Saturday, January 31, 2009
A large nationwide postal survey was performed to estimate the prevalence of chronic pain with or without neuropathic characteristics in the French general population. A questionnaire aimed at identifying chronic pain (defined as daily pain for at least 3 months), evaluating its intensity, duration and body locations, was sent to a representative [...]
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Patients with fibromyalgia frequently complain of cognitive problems or "fibrofog." The existence of these symptoms has been confirmed by studies of the incidence of cognitive problems in fibromyalgia patients and by the results of objective tests of metamemory, working memory, semantic memory, everyday attention, task switching, and selective attention.
The results of [...]
Saturday, January 17, 2009
The prevalence of neck muscle pain has steadily increased and especially pain from the descending part of the trapezius muscle has been associated with monotonous work tasks such as computer work. Physical exercise is generally recommended as treatment, but it is unclear which type of training is most effective.
The objective of this [...]
Saturday, January 10, 2009
This study examined if patients with whiplash injury show identifiable increases in neck muscle fatigability and associated increase in postural body sway after contractions of dorsal neck muscles, and if physiotherapy treatment reduces these effects.
Sway was measured during stance in 13 patients before and after 5 min of isometric dorsal neck [...]
Friday, January 02, 2009
A study was performed to investigate whether an exercise program supplemented with ice is more successful than the exercise program alone in treating patients with lateral elbow tendinopathy (tennis elbow) The exercise program consisted of slow progressive eccentric (lengthening) exercises of wrist extensors and static stretching of the extensor carpi radialis brevis [...]
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