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Self-administered questionnaire survey to determine the presence or absence of joint pain during bevacizumab treatment for lung, ovarian, colorectal cancers. The principal end-point is the frequency of arthralgia after 6 months of treatment with Bevacizumab.
The aim of this cluster randomized controlled trial is to improve the number of effectively referred patients with IRD to the rheumatology outpatient clinic with either use of validated referral pro formas or triage of IRD by specialists in a primary care setting compared to usual care. In addition, the investigators want to provide tools for the general practitioner to recognise IRD and improve early referral of patients with IRD, and a cost-effectiveness analysis will be performed to evaluate the decreasing effect on health-care cost.
This study is in response to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) call to all manufacturers with 510(k) clearance for metal-on-metal (MoM) total hip arthroplasty (THA) devices to conduct postmarket surveillance studies. MicroPort has various acetabular shells, acetabular liners, fixation screws, femoral heads, femoral stems, modular necks, and proximal bodies currently cleared for MoM indications. Together these components comprise the Wright Medical Technology (WMT) MoM THA System. The primary objective of the study is to determine the incidence of adverse local tissue reactions (ALTR) in each THA implanted with the WMT MoM THA System overall and to create cross-sectional epochs of ≤ 8 years and > 8 years, since implantation.
Purpose: to examine the possibility of using the onco-protein survivin as a predictive biomarker for identifying individuals at risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis within a cohort of patients seeking treatment for joint pain/stiffness. Secondly, to study survivin as a prognostic marker for joint destruction, refractory and highly active disease in patients with established RA.
A gap of knowledge exists on the understanding of the acute effects of stabilization exercises on pain, disability and physical performance when applied after radiofrequency denervation. Therefore, the main objective of this study is to show the effects of stabilization exercises when started in acute period and also reduce the frequency of recurrence low back pain of patients with FJS after radiofrequency denervation.
Musculoskeletal (MSK) pain is a common reason to seek medical treatment. Temporomandibular disorders (TMDs) are MSK disorders that affect the masticatory muscles, the temporomandibular joint, and related structures in the neck and head. Current research showed that people with chronic TMDs have structural and functional brain changes that may contribute to chronic pain development and maintenance. Therapeutic exercise is a central component in treating chronic MSK conditions. New therapies, including exercise, appear to have potential in targeting cortical changes to improve clinical outcomes. However, mechanisms of action are not well understood, and evidence is limited to a few weak studies and specific populations. Evidence from our research group highlights neck exercise as potentially useful in treating TMDs. However, we do not yet know how the brains of women with TMD respond to specific exercise and whether these changes relate to decreased pain, improved function, and quality of life. Evidence linking brain plasticity, pain modulation, and exercise therapy is currently limited, and non-existent for people with TMDs. Objectives: In women with chronic TMD pain, we will:1) determine the impact of motor control training using visual feedback (MCTF) on clinical outcomes such as pain intensity and jaw disability, 2) assess the impact of MCTF on brain structure, using diffusion tensor imaging, 3) assess the impact of MCTF on brain networks, using resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging, and 4) determine the effectiveness of MCTF to restore normal muscular structure, performance and fatigability of neck cervical muscles, using electromyographic analysis. Methods: Women with chronic TMD pain will be randomized to either an intervention arm or a placebo control group. Women in the intervention arm will receive 8 weeks of progressive exercise MCTF of the cervical muscles, twice per week. Women in the placebo arm will receive innocuous transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (turn off). Our primary outcomes will be changes in 1) pain, measured with the Visual Analogue Scale, 2) brain structure and networks, measured by fractional anisotropy (brain structure) and the blood-oxygen-level dependent signal (brain networks). Outcomes will be measured at baseline, after 8 weeks of treatment, and 4 months after treatment ends. Results will directly inform and guide clinicians in prescribing more effective interventions for women with TMD
This is a single center, double-blinded, placebo-controlled, randomized Phase II trial to determine whether oral hyaluronic acid will prevent aromatase inhibitor (AI)-associated arthralgias. Subjects must have ER/PR-positive breast cancer tumor with history of aromatase inhibitor-associated musculoskeletal symptoms (AIMSS) which resolved after cessation of their AI (anastrazole or letrozole) within 90 days of enrollment. Subjects will be stratified by initial AI, thus within each initial AI, subjects will be randomized to receive either the experimental treatment (hyaluronic acid) or placebo. Subjects will begin the assigned treatment for 2 weeks prior to transitioning to the second AI. Evaluations will be taken at baseline, 6 weeks (1 month on study drug and AI), 14 weeks (3 months on study drug and AI), and at 26 weeks (6 months on study drug and AI). Treatment with hyaluronic acid and placebo will last for 26 weeks total.
Low back pain is a major contributor to the chronic pain burden in the community. Although there are numerous pain generators in the spine, lumbar facet joints are one of the most common sources of pain. A variety of measures such as physiotherapy, oral analgesics and minimally invasive injections are used to treat lumbar facet joint pain. Facet joint steroid injections and radiofrequency denervations of the facet joint are the most commonly performed minimally invasive pain procedures for lumbar facet joint pain. Radiofrequency denervation is carried out by thermal lesioning of the medial branches that supply the facet joints. Conventionally two medial branches have been shown to innervate one facet joint and based on this, the norm is to lesion two nerves to denervate one facet joint. However, there is some variation in the nerve supply which may account for failure or false negative results of the diagnostic blocks. The aim of the present study is to explore the feasibility of sensory mapping, thereby referral pattern of the lumbar medial branches using suprathreshold stimulation and to correlate the referral patterns with painful areas in the back and leg. It will also test if the present method of lesioning two nerves to denervate one facet joint is appropriate.
This is a randomized clinical trial in healthy volunteers. 12 volunteers will have suture-method catheters placed in the adductor canal of each leg using the long-axis plane and short-axis plane technique. The investigators will inject LA in both catheters to confirm correct position. Following return of cold sensation the catheter is then displaced intentionally. The orifice is identified by injection of isotonic saline to ensure a proper displacement (spread outside of the adductor canal) and the distance from the delivery orifice of the catheter to the adductor canal is noted. A second investigator will assess distance from the LA delivery orifice of the catheter to the adductor canal using hydrodissection with isotonic saline to pinpoint the delivery orifice and subsequently reposition the catheter to obtain LA spread within the adductor canal. Successful repositioning is defined as a combination of LA spread within the adductor canal and loss of cold sensation on the medial part of the lower leg.