Using Telerehabilitation to Deliver a Home Exercise Program to Youth With Arthrogryposis: Single Cohort Pilot Study by Marianne Gagnon, Gabriela Marino Merlo, Rita Yap, Jessica Collins, Caroline Elfassy, Bonita Sawatzky, Jacquelyn Marsh, Reggie Hamdy, Louis-Nicolas Veilleux, Noémi Dahan-Oliel

“…Individualized goals were related to pain management; endurance in writing, standing, or walking; sports; and daily activities. …”
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Posterior Lateral Arthrodesis as a Treatment Option for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: Safety and Early Clinical Outcomes by Shah A, Hagedorn JM, Latif U, Bailey-Classen A, Azeem N, Beall DP, Mehta P, Stephens C, Khoo L, Deer TR

“…Anuj Shah,1 Jonathan M Hagedorn,2 Usman Latif,3 Ashley Bailey-Classen,4 Nomen Azeem,5 Douglas P Beall,6 Pankaj Mehta,7 Chad Stephens,8 Larry Khoo,9 Timothy Ray Deer10 1Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, MI, USA; 2Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Division of Pain Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA; 3Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Kansas Health System, Kansas City, KS, USA; 4Trinity Pain Medicine Associates, Fort Worth, TX, USA; 5Florida Spine & Pain Specialists, Riverview, FL, USA; 6Comprehensive Specialty Care, Edmond, OK, USA; 7Pain Specialists of Austin and Central Texas Pain Center, Austin, TX, USA; 8Noble Pain Management and Sports Medicine, Southlake, TX, USA; 9The Spine Clinic of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA; 10The Spine and Nerve Center of the Virginias, Charleston, WV, USACorrespondence: Anuj Shah, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Detroit Medical Center, 261 Mack Ave, Detroit, MI, 48220, USA, Tel +1 734646-0321, Email Anujshah74@gmail.comIntroduction: Lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) is a common condition caused by degenerative changes in the lumbar spine with age. …”
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Negativity and Positivity in the ICU: Exploratory Development of Automated Sentiment Capture in the Electronic Health Record by Chris J. Kennedy, PhD, Catherine Chiu, MD, Allyson Cook Chapman, MD, Oksana Gologorskaya, MS, Hassan Farhan, MD, Mary Han, MD, MacGregor Hodgson, MD, Daniel Lazzareschi, MD, Deepshikha Ashana, MD, MBA, MS, Sei Lee, MD, Alexander K. Smith, MD, MPH, Edie Espejo, MA, John Boscardin, PhD, Romain Pirracchio, MD, PhD, Julien Cobert, MD

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Anti-TNF (adalimumab) injection for the treatment of adults with frozen shoulder during the pain predominant stage protocol for a multi-centre, randomised, double blind, parallel g... by Jagdeep Nanchahal, Nicola Kenealy, Sally Hopewell, Amar Rangan, Ruth Knight, Cynthia Srikesavan, Susan Dutton, Sarah Lamb, Marc Feldmann

“…All participants will receive a physiotherapy advice leaflet providing education and advice about frozen shoulder and pain management. The primary feasibility objectives are: 1) the ability to screen and identify potential participants with pain predominant early stage frozen shoulder; 2) willingness of eligible participants to consent and be randomised to intervention; 3) practicalities of delivering the intervention, including time to first injection and number of participants receiving second injection; 4) standard deviation of the Shoulder Pain and Disability Index (SPADI) score and attrition rate at 3 months from baseline in order to estimate the sample size for a definitive trial. …”
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Green Synthesis of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles (ZnO-NPs) by <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> and Their Activity against Pathogenic Microbes and Common House Mosquito, <i>Culex pipiens</i... by Abdullah M. Abdo, Amr Fouda, Ahmed M. Eid, Nayer M. Fahmy, Ahmed M. Elsayed, Ahmed Mohamed Aly Khalil, Othman M. Alzahrani, Atef F. Ahmed, Amal M. Soliman

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Effect of virtual reality combined with repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on musculoskeletal pain and motor development in children with spastic cerebral palsy: a protoc... by Xin Li, Zefan Huang, Tijiang Lu, Juping Liang, Haibin Guo, Lixia Wang, Zhengquan Chen, Xuan Zhou, Qing Du

“…Discussion Combined application of VR therapy and rTMS may reveal additive effects on pain management and motor development in children with spastic CP, but further high-quality research is needed. …”
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Ascorbic acid reduces Ropivacaine-induced myotoxicity in cultured human osteoporotic skeletal muscle cells by Maria Giovanna Scioli, Filadelfo Coniglione, Chiara Greggi, Luca Evangelista, Elena Fiorelli, Luca Savino, Amedeo Ferlosio, Eleonora Piccirilli, Elena Gasbarra, Riccardo Iundusi, Umberto Tarantino, Augusto Orlandi

“…Ropivacaine is a potent local anesthetic used in clinical practice for intraoperative anesthesia and postoperative pain management, in particular for hip surgery. When injected, Ropivacaine can diffuse locally through, in particular in surrounding skeletal muscle tissue, causing dose-dependent cytotoxicity, oxidative stress and myogenesis impairment. …”
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Frailty and pain in an acute private hospital: an observational point prevalence study by Rosemary Saunders, Kate Crookes, Karla Seaman, Seng Giap Marcus Ang, Caroline Bulsara, Max K. Bulsara, Beverley Ewens, Olivia Gallagher, Renée Graham, Karen Gullick, Sue Haydon, Jeff Hughes, Kim-Huong Nguyen, Bev O’Connell, Debra Scaini, Christopher Etherton-Beer

“…The findings also highlight the need for increased pain assessment, particularly in those who are frail, for more effective pain management. Trial registration: The study was prospectively registered (ACTRN12620000904976; 14th September 2020).…”
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Quantum Mechanical Aspects in the Pathophysiology of Neuropathic Pain by Sager Nawafleh, Abdallah Barjas Qaswal, Obada Alali, Fuad Mohammed Zayed, Ahmed Mahmoud Al-Azzam, Khaled Al-Kharouf, Mo’ath Bani Ali, Moath Ahmad Albliwi, Rawan Al-Hamarsheh, Mohammad Iswaid, Ahmad Albanna, Ahmad Enjadat, Mohammad Abu Orabi Al-Adwan, Khaled Dibbeh, Ez-Aldeen Abu Shareah, Anas Hamdan, Aiman Suleiman

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Testing Biological and Psychological Pathways of Emotion Regulation as a Primary Mechanism of Action in Yoga Interventions for Chronic Low Back Pain: Protocol for a Randomized Cont... by Angela R Starkweather, Wanli Xu, Katherine E Gnall, Mariel Emrich, Camille L Garnsey, Zachary E Magin, Weizi Wu, Joseph Fetta, Erik J Groessl, Crystal Park

“…The study findings have important implications for determining the mechanism of action for yoga and possibly other mind-body interventions as nonpharmacological therapies for pain management. The results of the study will inform the content, delivery, and measures for intervention trials involving yoga as a modality for relieving pain and improving function. …”
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Ultrasound-Guided Femoral Nerve Block in Geriatric Patients with Hip Fracture in the Emergency Department by Tou-Yuan Tsai, Kar Mun Cheong, Yung-Cheng Su, Ming-Chieh Shih, Su Weng Chau, Mei-Wen Chen, Chien-Ting Chen, Yi-Kung Lee, Jen-Tang Sun, Kuan-Fu Chen, Kuo-Chih Chen, Eric H. Chou

“…As such, the aim of this study was to investigate the impact of lidocaine-based single-shot ultrasound-guided femoral nerve block (USFNB) on the standard care for acute pain management in geriatric patients with traumatic hip fracture in the ED. …”
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Failure to tolerate continuous subcutaneous treprostinil in pediatric pulmonary hypertension patients by Julia McSweeney, Elizabeth Colglazier, Jasmine Becerra, Brienne Leary, Kathleen Miller‐Reed, Stephen Walker, Katy Tillman, Melissa Magness, Michelle Ogawa, Whitney Bannon, Tisha Kivett, Emma O. Jackson, Anne Davis, Cathy Shepard, Susan Richards, Elise Whalen, Shannon Engstrand, Zachary DiPasquale, Jean A. Connor

“…A subset of pediatric PH patients failed to tolerate SubQ treprostinil infusions despite advances in SubQ site maintenance and pain management strategies. Intractable site pain, frequent SubQ site changes, and severe localized skin reactions were the most common reasons for failure.…”
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In Silico Identification and Clinical Validation of a Novel Long Non-Coding RNA/mRNA/miRNA Molecular Network for Potential Biomarkers for Discriminating SARS CoV-2 Infection Severi... by Sara H. A. Agwa, Hesham Elghazaly, Mahmoud Shawky El Meteini, Sherif M. Shawky, Marwa Ali, Aya M. Abd Elsamee, Safa Matbouly Sayed, Nadine Sherif, Howida M. Sharaf, Mohamed A. Alhadidy, Marwa Matboli

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Clinical Characteristics of Spinal versus General Anaesthesia in Older Patients Undergoing Hip Fracture Repair Surgery in Jordan: A Multicentre Study by Lou’i Al-Husinat, Sarah Al Sharie, Mohammad Araydah, Zaid Al Modanat, Mohammed I. A. Ismail, Hadeel B. Heilat, Mohd Said Dawod, Khaled Ahmad Sawaftah, Silvia De Rosa, Denise Battaglini

“…Clinical data include previous fracture history; medication details; comorbidities; surgical approach; and postoperative pain management. Results: Overall, 1084 patients who underwent hip fracture repair were included in this study. …”
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CLINICAL AND LABORATORY CHANGES IN POSTSURGICAL PAIN MARKERS IN CHILDREN by Я. Семкович

“…Inadequate perioperative pain management can lead to a variety of postoperative complications, the prediction of which remains elusive despite the use of commonly accepted clinical, laboratory, and instrumental indicators. …”
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Automated Red Cell Exchange in the Management of Sickle Cell Disease by Dimitris A. Tsitsikas, Saket Badle, Rhys Hall, John Meenan, Oloruntoyin Bello-Sanyaolu, Funmilayo Orebayo, Jibril Abukar, Mohamed Elmi, Afsana Mulla, Shalini Dave, Natasha Lewis, Manisha Sharma, Basabi Chatterjee, Roger J. Amos

“…A total of 77% responded clinically, as evidenced by at least a 25% reduction in their emergency hospital attendance for pain management. The clinical response was gradual and increased the longer patients stayed on the program. …”
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Prevalence of pain and its association with quality of life of patients with heart failure in a developing country: findings from a multicenter cross-sectional study by Deema Mhesin, Hadeel Nazzal, Jalilah Amerah, Murad Azamtta, Yahia Ismail, Yunis Daralammouri, Mazen A. Abdalla, Mohammad M. Jaber, Amer A. Koni, Sa’ed H. Zyoud

“…Definitive guidelines should be achieved to increase awareness and understanding of the importance of pain management, reaching a higher QoL level, less pain, and good adherence to HF medications.…”
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Efficacy of an enhanced recovery nursing plan as a rooming‐in practice for women with preeclampsia post‐cesarean section by Jing Li, Wan‐Yuan Zhao, Ying Zhuang, Ning Gu, Meng‐Qin Wang, Ya‐Ning Zheng, Jie‐Xun Wang

“…The postoperative enhanced recovery nursing care plan was formulated for five postoperative time points and incorporated management of blood pressure, temperature, and fluids, as well as monitoring of complications, pain management, activity and rest, diet management, and breastfeeding. …”
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Efficacy and moderators of cognitive therapy versus behavioural activation for adults with depression: study protocol of a systematic review and meta-analysis of individual partici... by Ellen Driessen, Zachary D. Cohen, Lorenzo Lorenzo-Luaces, Steven D. Hollon, David A. Richards, Keith S. Dobson, Sona Dimidjian, Jaime Delgadillo, Fernando L. Vázquez, Kathleen McNamara, John J. Horan, Pauline Gardner, Tian P. Oei, Anuj H. P. Mehta, Jos W. R. Twisk, Ioana A. Cristea, Pim Cuijpers

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Horizontal mattress uterine closure compared to single layered lock suture in cesarean section - A retrospective cohort study by Peter Khamvongsa, Chitra Gotluru, Sarah Stavros, Jordana Borges, Sabrina Bonnice

“…No significant difference was found in the percentage of patients using opioids as pain management during hospital stay (p < 0.431). There was no need for blood transfusion nor an increase in infectious morbidity using this method. …”
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