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Latest RCTs
- Ultrasound-Guided Radiofrequency Ablation for Chronic Osteoarthritis Knee Pain in the Elderly: A Randomized Controlled Trial
- CONCLUSIONS: Ultrasound-guided RFA applied to knee nerves can significantly reduce KOA pain, improve knee joint function, improve patient satisfaction, and provide a feasible, safe, and effective m...
- Lei Sima. Pain physician. 2024-03-20 00:00:00
- Perioperative experiences of patients with high pain catastrophizing and knee arthroplasty after receiving or not preoperative physiotherapy: Qualitative study
- CONCLUSIONS: While participants who received no preoperative physiotherapy intervention showed limited coping strategies during post-surgery rehabilitation and the same cognitions as before (hyperv...
- Marc Terradas-Monllor. Musculoskeletal science & practice. 2024-02-08 00:00:00
- Use of Bilateral Rectus Sheath Blocks in Open Umbilical Hernia Repair
- CONCLUSION: US-guided RSBs are an efficient method of anesthesia for open umbilical hernia repair in patients diagnosed with cirrhosis. This technique not only provides precise anesthesia and appro...
- Wei Liu. Pain physician. 2024-02-07 00:00:00
- Stellate Ganglion Destruction With Alcohol Versus Thermal Ablation for Chronic Post-Mastectomy Pain: A Randomized Trial
- CONCLUSION: US-guided SG destruction with alcohol was more effective than thermal radiofrequency for managing acute postoperative pain by decreasing pain score, oxycodone, and pregabalin consumptio...
- Suzan Adlan Khedr. Pain physician. 2024-02-07 00:00:00
- Comparison of Selective Nerve Root Pulsed Radiofrequency Vs Paramedian Interlaminar Epidural Steroid Injection for the Treatment of Painful Cervical Radiculopathy
- CONCLUSIONS: Pain relief, functional improvement, and safety were similar between groups. ULSD-SNRPRF and paramedian FL-CIESI are 2 different effective techniques for chronic cervical radicular pai...
- Damla Yuruk. Pain physician. 2024-02-07 00:00:00
- The Safety and Effectiveness of Orthobiologic Injections for Discogenic Chronic Low Back Pain: A Multicenter Prospective, Crossover, Randomized Controlled Trial with 12 Months Follow-up
- CONCLUSION: This is the only human lumbar disc study that evaluates both PRP and BMC in the same study and compares it to placebo. PRP and BMC were found to be superior to placebo in improving pain...
- Peter A Everts. Pain physician. 2024-01-29 00:00:00
- Motor Control Exercise Modulates the Neural Plasticity of the Default Mode Network in Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain
- CONCLUSION: These findings demonstrate that MCE may alleviate CLBP symptoms in patients by modifying information transmission from the default mode network to the left frontoparietal network.
- Chuhuai Wang. Pain physician. 2024-01-29 00:00:00
- Co-treatment with Oral Duloxetine and Intraarticular Injection of Corticosteroid plus Hyaluronic Acid Reduces Pain in the Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis
- CONCLUSION: Patients receiving co-treatment with oral duloxetine and IA (HA+CS) injections experienced considerable improvement in pain and knee function compared to those who received an IA inject...
- Fang Luo. Pain physician. 2024-01-29 00:00:00
- Dexmedetomidine in Fluoroscopic Guided Splanchnic Nerve Neurolysis for Pain Control: A Randomized, Controlled Trial
- CONCLUSIONS: This study revealed that using dexmedetomidine in the chemical SNN process improves the pain results from injection of alcohol and refractory cancer related pain with reduction in the...
- Ali Taha Abd-Elwahab. Pain physician. 2024-01-29 00:00:00
- Erector Spinae Plane Block versus Transversus Abdominis Plane Block for Robotic Inguinal Hernia Repair: A Blinded, Active-Controlled, Randomized Trial
- CONCLUSIONS: ESP block was not superior to TAP block in the treatment of post-operative pain among patients undergoing robotic inguinal hernia repair.
- Davide La Regina. Pain physician. 2024-01-29 00:00:00
- A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing the Effect of Two-Time Durations of Balloon Compression During Percutaneous Balloon Compression in Resistant Trigeminal Neuralgia
- CONCLUSION: There is no difference in the pain relief obtained by the 2 different durations of compressions. A longer duration of compression, however, has more incidence of side effects.
- Arvind Bhalekar. Pain physician. 2024-01-29 00:00:00
- Comparison of Spinoglenoid Versus Suprascapular Notch Approaches for Ultrasound-Guided Distal Suprascapular Nerve Blocks for Shoulder Pain: A Prospective Randomized Trial
- CONCLUSION: Both distal SSNB approaches significantly improved pain and disability scores in patients with chronic shoulder pain, with no observable differences in the short-to-medium term. SSNB pe...
- Mustafa Calis. Pain physician. 2024-01-29 00:00:00
- Transforaminal endoscopic lumbar discectomy using a 45° puncture angle and foraminotomy versus traditional THESYS for L5/S1 lumbar disc herniation: a prospective randomized controlled trial
- CONCLUSION: For L5/S1 LDH, the 45° TELD technique was superior to traditional THESYS in terms of surgery-related parameters and faster improvement of VAS and ODI, with a lower complication rate.
- Xiaofeng Lian. European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society. 2024-01-22 00:00:00
- Comparison of the clinical and radiographic outcomes of cortical bone trajectory and traditional trajectory pedicle screw fixation in transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion: a randomized controlled...
- CONCLUSION: This prospective, randomized controlled analysis suggests that clinical outcomes and radiographic characteristics, including fusion rates and caudal screw loosening rates, were comparab...
- Wenfei Ni. European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society. 2024-01-21 00:00:00
- Reply to letter to the editor regarding "Wound drain in lumbar arthrodesis for degenerative disease: an experimental, multicenter, randomized controlled trial"
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- Marcelo Molina. The spine journal : official journal of the North American Spine Society. 2024-01-21 00:00:00
Latest Systematic Reviews
- Virtual reality training versus conventional rehabilitation for chronic neck pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis
- CONCLUSIONS: Virtual reality is a promising intervention to address disability and pain in patients with chronic neck pain. This review supports the clinical significance of augmenting conventional...
- Andréas Remis. PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation. 2024-03-28 00:00:00
- The epidemiology of eye illness in Para athletes in the Winter and Summer settings- a systematic review
- The aim of this systematic review was to evaluate eye illnesses in Para athletes in the Winter and Summer settings. A search was conducted using PubMed-Medline, EbscoHost, and Web of Science for fu...
- Wayne E Derman. American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation. 2024-03-26 00:00:00
- Enhancing Overhead Throwing Ball Velocity after Core Muscle Training in Athletes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
- CONCLUSION: CMT significantly enhanced standing ball throwing velocity. However, its effect on step/jump-throwing ball velocity was less certain. Further research is needed to explore the impact of...
- Levent Özçakar. American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation. 2024-03-26 00:00:00
- Effectiveness of Lumbar Segmental Stabilization Exercises in Managing Disability and Pain Intensity Among Patients with Lumbar Spondylolysis and Spondylolisthesis: A Systematic Review and Meta-anal...
- CONCLUSION: In summary, our meta-analysis suggests that LSSE can potentially improve disability, especially when used as a single treatment. LSSE appears more beneficial in reducing disability than...
- Levent Özçakar. Spine. 2024-03-22 00:00:00
- A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of the Analgesic Effects of Lidocaine Administered Intravenously or Intraperitoneally Post-Abdominal Surgery
- CONCLUSION: This meta-analysis suggests that post-abdominal surgery intraperitoneal lidocaine administration has a better analgesic effect than intravenous lidocaine, with a lower pain score. Howev...
- Xuemei Lin. Pain physician. 2024-03-20 00:00:00
- A Comparison of Minimally Invasive Surgical Techniques and Standard Open Discectomy for Lumbar Disc Herniation: A Network Meta-analysis
- CONCLUSIONS: Compared to standard open discectomy, minimally invasive surgical procedures not only achieve satisfactory efficacy, but also microendoscopic discectomy and percutaneous endoscopic lum...
- Di You. Pain physician. 2024-03-20 00:00:00
- Unilateral or Bilateral Percutaneous Endoscopic Debridement and Drainage for Thoracolumbar Infections: A Systemic Review and Meta-analysis
- CONCLUSIONS: Both UPEDD and BPEDD can provide a relatively reliable causative-pathogen identification and satisfactory clinical outcome. The 2 techniques are not significantly different in terms of...
- Zhou Ye. Pain physician. 2024-03-20 00:00:00
- Effectiveness of Radiofrequency Ablation for Treatment of Glossopharyngeal Neuralgia: A Systematic Review of the Current Literature
- CONCLUSION: RFA is efficacious in treating GPN with over 80% of patients experiencing postprocedure pain relief. However, further research in the form of clinical and controlled trials is needed to...
- Ryan T Gualtier. Pain physician. 2024-03-20 00:00:00
- Assessing the risk of lumbar degenerative disc disease associated with swimming: A systematic review
- CONCLUSION: Competitive swimming appears to be associated with the presence of DDD on advanced imaging and moderate-to-severe back pain. These findings are limited by significant differences in stu...
- Kelly C McInnis. PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation. 2024-03-19 00:00:00
- Imaging Predictors of Progression of Lumbar Spondylolysis to Spondylolisthesis: A Systematic Review
- CONCLUSION: Our research suggests that only disc degeneration had a moderately strong evidence with consistent significant associations with development of IS in patients with spondylolysis. Transv...
- Ashish D Diwan. The spine journal : official journal of the North American Spine Society. 2024-03-18 00:00:00
- Cervical manipulation versus thoracic or cervicothoracic manipulations for the management of neck pain. A systematic review and meta-analysis
- CONCLUSION: There is moderate to very low certainty evidence that there is no difference in effectiveness between cervical thrust or non-thrust manipulations and thoracic or cervicothoracic manipul...
- Luis Ceballos-Laita. Musculoskeletal science & practice. 2024-03-16 00:00:00
- Effects of physical exercise on muscle function of the knee, pain and quality of life in postmenopausal women with knee osteoarthritis: A systematic review with meta-analysis
- Objective of this study was to investigate the effects of physical exercise on muscle function of the knee, pain and quality of life in postmenopausal women with knee osteoarthritis (OA). An electr...
- Paula Regina Mendes da Silva Serrão. Musculoskeletal science & practice. 2024-03-15 00:00:00
- A SUNCT-like headache associated with lateral pontine infarction - case series and systematic review
- BACKGROUND AND AIM: Short-lasting unilateral neuralgiform headache attacks with conjunctival injection and tearing (SUNCT) and autonomic symptoms (SUNA) are trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias (TACs)...
- Prakit Anukoolwittaya. European journal of pain (London, England). 2024-03-13 00:00:00
- Prevalence of spinal deformity development after surgical management of a congenital heart disease among children: a systematic review and meta-analysis
- CONCLUSION: This review suggests that the prevalence of spinal deformities was high among patients who underwent sternotomy or thoracotomy.
- Majed Alosaimi. European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society. 2024-03-11 00:00:00
- Effects of a guided neck-specific exercise therapy on recovery after a whiplash: A systematic review and meta-analysis
- CONCLUSION: In addition to the benefits that a guided NSE therapy has on motivation and program adherence, it provides greater benefits in pain and disability than a different or unguided NSE thera...
- Isidro Fernández López. American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation. 2024-03-11 00:00:00