Pain physician
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Patients with nonspecific chronic low back pain (NCLBP) have greater difficulty generating kinesthetic and visual motor imagery. ⋯ Chronic low back pain, motor imagery, disability, lumbar strength.
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Multicenter Study
10 kHz High-Frequency Spinal Cord Stimulation for Chronic Thoracic Pain: A Multicenter Case Series and a Guide for Optimal Anatomic Lead Placement.
Surgical options for thoracic pain are limited and carry significant risk and morbidity. Spinal cord stimulation has the potential to be used for treatment of thoracic pain, as it has been useful for treating multiple types of chronic pain. Conventional tonic stimulation is limited in the treatment of thoracic pain, as it can produce paresthesia that is difficult to localize. Conversely, high-frequency spinal cord stimulation (HF-SCS) does not activate dorsal column A Beta fibers and does not produce paresthesia, and thus may be more beneficial in treating thoracic back pain not manageable with tonic stimulation. ⋯ Thoracic pain, back pain, spinal cord stimulation, high frequency, 10 kHz.
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Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) is a multifaceted disease that can present with a variety of types of pain. Unfortunately, both the mechanisms and treatments for pain are poorly understood. The proposed treatments for the various musculoskeletal pain syndromes in EDS have had variable success, and it becomes much more imperative to better define and evaluate the current treatment modalities in treating this debilitating disease. ⋯ Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, pain, hypermobility, arthralgia, subluxation, genetic, physical therapy, interventional pain.
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The aim of this study was to examine and appreciate characteristics of malpractice lawsuits brought against interventional pain specialists. ⋯ Interventional pain, medical, malpractice, anesthesiology.
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Intraspinal cement leakage is a catastrophic complication of percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP). Percutaneous endoscopic spinal surgery (PESS) for intraspinal cement leakage has rarely been reported. ⋯ Endoscopes, cement leakage, minimally invasive surgery, percutaneous vertebroplasty.