scholarly journals Features of the cognitive component of chronic pain in young people with vertebral dorsalgia

2020 ◽  
pp. 10-13
Author(s):  
Nataliya Kufterina
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Pain ◽  
Cognitive Impairment ◽  
Back Pain ◽  
Analogue Scale ◽  
Chronic Back Pain ◽  
Young Patients ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Healthy Individuals ◽  
Cognitive Component ◽  
Pain Syndromes

Objective: to identify the presence and characteristics of the cognitive component of pain in young patients suffering from chronic dorsalgia. Material and methods: 97 patients with chronic vertebral pain syndromes of the cervicobrachial (50 patients) and lumbosacral localization (47 patients) and 20 healthy individuals in the control group. Pain assessment was carried out using Visual Analogue Scale, MMSE, Luria’s tests. It was shown, that the examined patients had cognitive impairment in the form of decrease in the concentration of attention and difficulties in the mental activity, more pronounced in patients with pain syndromes of the cervicobrachial localization. The severity of cognitive dysfunction is more associated with the severity of the muscle-tonic syndrome than with the intensity of pain. Cognitive impairment in patients with chronic back pain depends on the degree of muscle tonic syndrome pain intensity. Keywords: cognitive impairment, chronic back pain

Attributional Style and Depression in Men Receiving Treatment For Chronic Pain

1995 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 21-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane Boyer McGuigan
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Pain ◽  
Multivariate Analysis ◽  
Back Pain ◽  
Attributional Style ◽  
Analogue Scale ◽  
Chronic Back Pain ◽  
Demographic Information ◽  
Attributional Style Questionnaire ◽  
Control Pain ◽  
Negative Attributional Style

This study explored the applicability of Seligman's leamed helplessness theory to men receiving treatment for chronic back pain. Negative attributional style and depression scores for 112 men receiving treatment for chronic pain were obtained. Fifty-four men were receiving worker's compensation; fifty-eight were not. Participants voluntarily completed the Attributional Style Questionnaire, the Beck Depression Inventory, and a visual analogue scale measuring perceived ability to control pain. Demographic information was also obtained. Multivariate analysis of variance indicated that the groups did not differ in negative attributional style scores, but that they did differ in depression scores. No relationship was found between depression, negative attributional style, and perceived level of pain.

Spinal disorders and back pain

2018 ◽  
pp. 605-622
Author(s):  
Gavin Clunie ◽  
Nick Wilkinson ◽  
Elena Nikiphorou ◽  
Deepak R. Jadon
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Pain ◽  
Back Pain ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Chronic Back Pain ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Musculoskeletal Symptoms ◽  
Spinal Disorders ◽  
Specific Diagnosis ◽  
Pain Syndromes ◽  
Chronic Pain Syndromes

The Oxford Handbook of Rheumatology, 4th edition, chapter on ‘Spinal disorders and back pain’ brings together a pragmatic approach to categorizing back pain, how to investigate disorders presenting with back pain, and how to treat adults, children, and adolescents with back pain. In the chapter, the management of back pain is separated into acute, subacute, and chronic presenting scenarios and the text makes reference to other chapters in the book where there may be some additional useful information (e.g. spondyloarthritis-associated back pain in Chapter 8 and chronic pain syndromes in Chapter 22). Notably the chapter is best read in conjunction with relevant sections in Chapter 3 (‘Regional musculoskeletal symptoms: making a working diagnosis’). The chapter makes reference to the need for a rigorous diagnostic approach to all the conditions which cause back pain, and at whatever age. There are subsections on how to assess paediatric spinal disorders and how to take a broad holistic approach to managing chronic back pain where there is no specific diagnosis.

scholarly journals Study of cognitive functions in major idiopathic interstitial pneumonias

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed W. Zakaria ◽  
Reem I. El-Korashy ◽  
Mostafa O. Shaheen ◽  
Samah Selim ◽  
Kwashi J. Amum
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Impairment ◽  
Cognitive Function ◽  
Cognitive Dysfunction ◽  
Mini Mental State Examination ◽  
Mmse Score ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Healthy Individuals ◽  
Co Morbidity ◽  
Impaired Lung Function ◽  
State Examination

Abstract Background Cognitive dysfunction in idiopathic interstitial pneumonia (IIP) is an important clinical co-morbidity that is associated with impaired lung function. The aim of the work is to assess cognitive function in major IIP and to find out the relation between cognitive dysfunction and the oxygenation parameters. Results Fifty individuals were involved in the study; 30 patients with major IIP and 20 healthy individuals. Patients with IIP had significantly lower mini mental state examination (MMSE) score compared to the control group (P < 0.001). Wechsler Deterioration Index (WDI) revealed that 33.3% (n = 10) of the patients with IIP had sure cognitive impairment and 26.6% (n = 8) had ongoing cognitive deterioration. Patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) had lower cognitive function than other IIP. Conclusion There is an impairment of cognitive function in patients with major IIP, particularly in IPF, as measured by WDI and MMSE. Further large studies are needed to assess the possible predictors of cognitive impairment and their effects on the patients’ outcome.

scholarly journals Emotional and Neurobehavioural Status in Chronic Pain Patients

2011 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
He Shuchang ◽  
He Mingwei ◽  
Jia Hongxiao ◽  
Wu Si ◽  
Yang Xing ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Pain ◽  
Back Pain ◽  
Lower Back Pain ◽  
Mood State ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Chronic Lower Back Pain ◽  
Control Subjects ◽  
Lower Back ◽  
Chronic Pain Patients ◽  
Pain Patients

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the emotional and neurobehavioural status of patients suffering from chronic pain.METHODS: Fifteen male patients with chronic lower back pain and 15 healthy control subjects were studied for approximately six months. Pain was measured using a visual analogue scale. The WHO Neurobehavioral Core Test Battery (NCTB) was used to assess neurobehavioural effects of environmental and occupational exposures.RESULTS: Visual analogue scale results demonstrated a modest range of reported pain (mean [± SD] 62.0±10.8) in chronic pain patients, whereas control subjects reported no measurable pain. With the NCTB, it was found that scores of negative mood state, including anger-hostility, depression-dejection, fatigue-inertia and tension-anxiety in pain patients were significantly higher than scores in the control subjects. By contrast, scores of positive mood state (vigour-activity) in chronic pain patients were lower than those in the control group. The NCTB scores of the Santa Ana Dexterity and Pursuit Aiming II tests in chronic lower back pain patients were lower than those of the control group. Scores for other NCTB sub-tests, including the Digit Span, Benton Visual Retention and Digit Symbol tests, were not significantly different compared with controls.CONCLUSIONS: Chronic lower back pain patients had more negative mood and less positive mood than controls. These patients also demonstrated neuromotor deficits in coordination and reaction time. Further studies are required to examine possible neurological mechanisms and research potential intervention strategies for patients suffering from chronic pain.

scholarly journals Analgetic effect of ozone therapy: myths of reality?

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iryna Vladimirovna Baranova ◽  
Yurii A. Bezsmertnyi ◽  
Halyna V. Bezsmertnaya ◽  
Kateryna P. Postovitenko ◽  
Iryna A. Iliuk ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Pain ◽  
Musculoskeletal System ◽  
Chronic Back Pain ◽  
Pain Syndrome ◽  
Neurological Complications ◽  
Potential Effect ◽  
Intervertebral Disk ◽  
Ozone Therapy ◽  
Pain Syndromes ◽  
Innovative Techniques

Introduction: Administration of an oxygen-ozone mixture is one of the innovative techniques used in single-drug or complex therapeutic schemes for treatment of many degenerative-dystrophic pathologies of the musculoskeletal system and related neurological complications. Aim: The aim was to determine the mechanisms of physiological action of the oxygen-ozone mixture in order to substantiate its efficacy for treatment of chronic pain syndrome with underlying degenerative-dystrophic pathologies of the musculoskeletal system. Material and methods: The article covers biochemical and pathomorphological studies that explain the mechanism of the pain syndrome and the potential effect of the ozone therapy. Results and discussion: The treatment schemes and benefits of different routes of ozone administration (intramuscularly, intravenously, intradiscally and intraarticularly) were analyzed. Diverse research data demonstrated influence on the causes of chronic pain, pathophysiological phases, and possible complications. The prospects of further studies for development of the most effective techniques for treatment of various pain syndromes were assessed. Conclusions: Ozone therapy is one of the alternative rehabilitation methods with a substantial pain relieving effect. As of today, the possibility of using the oxygen-ozone mixture for treatment of chronic back pain related to intervertebral disk hernia and fibromyalgia has been substantially confirmed.

The periaqueductal gray and descending pain modulation: why should we study them and what role do they play in chronic pain?

2015 ◽  
Vol 114 (4) ◽  
pp. 2080-2083 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kasey S. Hemington ◽  
Marie-Andrée Coulombe
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Pain ◽  
Back Pain ◽  
Functional Connectivity ◽  
Recent Literature ◽  
Chronic Back Pain ◽  
Periaqueductal Gray ◽  
Pain Modulation ◽  
Pain Research ◽  
Descending Pain Modulation ◽  
Pain Patients

In this Neuro Forum we discuss the significance of a recent study by Yu et al. ( Neuroimage Clin 6: 100–108, 2014). The authors examined functional connectivity of a key node of the descending pain modulation pathway, the periaqueductal gray (PAG), in chronic back pain patients. Altered PAG connectivity to pain-related regions was found; we place results within the context of recent literature and emphasize the importance of understanding the descending component of pain in pain research.

RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION OF FACET NERVES IN THE TREATMENT OF PAIN SYNDROMES IN DEGENERATIVE DISEASES OF THE SPINE

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (5) ◽  
pp. 45-48
Author(s):  
K.R. Rakhmatov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Back Pain ◽  
Radiofrequency Ablation ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
Chronic Back Pain ◽  
Incidental Finding ◽  
Pain Syndrome ◽  
Degenerative Diseases ◽  
Pain Syndromes ◽  
First Results ◽  
Asymptomatic Subjects

The first results of radiofrequency ablation of facet nerves and its effectiveness in eliminating local chronic back pain and reflected pain vertebrogenic syndromes were studied in 122 patients. Thebest results were obtained in patients with spondyloarthrosis with a positive test blockade of the facet nerves. Spondyloarthrosis is the most common condition presenting as neck pain, although it usually appears as an incidental finding in older asymptomatic subjects in cervical radiographs.Keywords: back pain, reflex, pain, syndrome, facet nerve, high-frequency, exposure, spondyloarthrosis, syndrome, radiofrequency ablation.

A FIBRINOLYTIC DEFECT IN CHRONIC BACK PAIN SYNDROMES

The Lancet ◽  
1984 ◽  
Vol 324 (8413) ◽  
pp. 1186-1187 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.I.V. Jayson ◽  
R. Million ◽  
A. Keegan ◽  
I. Tomlinson
Keyword(s):  
Back Pain ◽  
Chronic Back Pain ◽  
Pain Syndromes
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