship between 0 to 10 numerical rating scale (NRS) pain scores and other self-reported, clinically meaningful outcomes, including perceived need for medicine (PNM), pain relief (PR),...

Methods Between May and June 2014, 8 patients suffering from painful bone metastases were identified and recruited by the radiation oncology departments of Taipei Medical University Hospital, Wan Fang Hospital and Shuang Ho Hospital in Taipei, Taiwan. All patients chose to undergo MRgFUS treatment as their first choice of treatment for their painful bone lesions. Treatment was conducted using t...

This article of the month presents results of a clinical study conducted in the UK and Romania, which evaluated the efficacy of a THC:CBD cannabis extract (Sativex®) and a THC cannabis extract in the treatment of 177 patients with cancer pain, who experienced inadequate pain reduction despite intake of opioids [Johnson et al. J Pain Symptom Manage, 2010, in press]. Sativex resulted in a signifi...

Introduction: The incidence of low-back pain during pregnancy is very common. Deep tissue massage is an effective therapy relieving subacute and chronic low back pain. Purpose: To evaluate if a deep tissue massage is beneficial for low back pain and functional capacity of pregnant women. Methods: A woman, aged 28, with low back pain went under deep tissue massage tretmant which consisted of spe...

Objective: To assess the association of Depression with Chronic Low back pain. Methodology: In this cross-sectional investigation, 169 participants a mean age 54.1 years were studied at PN Shifa medical outpatient department in Karachi, Pakistan. The research was conducted over three-month period, from June to August 2020, using non-probability convenience sampling approach. severity low pain (...

BACKGROUND Intrathecal opioid administration has been used widely in patients suffering from severe cancer pain that is not managed with conventional modalities. However, the potential serious neurological complications from the procedure and the side effects of intrathecal opioids have made many clinicians reluctant to employ continuous intrathecal analgesia as a first-line therapeutic option ...

Objectives: This study reports the effect of Korean medicine treatment on a patient with abdominal and lower back pain after laparoscopic hysterectomy.Methods: The received herbal medicine, pharmacopuncture treatment, acupuncture for six days. We measured numeric rating scale (NRS), Oswestry Disability Index (ODI), Range Motion (ROM), Life-5 Dimensions (EQ-5D) to assess symptom changes.Results:...

We evaluated and compared the effectiveness of intra-articular injection of hip joint using hyaluronic acid and steroid in patients with femoroacetabular impingement (FAI). Thirty patients with FAI clinically and radiologically were enrolled and underwent hip injection using steroid (TA) or hyaluronic acid (HA) at 0-weeks with cross-over injection at 2-weeks in patients without clinical respons...

Background Some reports have highlighted the relationship between heart rate variability (HRV) and the degree of postoperative pain experienced. This study retrospectively examined whether differences in heart rate variability may be related to the appearance of postoperative pain in patients undergoing breast cancer surgery. Findings We retrospectively analyzed 20 postoperative patients who ...

BACKGROUND The current pain assessment methods are strongly subjective and easily affected by outside influences, and there is an urgent need to develop a reliable objective and quantitative pain-monitoring indicator. The aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of using Pain index (Pi) to assess pain symptoms in pain patients. METHODS Subjects were enrolled from patients seeking tre...