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Medicine, General & Internal
Carina F. Pinheiro, Anamaria S. Oliveira, Tenysson Will-Lemos, Lidiane L. Florencio, Cesar Fernandez-de-las-Penas, Fabiola Dach, Debora Bevilaqua-Grossi
Summary: Episodic and chronic migraines were associated with reduced total range of motion and mean angular velocity of neck movements, while muscle activity during active neck movements did not show significant differences. Neck disability and kinesiophobia were weakly correlated with cervical movement parameters.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2021)
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Medicine, General & Internal
Gorka Ortego, Enrique Lluch, Pablo Herrero, Shellie Ann Boudreau, Victor Domenech-Garcia
Summary: This study longitudinally investigated the relationships between neck/arm disability and pain profile measures in individuals with chronic nonspecific neck pain (NSNP) after a standardized physiotherapy intervention. The results showed that pain sensitivity can worsen following treatment despite reduced pain extent and unchanged neck disability and pain intensity scores over a six-month period in individuals with chronic NSNP.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2022)
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Medicine, General & Internal
Angela V. Dieterich, Utku Sukru Yavuz, Frank Petzke, Antoine Nordez
Summary: Identifying the objective stiffness of the neck muscles is important for diagnosing and treating neck pain. This study investigated the use of different functional tasks as references to normalize the neck muscles' shear modulus and compared the differences between individuals with chronic neck pain and asymptomatic individuals. The study found that normalization reduced within-group variation but did not identify a reliable normalization approach for group comparisons.
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Orthopedics
Marjolein Chys, Jente Bontinck, Lennard Voogt, Gracia Maria Gallego Sendarrubias, Barbara Cagnie, Mira Meeus, Kayleigh De Meulemeester
Summary: This study compared the immediate effects of dry needling and sham needling on pressure pain thresholds and conditioned pain modulation in patients with chronic idiopathic neck pain. The results showed no significant differences between the dry needling group and the sham needling group in any of the outcome measures.
BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL THERAPY
(2023)
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Medicine, General & Internal
Abdullah Raizah, Ravi Shankar Reddy, Mastour Saeed Alshahrani, Ajay Prashad Gautam, Batool Abdulelah Alkhamis, Venkata Nagaraj Kakaraparthi, Irshad Ahmad, Praveen Kumar Kandakurti, Mohammad A. ALMohiza
Summary: This study found that cervical proprioception and functional balance are impaired in elderly individuals with chronic neck pain (CNP). The study also showed that pain intensity mediates the relationship between cervical proprioception and functional balance. These findings suggest that evaluating and considering these factors is important for treatment strategies in elderly adults with CNP.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2023)
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Medicine, General & Internal
Monica Magarinos Lopez, Maria Jose Lobato Rodriguez, Angela Menendez Garcia, Sophie Garcia-Cid, Ana Royuela, Augusto Pereira
Summary: The study found that women with CPP have high levels of neuroticism, low extraversion, and low conscientiousness, along with moderate to severe levels of depression, high levels of trait and state anxiety, catastrophizing, and low pain acceptance. These psychological factors are important to consider in developing interventions to improve the clinical course of CPP.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2022)
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Psychology, Clinical
Alicja Timm, Tobias Schmidt-Wilcke, Sandra Blenk, Bettina Studer
Summary: This study found that chronic pain patients had stronger reactions to social inequity compared to healthy individuals, leading to anomalies in social decision making and potentially negative impacts on quality of life.
PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE
(2023)
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Anesthesiology
Lydia Coxon, Jan Vollert, Danielle Perro, Claire E. Lunde, Joana Ferreira-Gomes, Ana Charrua, Pedro Abreu-Mendes, Michal Krassowski, Judy Birch, Jane Meijlink, Lone Hummelshoj, Anja Hoffmann, Qasim Aziz, Lars Arendt-Nielsen, Esther Pogatzki-Zahn, Emma Evans, Lysia Demetriou, Stephen B. McMahon, Stacey A. Missmer, Christian M. Becker, Krina T. Zondervan, Andrew W. Horne, Francisco Cruz, Christine B. Sieberg, Rolf-Detlef Treede, Jens Nagel, Katy Vincent
Summary: Despite the high prevalence of chronic pelvic pain (CPP), its mechanistic understanding remains relatively poor. This study utilized a full quantitative sensory testing (QST) paradigm to analyze women with and without CPP. The data suggests that participants with CPP are sensitive to both deep tissue and cutaneous inputs, suggesting the importance of central mechanisms in this cohort.
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Medicine, General & Internal
Aisha Salim Al Suwaidi, Ibrahim M. Moustafa, Meeyoung Kim, Paul A. Oakley, Deed E. Harrison
Summary: This study investigated the effect of two different interventions for forward head posture (FHP) in elderly participants with poor posture and neck pain. The CBP group showed significant improvement in the craniovertebral angle (CVA) after 18 sessions, while the standard group did not. However, at the 3-month follow-up, the CBP group had superior outcomes in all measures compared to the standard group.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2023)
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Clinical Neurology
Jade Heejae Ko, Seung-Nam Kim
Summary: Acupuncture is effective in alleviating chronic neck pain and improving neck function. The study also revealed the underlying biological mechanisms of acupuncture in chronic pain.
FRONTIERS IN NEUROLOGY
(2023)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Andrea Tinnirello, Silvia Mazzoleni, Carola Santi
Summary: Research on pain in the elderly shows conflicting results, with some studies suggesting a modest decrease in pain sensitivity and others finding a reduced pain threshold. Elderly individuals are more prone to hyperalgesia, with pathologic changes in the central nervous system affecting pain processing.
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Medicine, General & Internal
Francis Grondin, Sebastien Freppel, Gwendolen Jull, Thomas Gerard, Teddy Caderby, Nicolas Peyrot
Summary: This study examined the relationship between cervical muscle composition, morphometry, range of movement, muscle function, and disability severity in patients with chronic non-specific neck pain (CINP). The results showed a moderate correlation between neck disability and the percentage of fat volume in the multifidus muscle and fat-free volume of the multifidus, while there was no relationship with the longus capitis/longus colli muscle.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2022)
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Neuroimaging
Iris Coppieters, Barbara Cagnie, Robby De Pauw, Mira Meeus, Inge Timmers
Summary: This study revealed distinct brain functional connectivity changes in patients with chronic neck pain during resting state, which were related to central sensitization symptoms, pain testing results, and self-reported pain experiences. The findings suggest that enhanced amygdala-frontal operculum connectivity is a crucial factor in chronic neck pain.
NEUROIMAGE-CLINICAL
(2021)
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Orthopedics
Josu Zabala Mata, Ion Lascurain-Aguirrebena, Estibaliz Dominguez Lopez, Jon Jatsu Azkue
Summary: The study found that patients with nonspecific chronic neck pain (NSNP) have increased pronociceptive and impaired antinociceptive mechanisms, contributing to long-lasting pain and treatment failures. However, the observational nature of the study prevents establishing a clear cause-effect relationship. Normal PPT values should not be interpreted as absence of altered nociceptive processing in the clinic environment.
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Orthopedics
E. P. Rampazo, V. R. da Silva, A. L. M. de Andrade, C. G. N. Back, P. M. Madeleine, L. Arendt-Nielsen, Richard Eloin Liebano
Summary: This study reveals significant differences in central sensitization, psychosocial factors, and range of motion between individuals with chronic neck pain and healthy controls. It also shows a correlation between pain intensity, neck disability, and psychosocial factors in people with chronic neck pain.
