Considerations for improving assay sensitivity in chronic pain clinical trials: IMMPACT recommendations

RH Dworkin, DC Turk, S Peirce-Sandner, LB Burke… - Pain, 2012 - Elsevier
A number of pharmacologic treatments examined in recent randomized clinical trials (RCTs)
have failed to show statistically significant superiority to placebo in conditions in which their …

Epidemiology of refractory neuropathic pain

RS Taylor - Pain practice, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Although neuropathic pain can be acute in nature, in most patients the pain is persistent (or
“refractory”). Patients with chronic neuropathic pain are seen most often in clinical practice. It …

Tibia shaft fractures: costly burden of nonunions

E Antonova, TK Le, R Burge, J Mershon - BMC musculoskeletal disorders, 2013 - Springer
Background Tibia shaft fractures (TSF) are common for men and women and cause
substantial morbidity, healthcare use, and costs. The impact of nonunions on healthcare use …

The effect of video exercise-based telerehabilitation on clinical outcomes, expectation, satisfaction, and motivation in patients with chronic low back pain

F Özden, Z Sarı, ÖN Karaman, H Aydoğmuş - Irish Journal of Medical …, 2022 - Springer
Background The efficacy of exercise-based telerehabilitation in chronic low back pain
(CLBP) has not been well studied. To our knowledge, no other studies have investigated the …

Poor sleep in patients with multiple sclerosis

HM Bøe Lunde, TF Aae, W Indrevåg, J Aarseth… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Background Poor sleep is a frequent symptom in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). Sleep
may be influenced by MS-related symptoms and adverse effects from immunotherapy and …

Pain and oral-health-related quality of life in orthodontic patients during initial therapy with conventional, low-friction, and lingual brackets and aligners (Invisalign): a …

L Antonio-Zancajo, J Montero, A Albaladejo… - Journal of clinical …, 2020 - mdpi.com
The aim of this study was to compare pain and its relationship with the oral quality of life of
patients with different types of orthodontic appliances: conventional and conventional low …

Pain appraisal and quality of life in 108 outpatients with rheumatoid arthritis

S Larice, A Ghiggia, M Di Tella… - Scandinavian …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Individual differences in emotional functioning, pain appraisal processing, and perceived
social support may play a relevant role in the subjective experience of pain. Due to the …

Biomechanical duality of fracture healing captured using virtual mechanical testing and validated in ovine bones

B Inglis, P Schwarzenberg, K Klein… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Bone fractures commonly repair by forming a bridging structure called callus, which begins
as soft tissue and gradually ossifies to restore rigidity to the bone. Virtual mechanical testing …

Barriers to pain management: focus on opioid therapy

SM Zuccaro, R Vellucci, P Sarzi-Puttini… - Clinical drug …, 2012 - Springer
Despite the availability of effective pain treatments, there are numerous barriers to effective
management resulting in a large proportion of patients not achieving optimal pain control …

Reduction of chronic abdominal pain in patients with inflammatory bowel disease through transcranial direct current stimulation: a randomized controlled trial

MS Volz, A Farmer, B Siegmund - Pain, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is frequently associated with chronic abdominal pain
(CAP). Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) has been proven to reduce chronic …