The Clinical journal of pain
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Literature has demonstrated inconsistent findings regarding the impact of parental responses on child pain-related outcomes. Yet, research into factors that may underlie inconsistent findings regarding the variable impact of parental responses is lacking. The current study investigated the moderating role of parental distress in understanding the impact of parental pain-attending (eg, reassuring the child) and non-pain-attending (eg, distracting the child with humor) responses on child pain behavior (eg, crying). ⋯ The current findings point to the moderating role of parental distress in understanding the impact of parental responses on child pain behavior and highlight the importance of interventions targeting parental emotion regulation to promote optimal child pain outcomes.
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Cervicogenic headache has been known to originate from the convergence of the upper 3 cervical and trigeminal afferents. The administration of conservative treatments, interventional procedures, and more recently, pulsed radiofrequency, has been used to relieve cervicogenic headache. In this study, the authors evaluated the clinical efficacy and safety of pulsed radiofrequency targeting the mid-cervical medial branches. ⋯ In patients with intractable cervicogenic headache, pulsed radiofrequency treatment targeting the mid-cervical medial branches resulted in a satisfactory, long-lasting outcome without serious complications.