Transcranial magnetic stimulation, paravertebral muscles training, and postural control in chronic low back pain
Publication date: July 2016 Source:Scandinavian Journal of Pain, Volume 12 Author(s): Cecilie Røe (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Pain)
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Pain - June 15, 2016 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: research
Pain-related distress and clinical depression in chronic pain: A comparison between two measures
Conclusions The HADS-D is a reasonably accurate indicator of pain-related distress in chronic pain patients, and captures the link between disability and mood. Implications It is likely that the SCID-D is better suited to identifying sub-groups with more pronounced psychiatric disturbance. Perspective Several reviews have proposed a distinction between pain-related distress and clinical depression. This study compared the overlap and differential categorisation of pain patients as depressed and the relationship to disability between the Structured Interview for DSM-IV (SCID-D; Depression module) and the Hospital Anxiet...
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Pain - June 15, 2016 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: research
Characteristics and consequences of the co-occurrence between social anxiety and pain-related fear in chronic pain patients receiving multimodal pain rehabilitation treatment
Conclusions A subgroup of patients with clinical levels of social anxiety has suboptimal rehabilitation results, with residual emotional problems and high levels of emotional vulnerability. Implications These patients may be in need of additional treatment efforts that are not being met today. To prevent insufficient treatment results and prolonged work disability, these patients need to be detected during screening and may benefit from pain treatment that takes their emotional problems into account. (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Pain)
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Pain - June 15, 2016 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: research
Social anxiety and pain-related fear impact each other and aggravate the burden of chronic pain patients: More individually tailored rehabilitation need
Publication date: July 2016 Source:Scandinavian Journal of Pain, Volume 12 Author(s): Silje Endresen Reme, Harald Breivik (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Pain)
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Pain - June 15, 2016 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: research
A surgical treatment for chronic neck pain after whiplash injury?
Publication date: July 2016 Source:Scandinavian Journal of Pain, Volume 12 Author(s): Michele Curatolo, John D. Loeser (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Pain)
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Pain - June 15, 2016 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: research
Important development: Extended Acute Pain Service for patients at high risk of chronic pain after surgery
Publication date: July 2016 Source:Scandinavian Journal of Pain, Volume 12 Author(s): Troels Staehelin Jensen, Audun Stubhaug, Harald Breivik (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Pain)
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Pain - June 15, 2016 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: research
Chronic compartment syndrome is an under-recognized cause of leg-pain
Publication date: July 2016 Source:Scandinavian Journal of Pain, Volume 12 Author(s): Audun Stubhaug, Harald Breivik (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Pain)
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Pain - June 15, 2016 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: research
Depressive symptoms associated with poor outcome after lumbar spine surgery: Pain and depression impact on each other and aggravate the burden of the sufferer
Publication date: July 2016 Source:Scandinavian Journal of Pain, Volume 12 Author(s): Harald Breivik (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Pain)
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Pain - June 15, 2016 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: research
Using patient reported outcomes in oncology clinical practice
Conclusions and implications Our results suggest that self-efficacy for pain and symptom management may be a beneficial addition to clinic-based PRO assessment batteries for patients with cancer and other chronic diseases. Existing short, validated symptom self-efficacy scales could easily be integrated into clinical practice to help healthcare providers identify patients that might benefit from intervention. Study results also support existing research that suggests electronic approaches are a practical way to collect PRO data, including self-efficacy data, in the clinic. Overall, our data suggest that patients who have p...
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Pain - June 15, 2016 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: research
Total sleep deprivation and pain perception during cold noxious stimuli in humans
Conclusions and implications We conclude that TSD significantly augments perceived pain during CPT, but this response was not sex dependent. These findings support emerging evidence that adequate sleep represents a relevant, and cost effective, preventative/therapeutic strategy to reduce self-perceived pain in both men and women. (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Pain)
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Pain - June 15, 2016 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: research
Increased deep pain sensitivity in persistent musculoskeletal pain but not in other musculoskeletal pain states
Conclusions Increased deep pain sensitivity was found in patients with persistent musculoskeletal pain, but not in regularly recurrent pain or in acute pain. Yet, a limitation of the study is that it did not have sufficient power to detect small levels of increased deep pain sensitivity among the latter groups when compared to healthy controls. Implications Knowledge about increased general hypersensitivity in persistent musculoskeletal pain could be important in clinical treatment. (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Pain)
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Pain - June 15, 2016 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: research
A small group Whiplash-Associated-Disorders (WAD) patients with central neck pain and movement induced stabbing pain, the painful segment determined by mechanical provocation: Fusion surgery was superior to multimodal rehabilitation in a randomized trial
Conclusions The results support the supposition that among patients with central neck pain for long periods of time following a whiplash injury there are some in whom the neck pain emanates from a motion segment, probably the disc, a situation suitable for fusion surgery. Implications Thorough individual symptom evaluation in patients with chronic WAD may identify patients who will benefit from cervical fusion surgery. Graphical abstract (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Pain)
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Pain - March 28, 2016 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: research
The effects of experimental pain and induced optimism on working memory task performance
Conclusions Experimentally induced pain impairs concurrent but not subsequent working memory task performance. Manipulated optimism did not counteract pain-induced deterioration of 2-back performance. Implications It is important to explore factors that may diminish the negative impact of pain on the ability to function in daily life, as pain itself often cannot be remediated. We are planning to conduct future studies that should shed further light on the conditions, contexts and executive operations for which optimism can act as a protective factor. (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Pain)
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Pain - March 23, 2016 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: research
Analysis of C-reactive protein (CRP) levels in pain patients – Can biomarker studies lead to better understanding of the pathophysiology of pain?
Publication date: April 2016 Source:Scandinavian Journal of Pain, Volume 11 Author(s): Torsten Gordh (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Pain)
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Pain - March 16, 2016 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: research
New approach for treatment of prolonged postoperative pain: APS Out-Patient Clinic
Conclusions The APS-OPC provides a fluent fast-track method of ensuring effective multimodal analgesia in the subacute recovery phase after surgery. Even strong opioids can be safely used after discharge and then tapered off in close supervision of the APS-OPC anaesthesiologist. As the APS-OPC was implemented in close collaboration with the MPC, the multidisciplinary resources are easily available during the course of the APS-OPC treatment. Implications The first two years of the APS-OPC have shown that a significant number of surgical patients benefit from continuing active pain management after discharge from hospital....
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Pain - March 11, 2016 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: research
