Search results for " Pain"

Lidocaine versus ropivacaine for postoperative continuous paravertebral nerve blocks in patients undergoing laparoscopic bowel surgery: a randomized,…

2015

Daniela Ghisi,1,3 Andrea Fanelli,1,2 Julie Jouguelet-Lacoste,1 Luca La Colla,1,4 Anne-Sophie Auroux,1,5 Jacques E Chelly1 1Department of Anesthesiology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; 2Anesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, Policlinico S.Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, Italy; 3Department of Anesthesia and Postoperative Intensive Care, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy; 4Department of Anesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain Therapy, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parma, Italy 5Institut des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques-Faculté de Pharmacie de Lyon Université Claude Bernard Lyon, FranceBackground and objectives: Lidocain…

Foot and Lower Limb Clinical and Structural Changes in Overuse Injured Recreational Runners Using Floating Heel Shoes: Preliminary Results of a Rando…

2021

Foot-strike and the associated load rate are factors related to overuse injuries in runners. The purpose of this study was to analyse structural and functional changes in runners using floating heel running shoes, compared with runners using conventional footwear. A randomised control trial was conducted. Twenty runners with overuse injuries were followed over a 12-week gait retraining programme using floating heel running shoes or their conventional footwear. Pain was measured with pressure pain thresholds (PPTs), structural changes were measured with ultrasonography, and severity and impact of injury was scored on the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Centre Overuse Injury Questionnaire (OSTRC-…

Lower thoracic spine extension mobility is associated with higher intensity of thoracic spine pain

2022

Objectives: To evaluate the association of thoracic spine (TS) posture and mobility with TS pain. Methods: Participants with TS pain reported maximum, average, and night pain in TS area, and pain summary score was calculated. Upright and sitting TS postures were evaluated by inspection. TS posture and mobility (flexion and extension) were recorded using an inclinometer and a tape measure, respectively. Correlations between posture and mobility assessments were calculated using Spearman rank correlation, the association of TS posture and mobility with TS pain by logistic regression analysis. Results: The participants’ (n = 73, 52 females, age range 22–56) TS pain duration was 12 weeks on ave…

Recurrent lumbar disc herniation: Is there a correlation with the surgical technique? A multivariate analysis

2019

Purpose: The recurrence of a lumbar disc herniation (LDH) is a common cause of poor outcome following lumbar discectomy. The aim of this study was to assess a potential relationship between the incidence of recurrent LDH and the surgical technique used. Furthermore, we tried to define the best surgical technique for the treatment of recurrent LDH to limit subsequent recurrences. Materials and Methods: A retrospective study was conducted on 979 consecutive patients treated for LDH. A multivariate analysis tried to identify a possible correlation between (1) the surgical technique used to treat the primary LDH and its recurrence; (2) technique used to treat the recurrence of LDH and the secon…

Acute Effects of Tecar Therapy on Skin Temperature, Ankle Mobility and Hyperalgesia in Myofascial Pain Syndrome in Professional Basketball Players: A…

2021

(1) Background: Myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) is a clinical condition characterized by localized non-inflammatory musculoskeletal pain caused by myofascial trigger points. Diathermy or Tecar therapy (TT) is a form of noninvasive electro-thermal therapy classified as deep thermotherapy based on the application of electric currents. This technique is characterized by immediate effects, and its being used by high performance athletes. (2) Methods: A total of thirty-two participants were included in the study who were professional basketball players. There was a 15-person Control Group and a 17-person Intervention Group. TT was applied in the Intervention Group, while TT with the device switch…

Investigation of the Sympathetic Regulation in Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness: Results of an RCT

2021

Sports-related pain and injury is directly linked to tissue inflammation, thus involving the autonomic nervous system (ANS). In the present experimental study, we disable the sympathetic part of the ANS by applying a stellate ganglion block (SGB) in an experimental model of delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) of the biceps muscle. We included 45 healthy participants (female 11, male 34, age 24.16 ± 6.67 years [range 18–53], BMI 23.22 ± 2.09 kg/m2) who were equally randomized to receive either (i) an SGB prior to exercise-induced DOMS (preventive), (ii) sham intervention in addition to DOMS (control/sham), or (iii) SGB after the induction of DOMS (rehabilitative). The aim of the study was t…

Maladaptive stress coping: An additional psychological factor in the process of chronification of pain or pruritus

2021

Background: Inflammatory skin diseases with chronic pruritus and chronic back pain are very common symptoms in the general population and are associated with a reduced quality of life (QOL). In addition to biological factors, psychosocial reasons are also considered to be responsible for their development. So far, it is not known whether chronic pruritus and chronic back pain are related to maladaptive stress coping. Patients and methods: In our matched pilot case-control study with a total of 259 analyzed subjects, we compared outpatient groups, one suffering from chronic skin diseases with pruritus, the other with chronic back pain, to a healthy control group in terms of their stress copi…

Orthopedic manual therapy on low back pain with working adults : clinical tests, subclassification and clinical trial of low back pain

2011

Sāpju intensitāte atkarībā no subjektīvā laika

2018

Darba mērķis bija noskaidrot, vai maldinoša laika reprezentācija, ietekmē sāpju intensitātes uztveri. Darba hipotēze bija, vai manipulējot ar subjektīvā laika uztveri jeb rādot maldinošu laika reprezentāciju, samazināsies sāpju intensitāte. Pirmās eksperimentālās grupas rādītāji ir M = 5,15, SD = 1,24, šie rādītāji salīdzinājumā ar otro eksperimentālo grupu ir augstāki M = 4,18, SD = 1,19, darba hipotēze tika apstiprināta. Kopā pētījumā bija 58 dalībnieki, 35 vīrieši, vecums M = 22,40, SD = 2,49 un 23 sievietes, vecums M = 24,52, SD = 4,11. Bija dubultaklais pētījuma dizains ar divām eksperimentālām grupām, pirmā eksperimentālā grupa (n = 28) un otrā eksperimentālā grupa (n = 30). Darba aut…

Ból po stracie dziecka - wirtualne świadectwa żałoby

2016

Child's death is commonly viewed as the most difficult experience for its parents. This kind of loss and escalation of dismal emotions related to this event allows us to speak of suffering mental pain. Mourning for the loss of child differs significantly from o ther forms of bemoaning; time is rarely a great healer in this case and a sense of void often continues for the entire lifetime. The rangę of emotional relationship with the child is so strong that the childs death is oftentimes interpreted by the parents as the irreversible loss of a tiny part of themselves. The author scrutinizes in the article a few dozen of short movies commemorating childrens deaths. The authoris trying to pinpo…