Tag: pain
1. High volume fluid injections are not effective for treatment of chronic Achilles tendinopathy, including for pain and activity levels, in the intermediate-term.
Evidence Rating Level: 1 (Excellent)
Achilles tendinopathy, most commonly occurring in the midportion, is a frequently seen overuse injury for which initial management involves exercise combined with load...
1. In this systematic review and meta-analysis of patients with chronic non-cancer pain, though opioids showed small improvements in pain, physical functioning, and sleep quality, these differences did not meet minimally important standards and diminished with longer follow-up.
2. There was no difference in pain or physical functioning for opioids...
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1. Oral doxepin rinse significantly reduces the incidence of painful oral mucositis (OM) during radiotherapy for head and neck cancers.
Evidence Rating Level: 1 (Excellent)
Study Rundown: Painful oral mucositis is commonly associated with radiotherapy for head and neck cancers, and frequently requires treatment with systemic analgesics. The purpose of...
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1. Lateral wedges are no more efficacious than neutral wedges at reducing knee pain associated with medial knee osteoarthritis.
2. Lateral wedge insoles show a moderate association with decreased pain when compared to not using an insole.
Evidence Rating Level: 1 (Excellent)
Study Rundown: Osteoarthritis of the knee is a painful...
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1. Regular exercise reported at baseline was associated with less pain in repeated measures over a subsequent 12 month period, though this association was attenuated when adjusting for baseline level of pain.
2. Exercise was associated with a significant reduction in concurrent pain, though this association did not persist...
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1. Veterans with back pain, psychogenic pain, or migraine were more likely to commit suicide than veterans without those conditions.
2. Compared to a single pain condition, having multiple pain conditions did not increase risk of suicide.
Evidence Rating Level: 2 (Good)
Study Rundown: This study found that veterans suffering from...