What has brain diffusion magnetic resonance imaging taught us about chronic primary pain: a narrative review.

Chronic pain is a pervasive and debilitating condition with increasing implications for public health, affecting millions of individuals worldwide. Despite its high prevalence, the underlying neural mechanisms and pathophysiology remain only partly understood. Since its introduction 35 years ago, brain diffusion magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has emerged as a powerful tool to investigate changes in white matter microstructure and connectivity associated with chronic pain.

Economic Evidence in Occupational Therapy: A Rapid Review.

Given the necessity to demonstrate that occupational therapy services are a good use of resources, understanding the state of economic evidence is essential. This article presents a of this evidence. Relevant articles were identified using SCOPUS.

Foot orthosis design for children with Charcot-Marie-Tooth and impact on gait.

Background: Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) is a progressive disease resulting in distal sensory deficit and muscular weakness. As the disease progresses, most children develop a cavovarus foot deformity. Foot orthoses (FO) are widely prescribed in CMT to support the foot and improve gait, but there is a lack of guidelines for their conception.

A Qualitative Investigation into the Experiences of Students with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD/Dyspraxia) in Higher Education.

Developmental coordination disorder (DCD/Dyspraxia) is a commonly misunderstood and under-recognized specific learning difficulty (SpLD) in educational settings. This lifelong condition affects fine and gross motor coordination and significantly interferes with many activities of daily living, academic achievement, and employment opportunities. However, most Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) are unaware of its prevalence within their context, even though 5% of the general population have DCD and the enrolment of students in UK Higher Education with a known disability has increased by 42.

Continuous regional anesthesia with erector spinae plane catheters for patients with multiple rib fractures.

Introduction: Opioids are commonly used for acute pain management in patients with rib fractures, but their use poses known risks of addiction and respiratory depression. Regional anesthesia, namely the erector spinae plane(ESP) block, has shown promise as an alternative to opioids in case series. Our aim was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of continuous ropivacaine infusion ESP catheters performed by emergency physicians (EP) for patients with multiple unilateral rib fractures.