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Plasma concentrations of buprenorphine administered via matrix-type transdermal patches applied at three different anatomical locations in healthy adult horses. 在健康成年马的三个不同解剖位置通过基质型透皮贴片给药丁丙诺啡的血浆浓度。
IF 2.5
Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) Pub Date : 2024-06-19 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.3389/fpain.2024.1390322
Vaidehi V Paranjape, Heather K Knych, Londa J Berghaus, Shyla Giancola, Jessica Cathcart, Rachel A Reed
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Case Report: Integrative naturopathic approach for the management of sequestered lumbar disc herniation with neurological impairments: a case series with two year follow up. 病例报告:采用综合自然疗法治疗伴有神经系统损伤的腰椎间盘突出症:一个为期两年的系列病例随访。
Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) Pub Date : 2024-05-31 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.3389/fpain.2024.1367683
Sunil Paudel, Chethana A M Paudel, Karishma Silwal
{"title":"Case Report: Integrative naturopathic approach for the management of sequestered lumbar disc herniation with neurological impairments: a case series with two year follow up.","authors":"Sunil Paudel, Chethana A M Paudel, Karishma Silwal","doi":"10.3389/fpain.2024.1367683","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fpain.2024.1367683","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Lumbar Disc Herniation (LDH) is a common condition, and contemporary pain research emphasizes the importance of adopting a comprehensive biopsychosocial perspective in pain treatment for positive clinical outcomes. Integrated Naturopathy and Yoga (INY) is a non-invasive medical system that takes a holistic and patient-centric approach to healing diseases. However, there is limited evidence on the effectiveness of INY, particularly in managing Sequestered LDH. We present two cases of patients experiencing radicular low back pain, lower limb weakness, and neuro-claudication who opted for conservative naturopathic management with INY. Following the INY treatments, both patients reported gradual relief from lower back pain, radicular pain, and neurological deficits. These findings are significant and contribute valuable evidence, suggesting that INY could be a viable therapeutic approach for managing sequestered LDH. This represents the first report on a non-invasive method for resolving sequestered LDH by utilizing INY.</p>","PeriodicalId":73097,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland)","volume":"5 ","pages":"1367683"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11176481/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141332587","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Editorial: Non-biomedical perspectives on pain and its prevention and management. 社论:疼痛及其预防和管理的非生物学视角。
Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) Pub Date : 2024-05-30 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.3389/fpain.2024.1404074
Mark I Johnson, Antonio Bonacaro, Emmanouil Georgiadis, James Woodall
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Should cancer pain still be considered a separate category alongside acute pain and chronic non-cancer pain? Reflections on ICD-11. 癌症疼痛是否仍应被视为与急性疼痛和慢性非癌症疼痛并列的一个单独类别?对 ICD-11 的思考。
Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) Pub Date : 2024-05-02 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.3389/fpain.2024.1397413
Emmanuel Bäckryd
{"title":"Should cancer pain still be considered a separate category alongside acute pain and chronic non-cancer pain? Reflections on ICD-11.","authors":"Emmanuel Bäckryd","doi":"10.3389/fpain.2024.1397413","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fpain.2024.1397413","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Traditionally, cancer pain has often been viewed as an independent third major category in pain medicine alongside acute pain and chronic non-cancer pain. However, the new chronic pain category MG30 in the eleventh version of International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) includes cancer-related pain as one of its seven subgroups. In light of this, the aim of the paper is to investigate whether the traditional trichotomy should be replaced by a dichotomy between acute pain and chronic pain, cancer-related pain being part of both groups depending on the duration of pain.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The rationale for viewing cancer pain as a separate category is reviewed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Cancer being a deadly disease, cancer pain has a life-and-death and existential dimension that is different from non-cancer pain. It seems sensible to believe that this is an additional dimension to the suffering caused by cancer pain, and that clinicians should therefore take this existential dimension into consideration when assessing pain.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Without challenging the place of chronic cancer-related pain under the MG30 heading, it is concluded that while using ICD-11 in the future, pain clinicians should continue being mindful of the fact that the reality of death shapes the experience of cancer pain. The traditional trichotomy is therefore still valid and mirrors the fact that human beings are <i>vulnerable</i> (acute pain), <i>temporal</i> (chronic pain) and <i>mortal</i> (cancer pain).</p>","PeriodicalId":73097,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland)","volume":"5 ","pages":"1397413"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11096455/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140960436","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Effect of physical activity education on shoulder girdle pain and muscle strength in participants with fibromyalgia: a pilot experimental study. 体育锻炼教育对纤维肌痛患者肩部疼痛和肌肉力量的影响:一项试点实验研究。
Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) Pub Date : 2024-05-01 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.3389/fpain.2024.1328796
Bastien Couëpel, Catherine Daneau, Mathieu Tremblay, Thomas Javelot, Jacques Abboud, Isabelle Pagé, Martin Descarreaux
{"title":"Effect of physical activity education on shoulder girdle pain and muscle strength in participants with fibromyalgia: a pilot experimental study.","authors":"Bastien Couëpel, Catherine Daneau, Mathieu Tremblay, Thomas Javelot, Jacques Abboud, Isabelle Pagé, Martin Descarreaux","doi":"10.3389/fpain.2024.1328796","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fpain.2024.1328796","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>In patients with fibromyalgia, exercise and education are recommended to decrease pain level and improve pain management. The latest scientific evidence recommends to focus interventions on the upper limb. The aim of this pilot study was to compare the immediate effect of physical activity education vs. a control group on pain and muscle capacity in fibromyalgia patients.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Fifty-six participants with fibromyalgia were randomized into an experimental group and a control group. The intervention consisted in watching a five-minute video that provided information about fibromyalgia, pain, kinesiophobia and physical activity. The control group watched a neutral five-minute video about beavers in Quebec. Following the video, participants performed a muscular fatigue task consisting of a repeated unilateral shoulder abduction task. At baseline and following the muscular fatigue task, maximal voluntary contraction (MVC) in shoulder abduction was assessed as well as pain level and pressure pain threshold (PPT) in the upper limb. Electromyographic activity was also assessed for upper trapezius and middle deltoid muscles. Two-way repeated measures analysis of variance was used to compare the MVC, PPT, and pain level before and after the muscular fatigue task between groups.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The experimental group showed a significantly lower increase in pain than the control group in the middle deltoid muscle (<i>p</i> = 0.002) when assessed by verbal pain rating scale. No significant interaction or main effect of Group and Time were observed for the pain level at the upper trapezius and elbow extensor muscles nor for any of the PPT measures. According to electromyographic data, the median frequency values indicate that neither group experienced muscle fatigue during the repeated contraction task.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The preliminary results suggest that a short physical activity education video positively influenced middle deltoid pain following repeated abduction in participants with fibromyalgia. Electromyographic analysis showed no evidence of objective muscle fatigue, suggesting that there might be a partial disconnection between the perception of muscle fatigue and the physiological biomarkers associated with muscle fatigue.</p>","PeriodicalId":73097,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland)","volume":"5 ","pages":"1328796"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11094234/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140946603","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation vs. H-Wave® device stimulation-similar or different? 经皮神经电刺激与 H-Wave® 设备刺激--相似还是不同?
Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) Pub Date : 2024-03-19 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.3389/fpain.2024.1321148
Ashim Gupta, Stephen M Norwood
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Effects of perioperative clinical hypnosis on heart rate variability in patients undergoing oncologic surgery: secondary outcomes of a randomized controlled trial. 围手术期临床催眠对肿瘤手术患者心率变异性的影响:随机对照试验的次要结果。
Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.3389/fpain.2024.1354015
Muhammad Abid Azam, Aliza Z Weinrib, P Maxwell Slepian, Brittany N Rosenbloom, Anna Waisman, Hance Clarke, Joel Katz
{"title":"Effects of perioperative clinical hypnosis on heart rate variability in patients undergoing oncologic surgery: secondary outcomes of a randomized controlled trial.","authors":"Muhammad Abid Azam, Aliza Z Weinrib, P Maxwell Slepian, Brittany N Rosenbloom, Anna Waisman, Hance Clarke, Joel Katz","doi":"10.3389/fpain.2024.1354015","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fpain.2024.1354015","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Clinical hypnosis has been proposed for post-surgical pain management for its potential vagal-mediated anti-inflammatory properties. Evidence is needed to understand its effectiveness for post-surgical recovery. Iin this secondary outcome study, it was hypothesized that surgical oncology patients randomized to receive perioperative clinical hypnosis (CH) would demonstrate greater heart-rate variability (HRV) during rest and relaxation at a 1-month post-surgery assessment compared to a treatment-as-usual group (TAU).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>After REB approval, trial registration and informed consent, 92 participants were randomized to receive CH (<i>n</i> = 45) or TAU (<i>n</i> = 47). CH participants received a CH session before surgery and during post-surgical in-hospital stay HRV was assessed during rest (5 min) and relaxation (10 min) before and 1-month after surgery. Pain intensity was obtained using a 0-10 numeric rating scale pre and post 1-week and 1-month post surgery.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>One month after surgery, HRV was significantly higher in CH group (<i>n</i> = 29) during rest and relaxation (both <i>p</i> < 0.05, <i>d</i> = 0.73) than TAU group (<i>n</i> = 28). By contrast, rest and relaxation HRV decreased from pre- to 1-month post-surgery for the TAU (both <i>p</i> < 0.001, <i>d</i> > 0.48) but not the CH group. Pain intensity increased from pre-surgery to 1-week post-surgery (<i>p</i> < 0.001, <i>d</i> = 0.50), and decreased from 1-week to 1-month post-surgery (<i>p</i> = 0.005, <i>d</i> = 0.21) for all participants.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>The results suggest that hypnosis prevents the deleterious effects of surgery on HRV by preserving pre-operative vagal activity. These findings underscore the potential of clinical hypnosis in mitigating the adverse effects of surgery on autonomic function and may have significant implications for enhancing post-surgical recovery and pain management strategies.</p><p><strong>Clinical trial registration: </strong>ClinicalTrials.gov, identifier (NCT03730350).</p>","PeriodicalId":73097,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland)","volume":"5 ","pages":"1354015"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10957530/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140208381","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Acupuncture for pain and pain-related disability in deep infiltrating endometriosis. 针灸治疗深部浸润性子宫内膜异位症的疼痛和与疼痛相关的残疾。
Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.3389/fpain.2024.1279312
Giulia Chiarle, Gianni Allais, Silvia Sinigaglia, Gisella Airola, Sara Rolando, Fabiola Bergandi, Salvatore Micalef, Chiara Benedetto
{"title":"Acupuncture for pain and pain-related disability in deep infiltrating endometriosis.","authors":"Giulia Chiarle, Gianni Allais, Silvia Sinigaglia, Gisella Airola, Sara Rolando, Fabiola Bergandi, Salvatore Micalef, Chiara Benedetto","doi":"10.3389/fpain.2024.1279312","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fpain.2024.1279312","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To evaluate the efficacy of acupuncture in relieving symptoms (dysmenorrhea, dyspareunia, pelvic pain and dyschezia) intensity, improving functional disability, reducing the number of days per months of dysmenorrhea, the frequency and the efficacy of analgesic use in deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE). The safety profile was also evaluated.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The study sample was 34 patients with DIE; for 2 months (T-2, T-1) the women recorded diary notes on the numbers of days of menstruation, the presence, intensity, and disability related to dysmenorrhea, dyspareunia, pelvic pain, and dyschezia. They then received a total of 15 acupuncture treatments over 6 months (T1-T6; once a week for 12 weeks, then once a month for 3 months).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Dysmenorrhea intensity was decreased during treatment. A decrease of at least 50% in number of days of dysmenorrhea, and a decrease in moderate-to-severe disability starting from T1 to T6 was recorded for 58.6% of patients. Dyspareunia intensity steadily decreased starting at T2; the percentage of women with moderate-to-severe disability declined from 73.3% at T-2, to 36.9% at T3, T4, and T5. A decrease in pelvic pain score was noted starting at T1; the percentage of disability decreased from 83.3% at T-2 to 33.3% at T3 and T6. The intensity of dyschezia decreased from T-2 to T3 and T4 and then increased slightly. Analgesic drug use was lower during treatment and its efficacy appeared to be greater.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The limitations notwithstanding our study-findings show that acupuncture was safe and effective in reducing pain intensity and symptoms-related disability. Larger-scale studies are needed to compare acupuncture and pharmacotherapy for endometriosis-related pain.</p>","PeriodicalId":73097,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland)","volume":"5 ","pages":"1279312"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10957595/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140208379","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Can we achieve pain stratification in musculoskeletal conditions? Implications for clinical practice. 我们能否实现肌肉骨骼疾病的疼痛分层?对临床实践的意义。
IF 2.5
Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.3389/fpain.2024.1362757
Nidhi Sofat, Andrew Lambarth
{"title":"Can we achieve pain stratification in musculoskeletal conditions? Implications for clinical practice.","authors":"Nidhi Sofat, Andrew Lambarth","doi":"10.3389/fpain.2024.1362757","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fpain.2024.1362757","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In the last few years there has been an increased appreciation that pain perception in rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs) has several mechanisms which include nociceptive, inflammatory, nociplastic and neuropathic components. Studies in specific patient groups have also demonstrated that the pain experienced by people with specific diagnoses can present with distinctive components over time. For example, the pain observed in rheumatoid arthritis has been widely accepted to be caused by the activation of nociceptors, potentiated by the release of inflammatory mediators, including prostaglandins, leukotrienes and cytokine networks in the joint environment. However, people with RA may also experience nociplastic and neuropathic pain components, particularly when treatments with disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) have been implemented and are insufficient to control pain symptoms. In other RMDs, the concept of pain sensitisation or nociplastic pain in driving ongoing pain symptoms e.g. osteoarthritis and fibromyalgia, is becoming increasingly recognised. In this review, we explore the hypothesis that pain has distinct modalities based on clinical, pathophysiological, imaging and genetic factors. The concept of pain stratification in RMD is explored and implications for future management are also discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":73097,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland)","volume":"5 ","pages":"1362757"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10958789/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140208380","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Case Report: Portable handheld ultrasound facilitates intra-articular injections in articular foot pathologies. 病例报告:便携式手持超声波有助于足部关节病变的关节内注射。
Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) Pub Date : 2024-02-29 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.3389/fpain.2024.1254216
Samir Ghandour, Atta Taseh, Walter Sussman, Daniel Guss, Soheil Ashkani-Esfahani, Ashim Gupta, Gregory Waryasz
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