leading to hypersensitivity of the damaged nerves to stretching or pressure.[1] This syndrome can present with sudden-onset pain radiating from the shoulder to the upper arm, followed by weakness and numbness. Subsequently, there is generally a phase in which there is no pain while resting but, with specific movements or positions, sudden sharp shooting pain can occur, which subsides within a c...

BACKGROUND Axillary lymph node dissection for staging the axilla in breast carcinoma patients is associated with considerable morbidity, such as edema of the arm, pain, sensory disturbances, impairment of arm mobility, and shoulder stiffness. Sentinel lymph node biopsy electively removes the first lymph node, which gets the drainage from the tumor and should therefore be associated with nearly ...

BACKGROUND Conventional axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) has recently become less radical. The treatment morbidity effects of reduced ALND aggressiveness are unknown. This article investigates the prevalence of the main complications of ALND: lymphedema, range-of-motion restriction, and arm paresthesia and pain. METHODS This cross-sectional study included 200 women with invasive breast c...

QUESTION Does static stretch positioning combined with simultaneous neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) in the subacute phase after stroke have beneficial effects on basic arm body functions and activities? DESIGN Multicentre randomised trial with concealed allocation, assessor blinding, and intention-to-treat analysis. PARTICIPANTS Forty-six people in the subacute phase after strok...

BACKGROUND The aim of this prospective study was to identify clinical factors associated with the development of shoulder pain in stroke patients with pronounced arm paresis. METHODS At stroke onset, 485 patients were initially assessed in 2007-2009. Sixty-three patients with pronounced arm paresis completed the study, and 21 of these developed shoulder pain. Clinical findings were recorded f...

OBJECTIVE: The correlation between pain complaints and the severity of the spinal curvature in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis remains controversial. The aim of this studywas to evaluate the presence and intensity of back pain in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis patients at different stages of the disease. METHODS: Sixty-four individuals participated in this study with scoliotic curves (Cobb ang...

Chronic idiopathic axonal polyneuropathy is a frequent diagnosis in patients suffering from idiopathic polyneuropathy and neuropathic pain. No guidelines exist on how to treat these patients. To date, there are no results available from randomized clinical trials, and mostly classical neuropathic analgesics are prescribed, such as amitriptyline and gabapentine. However, the usefulness of these ...