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Filter by:Central sensitization (CS) is as increased response to normal or sub-threshold stimuli of central nervous system and its close relationship with fibromyalgia has been demonstrated in several studies. However, the effect of initial CS severity on treatment response in these patients is not fully known. In this study, it was aimed to investigate the severity of CS and its effect on treatment response in patients with fibromyalgia.
Fibromyalgia causes long term pain where mostly women are affected. It is not entirely clear how vitamin B12 affects the human pain system, there are however many primary studies that indicate different interesting approaches. Considering that the receptor of NMDA is involved in both long-term pain and vitamin B12 deficiency its of most importance to evaluate whether vitamin B12 decreases the pain sensitivity and the experience of pain i.e hyperalgesia and allodynia, at persons with fibromyalgia.The aim of this study is therefore to evaluate the effect of Mecobalamin (vitamin B12), and describe lived experiences of pain, health, suffering and well-being in women with diagnosed fibromyalgia.
To investigate the efficacy and safety according to the frequency of focused ESWT in patients with myofascial pain syndrome.
Trigger points (TrPs) are a common musculoskeletal cause of local and referred muscle pain, as well as local inflammation in the muscle and fascia. From a clinical and sensory viewpoint, TrPs may be classified as active or latent. The principal difference is the reproduction of symptoms experienced by an individual (active) with or without stimulation. Local and referred pain elicited from latent TrPs may be transient in duration upon stimulation, and latent TrPs may be present without spontaneous symptoms. Both active and latent TrPs induce motor dysfunctions such as stiffness, restricted range of motion, and accelerated fatigability in the affected muscle. The interrater reliability of manual identification of latent TrPs in the calf muscles has been found to range from small to moderate. The clinical relevance of latent TrPs has increased in the last decade,4 and some studies have investigated the effects of treating them. Among all manual therapies targeted to latent TrPs, ischemic compression, or TrP pressure release, is the most commonly used. Although TrPs may affect any muscle, the gastrocnemius muscle may be the most susceptible in the lower extremity to developing them. It has been reported that 13% to 30% of the asymptomatic population has latent TrPs in these muscles, and their presence may affect sport practice. The purpose of this study will be to evaluate changes in muscle activity in myofascial trigger points (TrPs) after a single treatment session of dry needling in the gastrocnemius muscle. A randomized controlled clinical trial with blinded assessor will be conducted. 90 asymptomatic volunteers with MrPs gastrocnemius -muscle TrPs will bilaterally explored. After exploration the volunteer will be asigned to either Control (no treatment), experimental (60 seconds of dry needling on the TrP that refers more pain on the randomly assigned extremity) or sham group (60 seconds of dry needling on the TrP that refers more pain with a sham needle with no tip). To be part of the sham group patients should not have received any dry needling before. Muscle activity is commonly recorded in research using surface electromyography (sEMG). sEMG has previously been used in similar studies because it is less invasive than intramuscular electromyography. Electromyography will be performed using the mDurance® surface electromyograph (mDurance Solutions SL; Granada, Spain) in order to capture muscle activity of the lateral and medial Gastrocnemius muscles (Electrodes will be placed as described by the mDurance application) during an unilateral countermovement Jump (in both extremities) and 20 meter Sprint. There will be a resting period of at least 2 minutes between exercises to prevent the results from being affected by fatigue.
By evaluating the ultrasonographic and electromyographic measurements of the sural nerve in patients with and without a diagnosis of fibromyalgia; to determine the relationship of these measures to each other and to the FIQ, neuropathic pain questionnaire-Clinical, single-blind, prospective, controlled study.
The aim of the study is to demonstrate a significant improvement in quality of life specific to patients with fibromyalgia syndrome in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome with comorbid posttraumatic stress disorder, treated with reconsolidation blockade. Patients receive a treatment with propranolol associated with reconsolidation blockade of traumatic story once a week during 6 weeks, with evaluation at inclusion and at 3 months.
Explore the use of microcurrent therapy for fibromyalgia patients and evaluate its effect on generalized pain and quality of life. Determine if microcurrent therapy be effectively self-administered by the patient as an adjunct to medical pain management.
Patients with fibromyalgia (FM) complain of widespread chronic pain from deep tissues including muscles. Previous research highlights the relevance of impulse input from deep tissues for clinical FM pain. Deep dry needle stimulation is an invasive treatment modality used in the management of musculoskeletal pain. Its efficacy has been confirmed in the management of myofascial trigger points, so the purpose of the study is to determine if blocking abnormal impulse input with deep dry needling stimulation of tender point may decrease hyperalgesia, clinical pain and associated symptoms such as anxiety, depression, fatigue and improve the quality of life in FM patients.
Myofascial pain syndrome is characterized by the presence of hypersensitive points called trigger points that cause pain, tenderness, spasm, stiffness, limitation of movement, weakness, taut band within the muscle, and pain reflected by pressing in a muscle group or a single muscle. Prolotherapy is a regenerative treatment method in the treatment of chronic musculoskeletal pain, in which an irritating solution is injected, often hypertonic dextrose, into painful ligament and tendon attachments and adjacent joint spaces. In this study, it was aimed to examine the effect of prolotherapy application on pain, neck range of motion and neck disability in women with myofascial pain syndrome.
In the Chinese Headache and Vertigo Registration Study, patients aged 4-99 years with headache (primary headache and secondary headache such as migraine and tension type headache), vertigo (vertigo diseases such as vestibular migraine) and chronic pain (fibromyalgia and other diseases) were collected. The biomarkers, imaging features, right-to-left shunt of the heart (lung), genetic characteristics, treatment, and outcome (in relation to other diseases) of headache-related diseases were studied, and long-term follow-up was planned.