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BMJ Open
December 2024
Institute for Musculoskeletal Health, Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Introduction: Sciatica is a debilitating condition that often becomes chronic, and for which there are few effective treatment options. Treatments such as the anti-depressant duloxetine have shown promise, but the evidence is inconclusive. We are describing a high quality, definitive trial to investigate the efficacy, safety and cost-effectiveness of duloxetine in chronic sciatica.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Gen Intern Med
December 2024
Sydney School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Sydney Health Literacy Lab, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia.
Background: Despite increasing attention on health literacy and the inclusion of grade reading level recommendations in guidelines, it remains unclear if lowering the grade reading level of written health information to specific target grades improves patient-related outcomes.
Objective: To assess whether grade reading level of written information affects knowledge, perceived reading ease, acceptability and trustworthiness of information and, to explore whether information written at a lower grade reading level reduces disparities in outcomes across health literacy levels.
Design: We conducted a 4-arm online randomized trial with a community sample of adults living in Australia from 31 July to 20 September 2023.
Spine J
November 2024
Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam Movement Sciences, Program Musculoskeletal Health, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Electronic address:
Background Context: Lumbar microdiscectomy is an effective treatment for short-term pain relief and improvements in disability in patients with lumbar radiculopathy, however, many patients experience residual pain and long-term disability. The 'people like me' approach seeks to enhance personalized prognosis and treatment effectiveness, utilizing historical data from similar patients to forecast individual outcomes.
Purpose: The primary objective was to develop and test the 'people-like-me' approach for leg pain intensity and disability at 12-month follow-up after lumbar microdiscectomy and postoperative physical therapy.
Neuropharmacology
February 2025
Firat University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biophysics, Elazig, Turkey. Electronic address:
Neuropathic pain is associated with diverse etiologies, including sciatica, diabetes, and the use of chemotherapeutic agents. Despite the varied origins, mitochondrial dysfunction, oxidative stress, and inflammatory cytokines are recognized as key contributing factors in both the initiation and maintenance of neuropathic pain. The effects of the mitochondrial-derived peptide humanin on neuropathic pain, however, remain unclear, despite its demonstrated influence on these mechanisms in numerous disease models.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNeurol Int
September 2024
Department of Internal Medicine, Brugmann University Hospital, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), 1020 Brussels, Belgium.
Background: Froin's syndrome (FS) is a rare entity with uncertain prevalence and prognosis, defined by a pathognomonic triad: cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) xanthochromia, elevated protein levels in the CSF, and hypercoagulated CSF, usually obtained through lumbar puncturing below the level of a partial or complete spinal block.
Methods: We conducted a comprehensive review of the literature on FS from its first description in 1903 to December 2023, utilizing PubMed and Google Scholar, and included two new cases from our clinical practice.
Results: We describe two patients who suffered from Froin's syndrome secondary to spinal abscesses.
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