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Racial differences in performance-based function and potential explanatory factors among individuals with knee osteoarthritis.

Objective: In individuals with knee osteoarthritis (OA), self-reported physical function is poorer in African Americans than in whites, but whether this difference holds true for objective assessments is unclear. The purpose of this study was to…

effect of an interprofessional pain service on nonmalignant pain control.

Purpose The primary objective of this project was to evaluate an existing interprofessional, nonmalignant pain service by measuring the difference in patient pain scores (numeric rating scale-11) before and after a pharmacist-led pain education class…

Reclining chairs reduce pain from gurneys in older emergency department patients: a randomized controlled trial.

OBJECTIVES: Pain related to the gurney is a frequent complaint of older emergency department (ED) patients. The authors hypothesized that these patients may have less pain and higher satisfaction if allowed to sit in a reclining hospital chair.…

From mechanisms to management: translating the neuropathic pain consensus recommendations into clinical practice.

Chronic neuropathic pain poses a treatment challenge, and is associated with significant psychologic distress, physical disability, and impaired functioning, which impact the activities of daily living. Efforts to provide relief are often inadequate…

Tags: 2005, Adult, Aged, Analgesics, Analgesics – Administration and Dosage, Analgesics – Adverse Effects, Antidepressive Agents, Breast Neoplasms, Cancer Patients, Chevlen E, Chronic pain, Clinical Trials, Combination, Comorbidity, Continuing (Credit), Cytokines – Physiology, Davies PS, Department of Internal Medicine, Drug Therapy, Drugs, Education, Female, Gabapentin – Administration and Dosage, Inflammation, Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, Lidocaine – Administration and Dosage, Lung Neoplasms, Melanoma, Middle Age, NEOMED College of Medicine, Neoplasm Metastasis, Neural Transmission – Physiology, Neuralgia – Classification, Neuralgia – Drug Therapy, Neuralgia – Physiopathology, Opioid – Administration and Dosage, Pain Measurement, Perception, Peripheral Nervous System – Physiopathology, Rectal Neoplasms, Rhiner M, Sarcoidosis, Tramadol – Administration and Dosage, Transdermal Patches, Treatment Duration, Treatment Outcomes, Tricyclic – Administration and Dosage, Visual Analog Scaling

Efficacy of intravenous lidocaine to reduce pain and distress associated with propofol infusion in pediatric patients during procedural sedation.

BACKGROUND: Research suggests that young children experience an increased incidence and severity of discomfort during propofol infusion. Evaluations of varied interventions to reduce or eliminate this discomfort with adult subjects suggest that…

Trauma history as a resilience factor for patients recovering from total knee replacement surgery.

Research concerning the impact of trauma history on individuals' ability to cope with subsequent events is mixed. While many studies find that trauma history increases vulnerability for conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder and chronic…

Tags: 2015, 80 and over, Aged, Arthroplasty, Bivariate Statistics, Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale, Clinical Assessment Tools, Coefficient Alpha, Convalescence, CORRELATION (Statistics), Cremeans-Smith Julie K, Delahanty Douglas L, Descriptive Statistics, Effect Size, EFFECT sizes (Statistics), Female, Functional Status, Funding Source, Greene Kenneth, Hardiness, Human, Impact of Events Scale, Knee – Psychosocial Factors, Knee – Rehabilitation, Life Change Events, LIFE skills, Male, Middle Age, Ohio, Pain Measurement, Post-Traumatic, POST-traumatic stress disorder, Psychological, Psychological Tests, Psychology & Health, recovery, Rehabilitation, Replacement, RESEARCH funding, RESILIENCE (Personality trait), Risk Factors, Scales, Statistics, Stress, STRESS (Psychology), Stress Disorders, T-test (Statistics), T-Tests, total knee replacement, TOTAL knee replacement – Psychological aspects, trauma, TREATMENT effectiveness, Treatment Outcomes, WOUNDS & injuries

Analgesic effects of serotonin and receptor-selective serotonin agonists in the rat spinal cord.

1. Serotonin (5-HT) and selective 5-HT receptor agonists were administered intrathecally (i.t.) in rats, and the antinociceptive efficacy of these agents was assessed on the tail-flick and hot plate tests. 2. The 5-HT receptor agonists examined in…

A novel method for treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis in high-risk surgical candidates: pilot study experience with percutaneous remodeling of ligamentum flavum and lamina.

OBJECT: treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) in chronically ill or debilitated patients is challenging. The percutaneous remodeling of ligamentum flavum and lamina (PRLL) technique is a novel method for decompression of the hypertrophic…

Tags: 2011, 80 and over, Adult, Aged, Anesthesia, Articular – Surgery, Chopko Bohdan Wolodymyr, Comorbidity, Conscious Sedation, Decompression, Disability Evaluation, Equipment Design, Female, Fluoroscopy, Follow-Up Studies, Human, Humans, Journal of neurosurgery. Spine, Ligaments, Ligamentum Flavum/*surgery, Local, Lumbar Vertebrae – Surgery, Lumbar Vertebrae/*surgery, Male, Middle Age, Middle Aged, Minimally Invasive Procedures – Equipment and Supplies, Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures/*instrumentation, Pain Measurement, Pilot Projects, Pilot Studies, Postoperative Complications – Diagnosis, Postoperative Complications – Prevention and Control, Postoperative Complications/diagnosis/*prevention & control, Prospective Studies, Risk Factors, Spinal Stenosis – Surgery, Spinal Stenosis/*surgery, Surgical – Equipment and Supplies, Surgical/*instrumentation

Impact of reirradiation of painful osseous metastases on quality of life and function: a secondary analysis of the NCIC CTG SC.20 randomized trial.

PURPOSE: We previously demonstrated that 48% of patients with pain at sites of previously irradiated bone metastases benefit from reirradiation. It is unknown whether alleviating pain also improves patient perception of quality of life (QOL).…

Reclining chairs reduce pain from gurneys in older emergency department patients: a randomized controlled trial.

OBJECTIVES: Pain related to the gurney is a frequent complaint of older emergency department (ED) patients. The authors hypothesized that these patients may have less pain and higher satisfaction if allowed to sit in a reclining hospital chair.…

Tags: *Emergency Service, *Wheelchairs, 2005, Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, Aged, Blanda Michelle, Burger Barbara, Department of Emergency Medicine, Female, Gerson Lowell W, Hospital, Humans, Male, NEOMED College of Medicine, Pain Measurement, Pain/*prevention & control, Patient Satisfaction, Prospective Studies, Wilber Scott T

Using established predictors of post-traumatic stress to explain variations in recovery outcomes among orthopedic patients.

The present studies examine whether information contained in medical records can be used to predict outcomes following two orthopedic procedures: repair of hip fracture and total knee replacement. Study 1 reports the acute, in-hospital recovery data…

Tags: *Recovery of Function, 2015, 80 and over, activity, Adult, adults, Aged, Arthroplasty, Clinical Assessment Tools, Coefficient Alpha, Comorbidity, Contrera Kevin, Cremeans-Smith Julie K, Delahanty Douglas L, Department of Family & Community Medicine, Depression, Descriptive Statistics, disability, Disabled, distress, Female, Funding Source, Greene Kenneth, Health Care, Hip Fractures – Surgery, Hip/*psychology, Human, Humans, Journal of health psychology, Knee, Knee/*psychology, Male, Middle Age, Middle Aged, Miller Eric T, NEOMED College of Medicine, Ohio, Orthopedic Surgery, outcomes, P-Value, Pain, Pain Measurement, Pfefferle Kiel, Post-Traumatic – Risk Factors, Post-Traumatic/*etiology, Prospective Studies, Record Review, recovery, Regression, Regression Analysis, Replacement, Risk Assessment, Scales, Speering Leann, Stress Disorders, T-Tests, Treatment Outcomes, Walking

Intranasal lidocaine for the treatment of migraine headache: a randomized, controlled trial.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of intranasal lidocaine for immediate relief (5 minutes) of migraine headache pain. METHODS: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial at two university-affiliated community teaching hospitals…

Posttraumatic kyphosis: current state of diagnosis and treatment: results of a multinational survey of spine trauma surgeons.

STUDY DESIGN: Multinational survey of spine trauma surgeons. OBJECTIVES: To survey a multinational group of spine trauma surgeons and develop an updated consensus definition of posttraumatic kyphosis (PTK), and the most current methods for diagnosis…

Spinous process osteotomies to facilitate lumbar decompressive surgery.

STUDY DESIGN: A technique for lumbar decompression using spinous process osteotomies is described, and the outcomes are studied prospectively. OBJECTIVE: To describe a technique that affords a wide exposure for decompression while minimizing damage…

The assessment and treatment of back and neck pain: an initial investigation in a primary care practice-based research network.

AIM: The purpose of this study was to conduct an exploratory examination of the current state of non-malignant acute and chronic back and neck pain assessment and management among primary care providers in a multi-site, practice-based research…

Single versus multiple fractions of repeat radiation for painful bone metastases: a randomised, controlled, non-inferiority trial.

BACKGROUND: Although repeat radiation treatment has been shown to palliate pain in patients with bone metastases from multiple primary origin sites, data for the best possible dose fractionation schedules are lacking. We aimed to assess two dose…

Tags: *Dose Fractionation, *Radiotherapy, 2014, Aged, Analgesics – Therapeutic Use, Analgesics/therapeutic use, Australia, Babington Scott, Bone Neoplasms, Bone Neoplasms – Complications, Bone Neoplasms – Radiotherapy, Bone Neoplasms/complications/*radiotherapy/*secondary, Brief pain inventory, Brundage Michael D, Canada, Cauda Equina, Chen Bingshu E, Chi Square Test, Chi-Square Distribution, Chow Edward, Clinical Assessment Tools, Clinical Trials, Computer-Assisted, Computer-Assisted – Adverse Effects, Computer-Assisted/adverse effects, Demas William F, Europe, Female, Fractures, Funding Source, Hartsell William F, Hoskin Peter, Human, Humans, Intention to Treat Analysis, Israel, Logistic Models, Logistic Regression, Male, Meyer Ralph M, Middle Age, Middle Aged, Nabid Abdenour, New Zealand, Odds Ratio, Oei Bing, Pain – Diagnosis, Pain – Drug Therapy, Pain – Etiology, Pain – Radiotherapy, Pain Measurement, Pain/diagnosis/drug therapy/*etiology/*radiotherapy, Questionnaires, Radiation, Radiation Dosage, Radiotherapy, Radiotherapy Planning, Risk Factors, Roos Daniel, Scales, Spinal Cord Compression – Etiology, Spinal Cord Compression/etiology, Spontaneous – Etiology, Spontaneous/etiology, Surveys and Questionnaires, The Lancet. Oncology, Time Factors, Tissing-Tan Caroline J A, Treatment Outcome, Treatment Outcomes, van der Linden Yvette M, Wilson Carolyn F, Wong Rebecca K S, Wu Jackson S Y

Gender and age make no difference in the re-irradiation of painful bone metastases: A secondary analysis of the NCIC CTG SC.20 randomized trial.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Patient's gender and age may influence physicians in prescribing palliative radiotherapy. The purpose of this secondary analysis of the National Cancer Institute of Canada Clinical Trials Group Symptom Control Trial SC.20 was…

Tags: *Age, *Bone metastases, *Gender, *Pain response, *Quality of Life, *Radiotherapy, *Re-irradiation, 2018, Age Factors, Aged, Babington Scott, Bone Neoplasms/physiopathology/*radiotherapy/*secondary, Brundage Michael, Cancer Pain/etiology/*radiotherapy, Chow Edward, Chow Ronald, Demas William F, Ding Keyue, Female, Ganesh Vithusha, Hartsell William F, Hoskin Peter, Humans, Male, Meyer Ralph M, Middle Aged, Nabid Abdenour, Pain Measurement, Palliative Care/methods/statistics & numerical data, Patient Reported Outcome Measures, Physicians'/*statistics & numerical data, Practice Patterns, Quality of Life, Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, Re-irradiation, Roos Daniel, Sex Factors, van Acht Manouk, van der Linden Yvette M, Wanders Rinus, Wilson Carolyn F, Wong Rebecca K S, Wu Jackson S Y, Zhu Liting

Phase I/II prospective trial of autologous platelet tissue graft in gynecologic surgery.

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To perform the original phase I/II trial of autologous platelet tissue graft in gynecologic surgery to evaluate toxicity and efficacy on decreasing pain. DESIGN: Prospective nonrandomized trial (Canadian Task Force classification…

Injury-induced gp130 cytokine signaling in peripheral ganglia is reduced in diabetes mellitus.

Neuropathy is a major diabetic complication. While the mechanism of this neuropathy is not well understood, it is believed to result in part from deficient nerve regeneration. Work from our laboratory established that gp130 family of cytokines are…

Tags: *Axon regeneration, *Axotomy, *Diabetes, *Neuropathy, *Peripheral nervous system, 2017, Animal, Animals, Antibiotics, Antineoplastic/toxicity, Blood Glucose/drug effects, Body Weight/drug effects, Crish Samuel D, Cytokine Receptor gp130/genetics/*metabolism, Cytokines/metabolism, DeFrancesco Alicia, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Diabetes Mellitus, Disease Models, Experimental neurology, Experimental/chemically induced/complications/*pathology, Fasting/blood, Filous Angela R, Gene Expression Regulation/*physiology, Hyperalgesia/etiology, Hyperglycemia/etiology, Inbred C57BL, Lindborg Jane A, Male, Malhotra Nisha A, Mice, NEOMED College of Pharmacy, Nerve Degeneration/*etiology/pathology, Nerve Tissue Proteins/metabolism, Niemi Jon P, Pain Measurement, Signal Transduction/drug effects/*physiology, Streptozocin/toxicity, Superior Cervical Ganglion/drug effects/*metabolism, Sweating/drug effects, Wilson Gina N, Zhou Bowen, Zigmond Richard E

A comparison of EMLA cream versus nitrous oxide for pediatric venous cannulation.

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To compare the analgesic and anxiolytic effects of nitrous oxide (N2O) when inhaled by face mask with those of a cutaneous application of a eutectic mixture of local anesthetics (EMLA) cream with lidocaine and prilocaine during…

A single restraint stress exposure potentiates analgesia induced by intrathecally administered DAGO.

In rats, restraint exposure potentiates the magnitude and duration of analgesia following both the peripheral and intracerebroventricular administration of several opioid agonists as compared to non-stressed controls. It has been suggested that the…

Neuropathic pain in aged rats: behavioral responses and astrocytic activation.

We used the Bennett and Xie (1988) model of chronic neuropathic pain to study the effect of age on thermal and tactile sensitivity and on astrocytic activation in the dorsal horn of the spinal cord after nerve injury. Fischer 344 FBNF1 hybrid rats in…

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