Pain, Intractable - Therapy
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Validity of electrical stimulus magnitude matching in chronic pain.

30 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVE: To examine the validity of the PainMatcher in chronic pain. DESIGN: Comparison of parallel pain estimates from visual analogue scales with electrical stimulus magnitude matching. PATIENTS: Thirty-one patients with chronic musculoskeletal ... Read more...

Central post-stroke pain: clinical characteristics, pathophysiology, and management.

30 Aug 2009 Central post-stroke pain (CPSP) is a neuropathic pain syndrome that can occur after a cerebrovascular accident. This syndrome is characterised by pain and sensory abnormalities in the body parts that correspond to the brain territory that has been ... Read more...

Efficiency of posterior tibial nerve stimulation in category IIIB chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain: a Sham-Controlled Comparative Study.

25 Jul 2009 OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the efficacy of percutaneous posterior tibial nerve stimulation (PTNS) for treatment of the patients with category IIIB chronic non-bacterial prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome. METHODS: A total of 89 patients with ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Pain, Intractable - Therapy'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Validity of electrical stimulus magnitude matching in chronic pain. 30 Oct 2009
• Struck from behind: maintaining quality of life with chronic low back pain. 30 Aug 2009
• Central post-stroke pain: clinical characteristics, pathophysiology, and management. 30 Aug 2009
• Efficiency of posterior tibial nerve stimulation in category IIIB chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain: a Sham-Controlled Comparative Study. 25 Jul 2009
• Comprehensive evidence-based guidelines for interventional techniques in the management of chronic spinal pain. 29 Jun 2009
• [Approach to chronic pain by hypnosis: a general practitioner's experience] 15 Jun 2009
• [Cognitive and behavioral group therapy in chronic pain: expectations and satisfactions] 15 Jun 2009
• Motor cortex stimulation for chronic pain: systematic review and meta-analysis of the literature. 7 Jun 2009
• Financial impact of spinal cord stimulation on the healthcare budget: a comparative analysis of costs in Canada and the United States. 30 May 2009
• Structured approaches to pain management in the ICU. 30 May 2009
• Spinal cord stimulation as a novel approach to the treatment of refractory neuropathic mediastinal pain. 13 May 2009
• Motor cortex stimulation for the treatment of refractory peripheral neuropathic pain. 29 Mar 2009
• Pulsed radiofrequency for chronic testicular pain-a preliminary report. 17 Mar 2009
• Demographic characteristics of patients with severe neuropathic pain secondary to failed back surgery syndrome. 3 Mar 2009
• Mazes, conflict, and paradox: tools for understanding chronic pain. Mar 2009
• Peripheral subcutaneous stimulation for the treatment of intractable postherpetic neuralgia: two case reports and literature review. 13 Feb 2009
• Breakthrough pain: on the road again. 9 Feb 2009
• Persistent pain relief following interscalene analgesia for cancer pain. 30 Jan 2009
• Long-term consequences of falanga torture--what do we know and what do we need to know? 30 Dec 2008
• [Quality of life measurement important in long-term pain] 30 Dec 2008

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Technical information about 'Pain, Intractable'

Definition: Persistent pain that is refractory to some or all forms of treatment.

Descriptor UI: D010148

Alternative terms: Pain, Intractable; Intractable Pain; Intractable Pains; Pains, Intractable; Refractory Pain; Pain, Refractory; Pains, Refractory; Refractory Pains;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C10.597.617.788; C23.888.592.612.776; C23.888.646.515;

History Note: 1974

Technical Notes: IM; usually chronic so do not coord with CHRONIC DISEASE but chronic pain = PAIN (IM) + CHRONIC DISEASE (NIM)