» Evaluating the efficacy of an attention modification program for patients with fibromyalgia: a randomized controlled trial
01/03/20 06:00 from PAIN - Current Issue
Persons with chronic musculoskeletal pain may be hypervigilant for pain-related cues which, paradoxically, may be maintaining their pain. Several randomized controlled trials have assessed whether a modified dot-probe protocol (ie, atten...

» Spinal sagittal alignment goals based on statistical modelling and musculoskeletal simulations
21/02/20 13:36 from ScienceDirect Publication: Journal of Biomechanics
Publication date: Available online 9 January 2020 Source: Journal of Biomechanics Author(s): Sebastiano Caprara, Greta Moschini, Jess G. Snedeker, Mazda Farshad, Marco Senteler Abstract The definition of target alignment for spinal fusio...

» Subject-specific regression equations to estimate lower spinal loads during symmetric and asymmetric static lifting
21/02/20 13:36 from ScienceDirect Publication: Journal of Biomechanics
Publication date: Available online 9 December 2019 Source: Journal of Biomechanics Author(s): F. Ghezelbash, A. Shirazi-Adl, Z. El Ouaaid, A. Plamondon, N. Arjmand Abstract Workplace safety assessment, personalized treatment design and b...

» Novel approach towards musculoskeletal phenotypes
10/02/20 22:20 from European Journal of Pain
European Journal of Pain, Volume 0, Issue ja, -Not available-.

» Physical rehabilitation needs per condition type: Results from the Global Burden of Disease study 2017
05/02/20 00:00 from Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
To determine how total physical rehabilitation needs have been distributed per relevant condition groups (musculoskeletal & pain, neurological cardiothoracic, neoplasms, pediatric, and HIV-related), globally and across countries of varyi...

» Cupping for patients with chronic pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis
23/01/20 00:00 from The Journal of Pain
Low back pain, neck pain and other musculoskeletal disorders are among the ten leading causes of years lived with disability worldwide in 2016.12 Despite the wide range of treatments and health care resources devoted to low back pain, ba...

» Five-year Pain Intensity and Treatment Trajectories of Post-9/11 Veterans with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
22/01/20 00:00 from The Journal of Pain
Patterns of multimorbidity exist in Post-9/11 Veterans deployed in support of the Global War on Terror.30 In 2009, approximately 40% of Post-9/11 Veterans were diagnosed with some type of pain, but only half of those individuals had pain...

» Relative Effectiveness of Electroacupuncture and Biofeedback in the Treatment of Neck and Upper Back Myofascial Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial
16/01/20 00:00 from Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
To determine the differences between clinical effects of electroacupuncture and biofeedback therapy in addition to conventional treatment in patients with cervical myofascial pain syndrome (MPS).

» Parental multi-site chronic pain and the risk of adult offspring developing additional chronic pain sites: family-linkage data from the Norwegian HUNT Study
02/01/20 00:00 from The Journal of Pain
Musculoskeletal pain is associated with substantial disability and a large financial burden worldwide49,71,5,70. For example, the total yearly costs of musculoskeletal pain in Australia is estimated at $55 billion4, while in Europe, the ...

» Biopsychosocial Influences on Shoulder Pain: Analyzing the Temporal Ordering of Post-Operative Recovery
28/12/19 00:00 from The Journal of Pain
Shoulder surgery has become a primary intervention for treating persistent shoulder pain, with the number of procedures now exceeding 500,000 annually.26 However, many patients who undergo shoulder surgery experience persistent post-oper...

» Management of Patients with a Musculoskeletal Pain Condition that is Likely Chronic: Results from a National Cross Sectional Survey
11/12/19 00:00 from The Journal of Pain
Chronic musculoskeletal pain (eg, back and neck pain, pain due to arthritis, leg pain, arm pain of >3 months duration) affects between 11 and 24% of the general population,5,10 with some estimates as high as 48% for chronic musculoskelet...

» Nociceptor Interleukin 33 Receptor/ST2 Signaling in Vibration-Induced Muscle Pain in the Rat
25/09/19 00:00 from The Journal of Pain
Occupational vibration exposure produces a condition characterized by musculoskeletal, neurological and vascular pathology, referred to as hand-arm vibration syndrome (HAVS).31 This condition affects up to 50% of workers who use handheld...

» Psychometric evaluation of the Optimal Screening for Prediction of Referral and Outcome Yellow Flag (OSPRO-YF) Tool: Factor Structure, Reliability, and Validity
18/09/19 00:00 from The Journal of Pain
Psychological characteristics consistently predict clinical outcomes for musculoskeletal pain conditions.1,3,4,24,25,36,47,55 National pain management initiatives15,57 and clinical practice guidelines11,14,37,43 recommend clinicians rout...

» Linking Nonrestorative Sleep and Activity Interference Through Pain Catastrophizing and Pain Severity: An Intraday Process Model Among Individuals With Fibromyalgia
14/09/19 00:00 from The Journal of Pain
Fibromyalgia (FM) is a chronic widespread musculoskeletal pain condition that predominantly affects women and interferes with individuals’ daily functioning.58,80 Repeated activity interference can substantially limit one's successful ad...

» Preferred Self-Administered Questionnaires to Assess Depression, Anxiety and Somatization in People With Musculoskeletal Pain – A Modified Delphi Study
02/09/19 00:00 from The Journal of Pain
Low back pain and neck pain are the leading causes of disability.14,15 Major depressive and anxiety disorders are the third and ninth leading causes of disability.14 Moreover, spinal pain, depression, and anxiety often coexist: 15 to 45%...

» Comparison of brain structure between pain-susceptible and asymptomatic individuals following experimental induction of low back pain
31/08/19 00:00 from The Spine Journal
Peripheral differences often do not adequately account for variation in reports of pain intensity in people with musculoskeletal pain.

» Proposal for Improvement of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale for the Assessment of Emotional Distress in Patients With Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: A Bifactor and Item Response Theory Analysis
14/08/19 00:00 from The Journal of Pain
The link between chronic pain and mental health has long been recognized.22,29 Their association can be acknowledged at a biological, psychological, and social level, as they are thought to share common neural mechanisms,36,70 interact i...

» Corticomotor Depression is Associated With Higher Pain Severity in the Transition to Sustained Pain: A Longitudinal Exploratory Study of Individual Differences
13/06/19 00:00 from The Journal of Pain
The organization and function of the primary motor cortex is altered in the acute,1 transitional,2 and chronic stages of musculoskeletal pain and in chronic pain populations, altered motor cortex plasticity is associated with pain severi...