Increased risk of adhesive capsulitis among patients with gout: A nationwide population-based matched-cohort study.

Aim: The pathophysiology of adhesive capsulitis (AC) is uncertain. We noted patients with gout seemed to have higher incidence rates of AC than other people in our clinic. We did not know the true relationship between gout and AC because there are no published reports so far.

Effects of Platelet-Rich Plasma on Pain and Muscle Strength in Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis.

Objective: No studies comparing the effects of platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injection and placebo injection in bilateral knee osteoarthritis in the same patient, or discussing muscle strength after PRP injection, have been published.

Design: Twenty patients with bilateral knee osteoarthritis were eligible, and 40 knees were randomized into two groups: PRP (knees [right or left by a coin toss] receiving a single intra-articular PRP injection) and saline group (the contralateral knee of the same patient, into which single 4-mL intra-articular injection of normal saline was administered). The primary outcome measure was Western Ontario and McMaster's Universities Osteoarthritis Index and the secondary included isokinetic test results.

Correlation of thalamic blood flow redistribution with persistent complex regional pain syndrome in a stroke patient with poor diabetic control.

We present a right-hemispheric stroke patient with complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS). Symptoms of CRPS developed in conjunction with a corresponding elevation of the contralateral thalamic flow when the glycosylated hemoglobin values were high (16.1% and 13.

Conus medullaris metastasis in breast cancer: report of a case and a review of the literature.

Intramedullary spinal cord metastasis is quite rare. This report presents the case of a female patient with metastasis of the conus medullaris from breast cancer, presenting with paraplegia and sphincter dysfunction. Bladder dysfunction improved after removal of the conus mass.