Great elderlyOxicodoneAcetaminophenFrom March 2007 to January 2008, 44 patients (25 males and 19 females) suffering from low back pain were treated with oxycodone. The pain intensity of each patient was assessed by the visual analogue scale (VAS), and functional impotence by a semantic scale ...
The lifetime prevalence of low back pain is 83%. Since there is a lack of evidence for therapeutic effect by cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) or physical therapy (PT), it is necessary to develop objective physiological indexes and effective treatments. We conducted a prospective longitudinal stu...
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capable of addressing both nociceptive and neuropathic components of chronic pain. As an effective analgesic with good tolerability, tapentadol may be appropriate for patients suffering from severe chronic pain associated with low back pain (LBP) or osteoarthritis (OA). Efficacy studies of tapentadol ...
Modern pain management mandates that patients receive precise diagnoses of the etiology of their pain and then achieve the best possible pain relief using the most appropriate method of administration. Elderly patients are quite prone to the side effects of systemic medication used to treat pain, and...
This study provides a meta-analytic review of cognitive and behavioural interventions for chronic pain in the elderly, focusing on treatment effectiveness... LH Lunde,NS Pallesen - 《Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings》 被引量: 65发表: 2009年 Behavioural treatment for chronic low-b...
A prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial was performed to investigate the efficacy of electrical muscle stimulation when combined with a therapist-guided, standardized exercise therapy program in the treatment of nonacute low back pain. Eighty patients with low back pain...
The results of our study indicated that patient-related factors may influence their treatment preferences for musculoskeletal pain. Methods Study population CHARLS is a nationally representative longitudinal survey of the middle-aged and elderly population in China. The study interviewed Chinese residents ...
For example, in radicular neck and low back pain, there is a significant neuropathic component from the nerve root injury, but mechanical instability or secondary myofascial pain may mask this component. Physicians should also keep in mind that psychosocial factors are a major component of the ...
Clinical utility of the QuantiFERON TB-2G test for elderly patients with active tuberculosis. Chest. 2008;133(5):1196-1202.PubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref 40. Soysal A, Torun T, Efe S, Gencer H, Tahaoglu K, Bakir M. Evaluation of cut-off values of interferon-gamma-based assays in the ...