Acupuncture for Pain Control in the Emergency Department
Neck PainAnkle Injuries2 moreAcupuncture is widely used for managing acute and chronic pain conditions. In the context of an emergency department (ED), patients often present with non-emergent acute pain symptoms. This may result in a delayed triage process and inefficient emergent management. An integrative patient-care approach in emergency departments has been explored that may improve patient satisfaction and promote efficient use of healthcare resources for non-emergent patients in the ED. This implies there is a potential role for acupuncture in such contexts. The aim of this pilot study is to assess the effectiveness and safety of acupuncture as an add-on intervention for patients with non-emergent acute musculoskeletal pain and primary headaches in an ED setting. Hypotheses of this study are as follows: A single session of add-on acupuncture, with standard ED management, can reduce pain levels in non-emergent acute pain, compared to standard ED management alone. A single session of add-on acupuncture to standard ED management can reduce additional consumption of healthcare resources for management of non-emergent acute pain, compared to standard ED management alone. This study aimed to include 40 participants, 20 in the acupuncture plus standard ED management group and 20 in the standard ED management alone group.
Pilot Study of Spinal Manipulation for Chronic Neck Pain
Neck PainThis study is designed to determine whether a medicine that can produce temporary amnesia (midazolam) can be used to block the memory of treatment with spinal manipulation. This is important since any study that is designed to determine whether spinal manipulation is effective would be better if patients were not aware of whether or not they were treated. This would allow a true assessment of treatment effects without the complication of a strong placebo effect that manipulative treatment may produce.
Neck Awareness and Left/Right Neck Judgment Performance in Individuals With Neck Pain: A Cross-sectional...
Neck PainNeck pain is one of the leading causes of disability worldwide and ranks fourth among the pathologies that result in disability. Although neck pain can be attributed to traumatic or inflammatory disorders, the majority of neck pain has no discernible cause and is considered idiopathic. Neck pain that lasts longer than 3 months takes the form of chronic neck pain. Some problems such as changes in muscle behavior and decrease in proprioceptive sensory input are observed in individuals with chronic neck pain. The presence of such problems, especially the dysfunction of the deep cervical muscles and the inability of the proprioceptors to provide motor control, cause the position sense to be impaired in these individuals and the awareness of the neck of the individuals decreases. The Left Right Judgment Task (LRJT) is a form of implicit motor imagery that involves determining as accurately and quickly as possible whether an image of a body part belongs to the left or right side. LRJT performance differences have been hypothesized to reflect changes in central nervous system functioning, errors in judgment, and changes in bodily representations. It has been shown that LRJT is a complex mental task that includes cognitive, sensory, motor and behavioral processes and can be associated with them. Recent studies have revealed that neck pain causes proprioceptive disorder and that proprioceptive training should be done in these individuals. A study showed that there is a strong correlation between biasedness judgment accuracy and proprioception. In this context, the investigators aimed to investigate the knowledge about the effect of individuals with neck pain on proprioception, cortical body diagram and pain.
Validity and Reliability of the Dutch HDI
HeadacheHeadache Disorders2 moreThe aim of our study is to investigate the validity and reliability of Dutch version of the Henry Ford Hospital Headache Disability Questionnaire (HDI).
Activity and Life-role Targeted Pain Rehabilitation in Primary Health Care
Musculoskeletal Neck PainMusculoskeletal Shoulder PainThe primary goal of the Swedish national rehabilitation plan on pain is to reduce disability and facilitate return-to-work. However, there is a lack of treatment strategies that effectively target and affect return-to-work and reduce sickness absence, and that in addition are sufficiently easy and feasible to administer in primary care. A new activity and life-role targeting rehabilitation program (ALAR) has been developed to reduce psychosocial barriers to rehabilitation progress, promote re-integration into life-role activities and facilitate return-to-work. The program will be implemented and provided as one of the pain treatment modalities available through multi-professional teams in primary care in one Swedish county. This study aims to evaluate the effect of an activity and life-role targeting pain rehabilitation program on the outcome variables return-to-work and sickness absence.
E-health Resilience Program For Chronic Spine Pain
Back PainNeck PainThis study will examine a e-health resilience based program, JOOL, for chronic spine pain patients through the following aims: Aim 1: To test the effectiveness of a resilience based program known as JOOL Aim 2: To evaluate the characteristics of the participants most likely to benefit from this treatment
Comparing Sports Bra Design in Full Busted Women
Breast PainMastalgia12 moreThe goal of the current project is to assess performance of the Bounceless Control sports bra versus: (1) the Shefit Ultimate Sports bra, and (2) conventional bra as worn by participants in a variety of athletic activities.
Applying Artificial Intelligence in Developing Personalized and Sustainable Healthcare for Spinal...
Low Back PainNeck Pain4 moreThe primary objective is to use machine learning methods on large survey and health register data to identify participants with different treatment trajectories and health outcomes after surgical and/or conservative treatment for spinal disorders. Secondary objectives are to 1) conduct external validation of the prediction models, and 2) explore how the prediction models can be implemented into AI-based clinical co-decision tools and interventions.
Validation of CPR for Manipulation for Neck Pain
CervicalgiaThe purpose of this study is to see if a recently developed clinical prediction rule (CPR) will successfully identify which patients with neck pain will respond rapidly and favorably to manipulation of their cervical spine.
Cervical Arthroplasty "Fixed Core" Versus "Movable Core": Clinical and Radiological Impact in the...
Neck PainBack PainNowadays, there is no clinical and radiological study comparing two different types of mobile implants in patients requiring surgical treatment for symptomatic cervical disc disease. Thus, the choice of the ideal implant remains uncertain. The goal of this work is to compare the impact of two types of mobile implants in height drives, solicitation facets, positioning and collection of prostheses within the intervertebral spaces.