Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is a disorder usually affecting middle aged women, who complain of diffuse musculoskeletal aches, pains or stiffness associated with tiredness, anxiety and poor sleep. Neurotransmission disorders linked both to pain perception as well as mood, sleep and cognition modulation are involved in FMS etiopathogenesys. Treatments that may be effective to decrease pain and fa...

In South Korea, the automobile sector is a key industry that occupies very large proportion of production, employment, and exports in national economy. However, production workers are still exposed to wide range risk factors. This study aims investigate relationships between personal characteristics or occupational hazard exposure subjective overall fatigue musculoskeletal pains manufacturing i...

purpose: to evaluate ophthalmologists’ sitting position during ocular examination and surgery and to evaluate any correlation between musculoskeletal disorders and mean work time.   methods: this cross-sectional study was performed on ophthalmologists in isfahan, iran in different occupational positions including the office, during slitlamp examination and in the operating room. the evaluation ...

BACKGROUND Work-related musculoskeletal disorders commonly experienced by dental professionals are one of the main occupational health problem affecting their health and well-being.This study was conducted to evaluate ergonomic factors and profession-related postures and also investigate relationship between demographic factors and work condition with pain in dental students. MATERIAL AND MET...

CONTEXT Vitamin D deficiency is extremely common in multiple myeloma, and it represents a surrogate for clinical multiple myeloma disease status. Patients may complain of dull, persistent, generalized musculoskeletal aches and pains with fatigue or decrease in muscle strength. CASE REPORT A 63 year old male with multiple myeloma on Bortezomib presented with worsening generalized musculoskelet...