(1) Background: Acupressure is a noninvasive, low-cost technique that makes use of physical pressure on specific points using finger or device and shows positive effects chronic pain as an adjunctive method to the rehabilitation exercises. The study’s aim was evaluate therapeutic efficacy pain, disability, life quality acupressure mat associated with program in patients low back pain. (2) Metho...

Introduction: Episiotomy is a surgical incision made in the perineum to enlarge it. Perineal pain is the most common complaint of mothers after episiotomy. Chamomile extract has been proposed as a sedative in traditional medicine. This study was conducted to assess the effect of chamomile cream on the pain after episiotomy. Methods: This triple blind clinical trial was performed on 114 eligible...

Iván Kiss was born in the South-Hungarian town Pécs 1945. He studied at University Medical School, between 1963-1969. After a specialisation pathology, he qualified also anesthesiology Postgraduate Institute, Budapest. leaving Hungary 1977 gained position Hospital, Freiburg, Germany, soon appointed as head of unit. In 1987 attained “Doctor Medicinae Habilitatus” degree upon his thesis on cancer...

© 2017 Saudi Journal of Anesthesia | Published by Wolters Kluwer Medknow Recently in anesthesia and pain medicine, there is a growing interest in translating and validating English questionnaires into Arabic language. The reason is to make those questionnaires available and readable to Arabic‐speaking patients and utilizing them for assessment of the quality of recovery (QoR) and pain relief po...

The Brief Pain Inventory- Short Form (BPI-SF) and Revised Short-Form McGill Pain Questionnaire Version-2 (SFMPQ-2) are generic pain assessment tools used in research and practice for pain assessment in musculoskeletal(MSK) conditions. A comprehensive review that systematically analyses their measurement properties in MSKconditions has not been performed. This review protocol d...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The purpose of this randomized controlled trial was to examine the usefulness of the addition of specific stabilization exercises to a general back and abdominal muscle exercise approach for patients with subacute or chronic nonspecific back pain by comparing a specific muscle stabilization-enhanced general exercise approach with a general exercise-only approach. SUBJEC...

Research has shown that catastrophizing is related to increased depression and chronic pain. However, some researchers have questioned the utility of catastrophizing as a separate construct, suggesting that it may just be a symptom of depression. The present investigation used path analysis to determine if catastrophizing was related to McGill Pain Questionnaire scores when controlling for depr...

Persistent postsurgical pain is a prevalent but underacknowledged condition. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence, sensory qualities, and postoperative determinants of persistent pain at 3 to 4years after total knee replacement (TKR) and total hip replacement (THR). Patients completed a questionnaire with included the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Index of Osteoarthrit...

The periaqueductal grey area (PAG) in the midbrain is an important area for both cardiovascular control and modulation of pain. However, the precise relationship between pain and blood pressure is unknown. We prospectively studied 16 patients undergoing deep brain stimulation of the rostral PAG for chronic pain. Pre-operatively, post-operatively, and at 1 year, pain scores were assessed using b...