BACKGROUND This cross-sectional study was conducted to obtain epidemiologic data on chronic musculoskeletal pain in the Japanese people, and with it a better understanding of the actual conditions and problems involved. METHODS A questionnaire covering basic information, chronic musculoskeletal pain, daily life, quality of life, and social loss was prepared and mailed to 11507 individuals age...

OBJECTIVE To estimate the prognostic value of pain in one body region on the risk for developing chronic pain in other body regions. METHODS Prospective cohort study among 5052 Danish female health care workers responding to a baseline and follow-up questionnaire in 2005 and 2006, respectively. Using adjusted logistic regression analysis, the risk for developing chronic pain (>30 days last ye...

It is difficult to predict musculoskeletal pain as a withdrawal syndrome following the discontinuation of imatinib (IM) in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia. We investigated a link between physical size and musculoskeletal pain following IM discontinuation. In total, seven out of 24 patients developed musculoskeletal pain after discontinuing IM. Those with symptoms had a significantly lowe...

Even though nociceptive pathology has often long subsided, the brain of patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain has typically acquired a protective (movement-related) pain memory. Exercise therapy for patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain is often hampered by such pain memories. Here the authors explain how musculoskeletal therapists can alter pain memories in patients with chronic musc...

Musculoskeletal pain affects bones, joints, ligaments, tendons or muscles. An injury such as a fracture may cause sudden, severe pain. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 20-33% of world’s population has some form chronic musculoskeletal pain, translating 1.75 billion people globally. Outdoor patients, having origin were advised Arthrohills oil external application locally few dro...

background: chronic non-specific low back pain is a common disorder that often has no clear mechanism. exercise therapy is an effective and safe method for treatment of chronic musculoskeletal disorders such as back pain. pilate’s and williams’ exercises are two types of distinct exercises used for the treatment of back pain, but there is no evidence for the advantage of these two exercises in ...

Chronic pelvic pain (CPP) is a common condition that has a major impact on the quality of life of both men and women. Male CPP is usually attributable to well-defined urogenital conditions (most frequently infectious/non infectious prostatic diseases) or musculoskeletal or bowel diseases, whereas the features of female CPP are much more complex and are of particular clinical and epidemiological...