The Clinical journal of pain
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To evaluate the efficacy of pulsed electromagnetic field (PEMF) in relation to reducing postoperative pain, analgesic use, and wound healing in patients undergoing Cesarean section (C-section). ⋯ PEMF treatment after C-section decreases postsurgical pain, analgesic use, and surgical wound exudate and edema significantly, and is associated with a high level of patient satisfaction.
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The Angle Labor Pain Questionnaire (A-LPQ) is a new, condition-specific, multidimensional psychometric instrument that measures the most important dimensions of women's childbirth pain experiences using 5 subscales: The Enormity of the Pain, Fear/Anxiety, Uterine Contraction Pain, Birthing Pain, and Back Pain/Long Haul. This study assessed the A-LPQ's test-retest reliability during early active labor without pain relief. ⋯ Findings support A-LPQ use for assessing women's childbirth pain experiences.
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To characterize the distribution of masseter muscle activity and force control during bilateral jaw clenching tasks in people with chronic nonspecific neck pain, without an associated temporomandibular disorder. ⋯ People with chronic neck pain display increased activation and altered distribution of masseter muscle activity during a jaw-clenching coordination task. These results provide a greater appreciation of how secondary orofacial pain or temporomandibular disorders may develop in people with neck pain.
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The manner in which one responds to the experience of chronic pain is a primary determinant of pain-related distress and disruptions in functioning. In particular, responses to pain that reflect substantial unwillingness, or a lack of acceptance, in relation to pain are reliably associated with greater difficulties in comparison with responses that reflect willingness and acceptance. To date, several multi-item self-report assessments have been developed to evaluate pain-related willingness and acceptance. The purpose of the present research was to develop and evaluate a single item measure, the Acceptance and Willingness screener (AWS). ⋯ These results correspond with previous work and provide initial support for the validity of a single item screening measure of acceptance and willingness in chronic pain.
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Chronic pain and long-term opioid use may lead to a persistent deficit in hedonic capacity, characterized by increased sensitivity to aversive states and insensitivity to natural rewards. Dispositional mindfulness has been linked with improved emotion regulation and pain coping. The aim of the current study was to examine associations between dispositional mindfulness, hedonic capacity, and pain-related interference in an opioid-using chronic pain sample. ⋯ Findings indicate that dispositional mindfulness was associated with hedonic capacity among this chronic pain sample. In light of this association, it is plausible that interventions that increase mindfulness may reduce pain-related impairment among opioid-using patients by enhancing hedonic capacity.