Assessing the reliability and readability of migraine treatment information on Turkish websites.

Background: The quality and safety of information provided on online platforms for migraine treatment remains uncertain. We evaluated the top 10 trending websites accessed annually by Turkish patients seeking solutions for migraine treatment and assessed information quality, security, and readability in this cross-sectional study.

Methods: A comprehensive search strategy was conducted using Google starting in 2015, considering Türkiye's internet usage trends.

Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy Health Index: Japanese translation and validation study.

Purpose: The Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy Health Index (FSHD-HI) is a patient-reported outcome measure developed for patients with FSHD. This study aimed to translate the FSHD-HI into Japanese (FSHD-HI-J), evaluate cultural adaptation, and examine its psychometric properties.

Materials And Methods: We created two forward translations, integrated them into a single Japanese version, and evaluated the back-translated version of the FSHD-HI.

Relationship between perfectionism, overactivity, pain severity, and pain interference in individuals with chronic pain: A cross-lagged panel model analysis.

Objectives: Overactivity is a characteristic of individuals with chronic pain. Previous cross-sectional studies demonstrated a relationship between perfectionism and overactivity. Therefore, the present study used a longitudinal design to determine whether pain severity and pain interference were exacerbated by overactivity and whether overactivity was exacerbated by perfectionism.

A Pathophysiological Approach for Selecting Medications to Treat Nociceptive and Neuropathic Pain in Servicemembers.

Introduction: The prevalence of chronic pain of service members (SMs) in the U.S. is estimated to be higher (roughly 31-44%) compared to that of civilian population (26%).

Psychosocial Functioning of Parents of Youth Receiving Intensive Interdisciplinary Pain Treatment.

Objective: Parents of youth with chronic pain report psychosocial difficulties, yet treatment often focuses on improving their child's functioning and pain. This study evaluated changes in parents' social and emotional functioning and explored predictors of change, as they completed a parent-focused intervention while their child was enrolled in an intensive interdisciplinary pain treatment (IIPT) program.

Methods: Parents (n = 69) completed questionnaires at baseline and weekly (average duration of 4 weeks) during their child's participation in IIPT.

Complementary Therapy Learning in the Setting of Lung Transplantation: A Single-Center Observational Study of Appropriation and Efficacy.

Transplanted patients could benefit from complementary techniques. This prospective single-center, open study, performed in a tertiary university hospital, evaluates the appropriation and efficacy of a toolbox-kit of complementary techniques. Self-hypnosis, sophrology, relaxation, holistic gymnastics, and transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation (TENS) were taught to adult patients scheduled for double-lung transplantation.

Minimally Invasive Inferior Intra-Articular Sacroiliac Joint Fusion: Successful Application of Osseous Stabilization Using Allograft Bone.

Minimally invasive sacroiliac joint (SIJ) fusion is the preferred surgical method for managing patients with recalcitrant, chronically severe SIJ pain and dysfunction refractory to conservative medical measures. The primary surgical objective of all minimally invasive SIJ fusion procedures is to provide immediate stabilization within the joint space to support osseous consolidation and the development of a mechanically solid arthrodesis. The intra-articular surgical approach to the SIJ with allograft bone placement utilizes a trajectory and easily identifiable landmarks that allow the surgeon to control the risk of violating important neuro-vascular structures.

Mode-specific effects of concentric and eccentric isokinetic training of the hamstring muscle at slow angular velocity on the functional hamstrings-to-quadriceps ratio-a randomized trial.

Background: Previous studies have examined the mode specificity of eccentric and concentric isokinetic training, but have reported conflicting results. Few studies have reported that eccentric and concentric isokinetic training are mode-specific, ., they will increase only the eccentric or concentric strength, respectively.

Validation of the Japanese version of the patterns of activity measure-pain in individuals with chronic pain.

Background: The Patterns of Activity Measure-Pain (POAM-P) is a self-report questionnaire that measures avoidance, overdoing, and pacing in individuals with chronic pain. We aimed to develop and confirm the psychometric properties of the Japanese version of the POAM-P(POAM-P-J) in Japanese individuals with chronic pain.

Methods: We recruited 147 Japanese individuals with chronic pain (106 women; mean age 64.

Cognitive behavioral therapy for an individual suffering from chronic pain with overactivity and sleep disturbance: A case report.

Patients suffering from chronic pain (CP) with overactivity frequently experience sleep disturbance. We presented a 35-year-old woman suffering from CP. To improve the sleep disturbance of individuals suffering from CP with overactivity, it is important to combine cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia and activity pacing.

Health-related quality of life of Malaysian patients with chronic non-malignant pain and its associated factors: a cross-sectional study.

Background: Chronic pain has a major impact on a patient's quality of life, affecting physical and psychological functioning. It has debilitating consequences on social and economic aspects too. This study aimed to explore the status of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of Malaysian patients suffering from chronic non-malignant pain.

Frequency and characteristics of patient exclusion criteria in Canadian multidisciplinary pain treatment facilities: a cross-sectional study.

Purpose: A multidisciplinary approach is recommended for patients with complex chronic pain (CP). Many multidisciplinary pain treatment facilities (MTPFs) use patient exclusion criteria but little is known about their characteristics. The objective of this study was to describe the frequency and characteristics of exclusion criteria in public Canadian MTPFs.

Feasibility and Usefulness of Self-Hypnosis in Patients Undergoing Double-Lung Transplantation During the Pre- and Postoperative Periods: A Randomized Study.

Objective: Hypnosis can reduce pain and anxiety in surgical patients. This study aimed to demonstrate that implementing self-hypnosis in the setting of lung transplantation could improve patients' pain and quality of life.

Design: A randomized, single-center study.

Association Between Prescription Opioid Therapy for Noncancer Pain and Hepatitis C Virus Seroconversion.

Importance: Initiation of injection drug use may be more frequent among people dispensed prescription opioid therapy for noncancer pain, potentially increasing the risk of hepatitis C virus (HCV) acquisition.

Objective: To assess the association between medically dispensed long-term prescription opioid therapy for noncancer pain and HCV seroconversion among individuals who were initially injection drug use-naive.

Design, Setting, And Participants: A population-based, retrospective cohort study of individuals tested for HCV in British Columbia, Canada, with linkage to outpatient pharmacy dispensations, was conducted.

Associations between anger and chronic primary pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Objectives: Anger is a negative emotion characterized by antagonism toward someone or something, is rooted in an appraisal or attribution of wrongdoing, and is accompanied by an action tendency to undo the wrongdoing. Anger is prevalent in individuals with chronic pain, especially those with chronic primary pain. The associations between anger and pain-related outcomes (e.

Prescription opioid treatment for non-cancer pain and initiation of injection drug use: large retrospective cohort study.

Objective: To assess the association between long term prescription opioid treatment medically dispensed for non-cancer pain and the initiation of injection drug use (IDU) among individuals without a history of substance use.

Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Setting: Large administrative data source (containing information for about 1.

Factors associated with early improvement after intravenous thrombolytic treatment in acute ischemic stroke.

Objective: : The aim of this study was to determine the factors associated with early neurological improvement (ENI) in patients who experienced acute ischemic stroke and were treated with intravenous recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (IV rt-PA), and determine the relationship with the outcome at the first control.

Method: : This study included 377 patients who were treated with IV rt-PA in Izmir Dokuz Eylül University Hospital between January 2010 and October 2018. ENI was defined as a 4 or more improvement in the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score in the first hour, the twenty-fourth hour and the seventh day when compared to the pretreatment phase.

Hip Ablation Techniques.

Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is still an emergent technique for the management of chronic hip pain. Although the ablation technique for facet articular branches of lumbar and cervical spine was already established, the literature on the targets and technique of needle placement for hip denervation are evolving. This article summarizes the current understanding of the anatomy of the articular branches, sonoanatomy, and the suggested techniques for the RFA of the hip.

Effects of One-Fifth, One-Third, and One-Half of the Bodyweight Lumbar Traction on the Straight Leg Raise Test and Pain in Prolapsed Intervertebral Disc Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

The prolapsed intervertebral disc (PIVD) at the lumbar spine is one of the most common causes of low back pain (LBP) affecting humans worldwide. Lumbar traction is widely used as a part of physiotherapeutic modalities for its treatment; however, reports on its effectiveness and dosage are conflicting. This study is aimed at comparing the acute effects of three traction forces on the straight leg raise (SLR) test and LBP intensity.

Prevalence, Characteristics and Preoperative Predictors of Chronic Pain After Double-Lung Transplantation: A Prospective Cohort Study.

Objective: Data on chronic pain after lung transplantation are heterogeneous. This study prospectively explored the prevalence, characteristics, consequences, and preoperative predictors of pain in lung transplant recipients.

Design: A prospective cohort study.

A Case Study of Chronic Iliopsoas Tendinopathy and Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction Masquerading As Pelvic Girdle Pain.

Pain related to pregnancy can occur anytime between conception to the postpartum period. Pregnancy and the following months after birth are a time of physical change to the woman's body, with significant hormonal effects. We present a case of a young female with chronic pain several years after her second pregnancy that presented a diagnostic challenge.

An alternative approach for lumbar transforaminal epidural steroid injection-Far lateral approach.

Introduction: Transforaminal epidural steroid injection (TFESI) is one of the nonoperative interventions for lower back pain. In this study, we presented an alternative approach for TFESI, far lateral lateral recess TFESI (FLLR TFESI), which is targeted on lateral recess and anterior epidural space in patients with degenerative lumbar spondylosis-related radiculopathy.

Technique: Under fluoroscopy, needle entry site and pathway are drawn according to the spinal anatomy.

Impact of the Opioid Epidemic and Associated Prescribing Restrictions on People Who Live With Chronic Noncancer Pain in Canada.

Objectives: Little is known about the consequences of the opioid epidemic on people living with chronic noncancer pain (CNCP). This study examined this issue in people who lived in the most impacted province by opioid overdoses in Canada (British Columbia [BC]) or one of the least impacted (Quebec [QC]), and examined the factors associated with opioid use.

Materials And Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out in adults living in BC (N=304) and QC (N=1071) who reported CNCP (≥3 months) and completed an online questionnaire that was tailored to their opioid status.