Joint, bone, spine : revue du rhumatisme
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Multicenter Study
Smoking habits influence pain and functional and psychiatric features in fibromyalgia.
Numerous epidemiologic data have shown that smoking may play a role in the disease manifestations or severity of chronic musculoskeletal pain. The authors of the present study investigated the effect of smoking on clinical features such as pain, fatigue, functional impairment, and psychiatric features in the Korean population with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS). ⋯ This study revealed that smoking habits may, in part, influence pain or functional and psychiatric features in FMS patients. The impact of smoking on clinical features in FMS should be assessed in a larger study population.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Clinical Trial
Multicenter, randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial of thiocolchicoside in acute low back pain.
To evaluate the efficacy of intramuscular injection of thiocolchicoside (4 mg-2 ml) compared to placebo administered twice daily for 5 days in patients suffering from acute low back pain. ⋯ Twice daily administration of 4 mg thiocolchicoside for 5 days provides an efficient and safe treatment for patients with acute low back pain accompanied by muscle spasm.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Comparative Study Clinical Trial
Forceful sacrococcygeal injections in the treatment of postdiscectomy sciatica. A controlled study versus glucocorticoid injections.
The role of epidural fibrosis in postoperative sciatica is unclear. Few therapeutic trials have been published. We evaluated the mechanical effects of forceful saline injections through the sacrococcygeal hiatus comparatively with glucocorticoid injections. ⋯ Forceful epidural injections produced a non-significant improvement in postdiscectomy sciatica four months after surgery. Epidural glucocorticoids used alone induced short-lived pain relief.
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Multicenter Study
Acute low back pain: predictive index of chronicity from a cohort of 2487 subjects. Spine Group of the Société Française de Rhumatologie.
Low back pain (LBP)-related disability involves patients with chronic outcome. ⋯ The early recognition of patients with LBP with high risk of chronic outcome can be achieved with an easily applied clinical index.