Saturday, May 09, 2009
This study evaluated obesity as a marker for increased pain severity, disability, and psychologic distress in treatment-seeking, mixed chronic pain patients. Three hundred seventy-two consecutive chronic pain patients seeking evaluation at a university pain clinic were divided into 3 weight categories, based on body mass index (BMI):
normal (BMI < 25 kg/m2)
overweight [...]
Monday, May 04, 2009
This multinational, Internet-based survey was designed to assess the prevalence, frequency, severity, and impact of opioid-induced bowel dysfunction in patients receiving opioid therapy for chronic pain and taking laxatives.
At the time of the survey, 45% of 322 patients reported <3 bowel movements per week. The most prevalent opioid-induced side [...]
Saturday, April 04, 2009
Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is a common disease characterized by repetitive partial or complete closure of the upper airway during sleep. Cardiovascular disturbances are the most important complications responsible for increased morbidity and mortality.
It is suggested that daytime somnolence, chronic fatigue, and nocturnal hypoxemia may further impair muscle function and [...]
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Bell's palsy is an idiopathic neuropathy of cranial nerve VII, and the incidence ranges from 15 to 40 per 100,000. The majority of patients recover, but up to 16 percent of patients have significant sequelae.
The phenomenon of the "late recovered" Bell's palsy has the following specific features and has not formerly been [...]
Sunday, February 22, 2009
This study established normative values of the kinematics of the fingers and hands during computer keyboard use by studying the angles, angular velocities, and angular accelerations of the metacarpophalangeal joints and proximal interphalangeal joints for the right and left hands of 20 computer keyboard users during a word-processing task.
A new kinematic [...]
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