Issue 125 CUVELLIER and colleagues, Service de neuropediatrie, clinique de pediatrie, hopital Roger-Salengro, centre hospitalier regional et universitaire de Lille, 59037 Lille cedex, France, jc-cuvellier@chru-lille.fr, have reviewed (49 references) drug treatments... more GERICK, Pediatrics and Family Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555-0340, USA, sgerik@utmb.edu, has reviewed (57 references) pain management in children and so-called mind-body therapies.
One of the most challenging roles of... more USICHENKO and co-authors, Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Ernst Moritz Arndt University of Greifswald, Friedrich Loeffler Str. 23b, 17487 Greifswald, Germany, have studied ear acupuncture for pain relief after hip replacement oper... more Issue 119 AUSTRIAN and co-workers, Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology, Weill Medical College, Cornell University, New York, New York 10021, USA, have explored the perceived barriers to self-management of chronic pain in the elderly.... more Issue 117 KEEFE and others, Duke University Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry, Durham, NC 27705, USA, keefe003@mc.duke.edu, have reviewed (119 references) psychological approaches to the understanding and treatment of disease-related pain.
Abstract: Psycho... more Issue 111 GRAZZI, Headache Centre, National Neurological Institute C. Besta, Via Celoria 11, I-20133 Milan, Italy, liciagrazzi@mac.com, has reviewed (8 references) conventional and unconventional approaches to headaches in children and adolescents.
Abstract: Head... more MAIZELS and colleagues, Kaiser Permanente, Family Practice, Woodland Hills, CA, USA, have tested a combination of riboflavin, magnesium, and feverfew in the prevention of migraine.... more Issue 101 HAWKINS and HART, Graduate School of Psychology, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California, USA, drrebeccahawkins@hotmail.com, report on the use of thermal biofeedback in the treatment of pain associated with endometriosis.... more JANSSEN and co-workers, Section of Clinical and Health Psychology and Department of Psychiatry, University of Leiden, P.O. Box 9555, 2300 RB, Leiden, The Netherlands, have investigated the effects of failing pain control.... more Issue 99 HASSON and colleagues, Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, dan.hasson@pubcare.uu.se, have conducted a trial of the effects of massage compared to relaxation tape recordings on chronic pain.... more Issue 96 DE PAULA and colleagues, University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto College of Nursing, WHO Collaborating Centre for Nursing Research Development, Brazil, have studied the use of progressive muscle relaxation for pain relief in gynaecology and obstetrics.... more VILJANEN and colleagues, Tampere Regional Institute of Occupational Health, PO Box 486, FIN-33101 Tampere, Finland, matti.viljanen@ttl.fi, have conducted a randomized controlled trial on the effectiveness of dynamic muscle training, relaxation training, or... more Issue 88 LIPCHIK and NASH, St. Vincent Rehabilitation Services, 3413 Cherry Street, Erie, PA 16508, USA, Glipchik@aol.com, review (63 references) cognitive-behavioural issues in the treatment of chronic headache.... more MIDDAUGH and PAWLICK, Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Medical University of Couth Caroline, Children’s Hospital, Suite 525, PO Box 250912, 165 Ashley Avenue, Charleston, South Carolina 29325, USA, middauga@musc.edu, reviewed (73... more SMITH and colleagues, University of Southern Maine, USA, report on the effects of integrating therapeutic touch with a cognitive behavioural pain treatment programme.... more Issue 87 ALLAIS and colleagues, Woman’s Headache Center, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University of Turin, Turin, Italy, conducted a trial of acupuncture in the prophylactic treatment if migraine by comparison with the drug flunarizine.... more SUN and colleagues, Department of Psychiatry, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC, present a case study of mindfulness meditation for the control of severe headaches.... more Issue 86 STRAUSS-BLASCHE and colleagues, Department of Physiology, University of Vienna, Austria, gerhard.strauss-blasche@univie.ac.at, investigate the seasonal variations in the effect of spa therapy on chronic pain.... more Issue 83 FAUCETT et al., University of California, San Francisco 94143, USA, E: jaf@itsa.ucsf.edu, tested two training interventions to prevent work-related musculoskeletal disorders of the upper limb.... more NICOLAKIS et al., Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Vienna, AKH Wien, Austria, E: peter.nicolakis@akh-wien.ac.at, demonstrated the effectiveness of exercise therapy in patients with temporomandibular joint pain.... more Issue 82 ADAMS and FIELD, School of Health and Human Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK, reviewed (52 references) psychological and social aspects of pain as relevant for pain management.... more STOLLER and colleagues, Department of Sociology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106-7124, USA, eps3@po.cwru.edu, analysed the pain management strategies of patients presenting at a dental clinic with tooth pain.... more Issue 81 CHANG and colleagues, National Tainan Institute of Nursing, Tainan, Taiwan, evaluated the effects of massage on anxiety and reaction to pain during labour.... more SCHARFF and colleagues, Pain Treatment Service, Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA, lisa.scharff@tch.harvard.edu, evaluated the effectiveness of thermal biofeedback in comparison with attention control in improving migraine symptoms in children.... more Issue 76 KUBSCH and colleagues, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay, WI, USA, KubschM@GBMS01.uwgb.edu, evaluated the effectiveness of cutaneous stimulation (CS) in relieving pain in Emergency Department (ED) patients.... more Issue 51 ARNOLD and THORNBROUGH, Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine USA write that Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine (TCHM) uses naturally occurring plant, animal and mineral substances to treat a... more FRANK, University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine, Medical Acupuncture for Physicians Program USA writes that neural therapy is a treatment system which helps to relieve chronic pain and illness.... more Issue 44 LAO and colleagues, Department of Family Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Maryland at Baltimore, 21207-6697 USA. Llao@compmed.ummc.ab.umd.edu write that although acupuncture is increasingly used by the general population is being investigated by... more LAUNSO and colleagues, Department of Social Pharmacy, royal Danish School of Pharmacy, Copenhagen, Denmark write that headache is the most frequently reported symptom among Danish adults, with migraine headache prevalence rates similar to those in various... more NICKELSON and colleagues, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Mercer University School of Medicine, Macon GA 31207, USA write that despite the availability of specialised treatment for chronic pain, including biofeedback training, relaxation... more Issue 41 OHRBACH and colleagues, Department of Psychiatry, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle 98104-2499 USA write that burn injuries cause severe wound care pain which is ideally controlled in intensive burn care units using high-dose intravenous... more WOOLLAM and JACKSON, Norfolk Hospital Health Care NHS Trust, Norwich UK conducted a survey of acupuncture practice in chronic pain clinics in the UK.... more | Issue 40 FIELD and colleagues, Touch Research Institute, University of Miami School of Medicine, Florida 33101 USA researched the application of massage therapy for burn injuries.... more KAZAK and colleagues, Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and Division of Oncology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104—4399 USA compared a combined pharmacologic and psycholog... more KUZNETSOV and colleagues, Eastern Europe investigated the use of massotherapy for chronic salpingo-oophoritis (inflammation of the ovaries and fallopian tubes, CSO).... more MELHAM and colleagues, Ball Memorial Hospital, Muncie Indiana 47304 USA report a clinical case demonstrating the clinical effectiveness of a new form of soft tissue mobilisation for the treatment of excessive connective tissue fibrosis (scar tissue) around... more PRYSEP-PHILLIPS and colleagues, Division of Neurology, Health Sciences Centre, St John’s NF. Wpryse@morgan.ucs.mun.ca sought to provide guidelines to physicians and allied health care professionals regarding the nonpharmacologic clinical management of... more Issue 38 BLANCHARD and colleagues, Center for Stress and Anxiety Disorders, University at Albany-SUNY, New York 12203 USA tested for the specific therapeutic effects of thermal biofeedback (TBF) for hand warming upon vascular headache (HA).... more McMILLAN and colleagues, Department of Restorative Dentistry, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom write that painful trigger points are often treated with dry needling and local anaesthetic injections; however, the therapeutic effi... more TURP and colleagues, Department of Biologic and Materials Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109-1078 USA write that knowledge regarding differing treatments for nonmalignant musculoskeletal facial pain is limited.... more WIDERSTROM-NOGA and colleagues, Department of Physiology, Goteborg University, Sweden.investigated the influence of trait anxiety and mood variables upon change in the threshold of tooth pain.... more Issue 36 JIN and colleagues, Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China studied the analgesia efficacy of drugs combined with acupuncture to treat pain for women in labour.... more LONGWORTH and McCARTHY, East Finchley Clinic, London UK write that the association between acupuncture (AP) and pain relief is so strong that is has tended to obscure other clinically significant results. The authors review (77 references) the literature r... more Issue 29 BARRY and VON BAEYER, Department of Psychology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada assessed the effectiveness of an abbreviated cognitive therapy group programme to treat headaches in children.... more CHAVES and DWORKIN, Indiana University School of Dentistry, Indianapolis 46202-5186 USA write in this review (108 references) that hypnotic analgesia has a pivotal place in experimental and clinical hypnosis, since its emergence during the 19th century whe... more COMMENTS: How disappointing and how counter-intuitive are these results, which illustrates how important it is to do good clinical research. If the hypothesis was that children's headaches are partly due to stress, then presumably such a programme of relax... more PATTERSON and colleagues, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle USA write in their review (96 references) that there has been strong anecdotal support from case reports regarding the use of hypnosis for treating pain from severe burn injurie... more ROKICKI and colleagues, Department of Psychology, Ohio University, Athens Georgia USA studied the use of combined relaxation and biofeedback therapy for tension headaches.... more WHITMARSH and colleagues, Princess Margaret Migraine Clinic, Charing Cross Hospital, London UK write that homoeopathic remedies for migraine are widely available over the counter are statutorily provided by the national health service in the UK and are app... more Issue 28 COTTINGHAM and MAITLAND, Christie Clinic Association, Department of Sports Medicine and Physical Therapy, Rantoul, IL USA write that it is not common for physical therapists to have difficulty in treating certain people with chronic idiopathic low back pai... more KOTANI and colleagues, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Hirosaki School of Medicine, Japan evaluated the analgaesic (pain-relieving) effect of Toki-shakyuaku-san (TSS), a herb used in Chinese Medicine in women suffering from dysmenorrhoea.... more TANAKA and colleagues, Pacific Wellness Institute, Toronto, Ontario Canada studied the physiological effect of superficial acupuncture stimulation during a patient’s exhalation phase in a sitting position (SES).... more Issue 23 BRAUCHLI and ZEIER, Institut fur Verhaltenswissenschaft ETH Zurich, Switzerland studied whether there is a relationship between subjective well-being and change in immune markers in HIV-infected people.... more CADY and JONES, Department of Management, Bowling Green State University, Ohio 43403-0270, USA evaluated the effectiveness of a 15 minute on-site massage while seated in a chair upon reducing stress, as indicated by blood pressure.... more ENQVIST and FISCHER, Eastman Dental Centre, Stockholm, Sweden conducted a study to evaluate the effects of preoperative hypnotic techniques used by patients having surgical removal of their third mandibular molar.... more PAGE and BEN-ELIYAHU, College of Nursing, Ohio State University, Columbia Ohio USA review (50 references) the evidence that the immune system plays a role in controlling the spread of cancer, and that perioperative pain relief improves immune status and he... more TELLES and colleagues, Vivekananda Kendra Yoga Research Foundation, Bangalore India recorded heart rate, breathing rate and skin resistance in 20 community home girls (Home group) and in 20 age-matched girls from a regular school (School group). The Home g... more WENNEBERG and colleagues, Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield, Iowa USA studied the relationships between increased platelet aggregability and the psychological traits hostility and anger.... more Issue 22 AUSTRAN and colleagues, UMDNJ School of Health Related Professions USA studied the use of verbal expectancy to reduce pain.... more FELHENDLER and LISANDER, Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linkoping, Sweden studied the analgaesic effect of acupoint pressure upon postoperative pain in a controlled single-blind study.... more HART and colleagues, Department of Medicine, University of Southampton, UK conducted a double-blind, placebo-controlled randomised clinical trial with arnica C30 for pain and postoperative recovery following total abdominal hysterectomy.... more LEQUANG and colleagues, Departement d'Anesthesia-Reanimation, CHU Hopital Nord, Amiens France write that they use auriculotherapy based upon traditional Chinese cartography, for pain relief following laparoscopic cholecystectomy (gall bladder removal). The... more LOGAN and colleagues, Department of Preventive and Community Dentistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City USA write that stress has long been viewed as a contributor to pain experienced by chronic pain patients. The authors studied the relationship between ant... more |
