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Filter by:Very few studies have evaluated the prevalence of small fiber neuropathy (SFN) during pathologies that may be responsible for small fibers damage. SUDOSCAN is a new rapid (2 minutes), automated, reproducible and non-invasive technology to assess small fiber neuropathy by sweat function. With quantitative and reproducible results, SUDOSCAN allows physicians to early detect and follow-up peripheral neuropathy to monitor disease progression and assess treatment efficacy for a better patient management. SUDOSCAN® could allow the identification of SFN in painful patients apart from another pathology already diagnosed responsible for SFN. The purpose of the study SUDOCU is to assess the prevalence of small fiber neuropathies (SFN) in patients with systemic autoimmune pathologies or unexplained pain syndrome.
Rotator cuff tendinopathy, one of the pathologies identified as part of the cluster of shoulder symptoms known as subacromial pain syndrome, is a common musculoskeletal shoulder condition. Resolution of pain and disability is poor despite treatment, with only about 50% reporting full recovery at 12 - 18 months. Prior studies suggest therapeutic exercise when used alone and with other interventions can have positive outcomes; however, not all patients with rotator cuff tendinopathy respond. Few studies have assessed the effects of exercise for individuals with chronic pain, especially brain driven mechanisms, thought to play a key role. In this study, we will use brain imaging to understand the mechanisms, identify predictors of a positive response to exercise, and the relationship to biomechanical and pain-related factors in patients with RC tendinopathy. The findings from this study will optimize the delivery and treatment response to exercise for individuals with shoulder pain.
Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) is a chronic disabling disease. Patients present a variable picture associating pain localized to an articular or peri-articular region, motor and vasomotor disorders and trophic disorders. Its pathophysiology, still poorly understood to this day, results from local inflammatory phenomena complicated by peripheral sensitization and central spinal and cerebral sensitization. The diagnosis is made difficult by the fluctuating nature of the symptoms and the absence of specific complementary examination. The treatment of CRPS is symptomatic and requires multidisciplinary care. CRPS is responsible for an alteration in the patient's quality of life. This pathology has a global impact because it affects not only the biomedical sphere but also the socio-family, professional and psychological spheres. The investigators hypothesize that multidisciplinary intervention in the Day Hospital would improve the quality of life of patients with CRPS. The investigators also think that the passage in Day Hospital would make it possible to improve the pains, the functionality of the affected limb as well as the satisfaction of the patients.
This study aims to examine the effect of deep tissue massage (DTM) on myofascial trigger point (MTrP) number, neck range of motion (ROM), pain, disability and quality of life in patients with Myofacial pain syndrome (MPS).
Ozone (O2-O3) has been used as a supportive therapy in various musculoskeletal diseases such as lumbosacral disc herniation, knee osteoarthritis, meniscus injury, shoulder pathologies.The aim of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of ozone (O2-O3) injection applied to the trigger point in the treatment of myofascial pain syndrome.
This uncontrolled feasibility pilot study explores the acceptability and potential effect of a 14 week, 11-module, therapist-assisted, internet-delivered treatment program, "One step at the time", for patients moderately affected by Bodily Distress Syndrome. The study includes 25 participants aged 18-60 with multiple functional somatic symptoms for a duration of minimum 6 months. The focus of the feasibility trial is evaluation of treatment response, treatment satisfaction, program utility, recruitment and retention rates, data completion rates, and time requirement. The primary feasibility criterion is a +2.0 points change in patient-rated physical health measured by the SF-36 aggregate score physical health from before to after treatment.
Hypothesis 1. The supportive psychotherapy model can be structured and developed for the non-pharmacologic therapy of acute coroner syndrome patients in intensive cardiac care unit 2. The development of the supportive psychotherapy model can provide an improvement in psychological function in the form of a reduction in symptoms of anxiety, depression, and an improvement in the quality of life of acute coroner syndrome patients during treatment at intensive cardiac care unit. 3. Psycho-patho-mechanization of supportive psychotherapy model development in the improvement of psychosomatic function of acute coroner syndrome patients by assessing the improvement of serotonin, cortisol, and immunoglobulin-A levels, and, 4. Development of the supportive psychotherapy model can provide improvement in somatic function in the form of decreased complications such as arrhythmias, pericarditis, chronic heart failure, shock and death of acute coronary syndrome patients during treatment. 5. Psychosomatic improvements, namely anxiety, depression, and cardiac complications associated with levels of serotonin, cortisol, immunoglobulin-A and heart rate variability. Research objectives 1.1 General Objectives: To develop non-pharmacologic psychotherapy as part of holistic therapy for acute coronary syndrome patients during their treatment at intensive cardiac care unit. 1.2 Specific Objectives: 1. Develop a structured supportive psychotherapy model 2. Proving the role of supportive psychotherapy in the improvement of psychological symptoms of anxiety, depression and quality of life in acute coronary syndrome patients during treatment. 3. Proving the psycho-patho-mechanism intervention of the supportive psychotherapy model in improving psychosomatic function through the Hypothalamus-Pituitary-Adrenal pathway, namely by assessing the improvement in levels of serotonin, cortisol, immunoglobulin-A and heart rate variability 4. Proving the role of supportive psychotherapy in the improvement of somatic symptoms of cardiac complications such as arrhythmias, pericarditis, chronic heart failure, shock and death in acute coronary syndrome patients during treatment. 5. To prove the supportive psychotherapy model in psychosomatic improvement, namely anxiety, depression, and cardiac complications associated with improvements in levels of serotonin, cortisol, immunoglobulin-A and heart rate variability.
Objectives: To assess the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a single session compared to multiple sessions of education and exercise for older adults with spinal pain treated conservatively in an advanced practice physiotherapy (APP) model of care. Methods and Analysis: In this pragmatic randomized controlled trial, 152 adults (≥ 18 years old) with neck or back pain initially referred for a consultation in neurosurgery, but treated conservatively, will be recruited through the APP neurosurgery CareAxis program in the Montreal region (Quebec, Canada). In the CareAxis program, older patients with spinal pain are triaged by an advance practice physiotherapist and are offered conservative care and only potential surgical candidates are referred to a neurosurgeon. Participants will be randomized into one of two arms: 1- a single session or 2- multiple sessions (6 sessions over 12 weeks) of education and exercise with the advance practice physiotherapist. The primary outcome measure will be the Brief Pain Inventory (pain severity and interference subscales). Secondary measures will include self-reported disability (the Neck Disability Index or Oswestry Disability Index), The Pain Catastrophizing Scale, satisfaction with care (VSQ-9 and MedRisk questionnaires), and health-related quality of life (EQ-5D-5L). Participants healthcare resources use, and related costs will be measured. Outcomes will be collected at baseline and at 6, 12 and 26 weeks after enrollment. Intention-to-treat analyses will be performed, and repeated mixed-model ANOVA will assess differences between treatment arms. Cost-utility analyses will be conducted from the perspective of the health care system. Ethics and dissemination: Ethics approval has been obtained from the Comité d'éthique de la recherche du CIUSS de l'Est-de-l'Île-de-Montréal (FWA00001935 and IRB00002087). Results of this study will be presented to different stakeholders, published in peer-reviewed journals and presented at international conferences.
The aim of this study is to compare, in cost-effectiveness and cost-utility terms, a brief transdiagnostic cognitive-behavioural therapy in two different modes, individual and group, with the treatment usually administered in primary care (TAU). Participants between 18 and 65 years old and with, according to the pretreatment evaluation, mild to moderate emotional disorders will be randomly allocated to the three clusters. They will be assessed again immediately after treatment and 6 and 12 months later. The study hypotheses expect to find (H1) the individual treatment generally as effective as the group one, whereas (H2) the TAU will be the least effective. (H3) The group therapy is expected to get the best results in terms of cost-effectiveness and (H4) the TAU will get the worst cost-effectiveness results. Furthermore, (H5) it is expected to find these results across the follow-up assessments too.
To investigate the effects of the two following interventions on somatoform patients:1. case management model2. psychotherapy, based on cognitive-behavioral therapy and biofeedback therapy