Effects of intra-articular versus peri-articular dextrose prolotherapy in knee osteoarthritis: A clinical trial study.

Objectives: This study aims to compare the effectiveness of intra-articular and peri-articular dextrose prolotherapy (DPT) in patients with knee osteoarthritis (KOA) without effusion.

Patients And Methods: Between August 2018 and November 2018, a total of 51 participants including 27 cases (12 males, 15 females; mean age: 55.7±5.

Effectiveness of acupuncture as an adjunct to cardiac rehabilitation after coronary artery bypass grafting.

Background: Considering the importance of cardiac rehabilitation after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and the development of acupuncture over the past few decades, the aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of acupuncture on patients' exercise tolerance, heart rate and blood pressure after CABG.

Methods: Thirty-four patients with a history of recent CABG were recruited between 2019 and 2020 for this clinical trial and randomly divided into two groups receiving acupuncture plus cardiac rehabilitation (group A) and cardiac rehabilitation alone (group B). In both groups, exercise-based rehabilitation exercise was performed.

Efficacy of Acupuncture on Pain Severity and Frequency of Calf Cramps in Dialysis Patients: a Randomized Clinical Trial.

Background: Patients with chronic kidney disease, as a common disorder, usually necessitate the implementation of hemodialysis. Muscle cramps are one of the most disabling complications affecting their quality of life.

Objectives: We aimed to investigate the efficacy of acupuncture as a safe alternative to the management of pain severity and frequency of calf cramps in dialysis patients compared to a control group.

Visual evoked potential in generalized joint hypermobility: A case-control study.

Introduction: Generalized joint hypermobility (GJH) can be the result of several hereditary connective tissue disorders, especially Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. Cerebrovascular manifestations are among the most common complications in this disorder, and understanding their extent can help better diagnosis and prevention of hazardous events. We investigated visual evoked potential (VEP) changes in patients with GJH and compared them with healthy individuals.

Barriers and facilitators to reducing low-value care for the management of low back pain in Iran: a qualitative multi-professional study.

Introduction: Low back pain (LBP) is a prevalent musculoskeletal disorder with a wide range of etiologies, ranging from self-limiting conditions to life-threatening diseases. Various modalities are available for the diagnosis and management of patients with LBP. However, many of these health services, known as low-value care (LVC), are unnecessary and impose undue financial costs on patients and health systems.

Investigation of the Effects of Acupuncture on Post-Operative Chest Pain after Open Heart Surgery.

Background: Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) accounts for more than half of all adult cardiac surgeries worldwide. Post-operative chest pain is a common CABG complication and can cause significant discomfort.

Objectives: Because taking large amounts of analgesics can have many side effects, we evaluated whether acupuncture effectively reduces pain and the use of analgesics by CABG patients.

Traumatic injury to the axillary nerve associated with paralysis of triceps brachii: A case report.

Although many textbooks reported the innervation of three heads of the triceps muscle with the radial nerve, some studies showed the axillary nerve supply to this muscle. Herein, we report a 21-year-old male patients with a traumatic injury to the axillary nerve associated with paralysis of his triceps muscle. Based on the electrophysiological findings, it could be reasonable to conclude that the main branch innervating all heads of the triceps muscle originated from the axillary nerve.

Efficacy of perineural hypertonic saline injection versus acupoints of foot in the management of diabetic neuropathy: a multicenter, double-blinded randomized controlled trial.

Painful diabetic polyneuropathy is one of the most common disabling problems worldwide. We aimed to determine if a perineural injection of hypertonic saline compared with foot acupoints decreased the neuropathic pain score in patients with diabetes. Patients were assigned to receive either perineural or acupoints injection of hypertonic saline 5% in their feet for three weekly sessions.

Study of sympathetic skin response in patients with COVID-19 infection.

Objectives: Many articles hypothesized the potential role of autonomic nervous system in the pathogenesis and outcome of COVID-19 infection. Several studies reported both central and peripheral nervous system involvement in COVID-19 as well. Up to our knowledge, there is no study evaluating whether this virus could invade the autonomic nervous system affecting its function adversely.

A case of Guillain-Barre syndrome after the second dose of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccination.

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a novel virus that primarily involves the respiratory system. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, an extensive vaccination program is underway worldwide. Herein, we present a 68-year-old woman with paresthesia of both hands associated with gait instability, which started three to four days after receiving the second dose of Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine against the COVID-19 infection.

Study of carpal tunnel syndrome in diabetic polyneuropathy with comparison of inching method and second lumbrical-interossei test.

Since diabetic generalized neuropathy affects peripheral nerves, the diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) with conventional electrodiagnostic techniques (EDX) [onset latency of median sensory nerve action potential (SNAP) or distal latency of median compound muscle action potential (CMAP)] is controversial. The aim of this study is to investigate the diagnostic values of two other techniques including inching method and second lumbrical-interossei test in patients with diabetic polyneuropathy (DPN) as well as signs or symptoms of CTS. Fifteen patients (30 hands) with definite diagnosis of generalized peripheral neuropathy secondary to diabetes who developed signs and symptoms of CTS were participated.

Comparison of the Effectiveness of Ultrasound-Guided Prolotherapy in Supraspinatus Tendon with Ultrasound-Guided Corticosteroid Injection of Subacromial Subdeltoid Bursa in Rotator Cuff-Related Shoulder Pain: A Clinical Trial Study.

Background: Shoulder pain is the third most common type of musculoskeletal disorder and rotator cuff (RC) tendinopathy is the most frequent diagnosis. Ultrasound is the most preferable guidance tool for diagnostic and interventional purposes. The aim of this study is to compare the effectiveness of the prolotherapy injection with corticosteroid injection in patients with RC dysfunction.

Comparative effectiveness of paravertebral Ozone injection and caudal epidural steroid-hyaluronidase injection in lumbosacral spinal stenosis.

Background: Lumbosacral spinal stenosis (LSS) is the narrowing of the lumbar spinal canal. LSS usually happens in older people who do not have the proper physical condition to undergo surgery. Therefore, minimally invasive methods such as Ozone therapy and epidural injection can be used in these patients.