Education and support strategies improve assessment and management of pain by nurses
Publication date: July 2017 Source:Scandinavian Journal of Pain, Volume 16 Author(s): Sigridur Zoëga (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Pain)
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Pain - May 2, 2017 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: research
Multifactorial assessment of measurement errors affecting intraoral quantitative sensory testing reliability
Conclusion Reliability of sensory testing can be better assessed by measuring multiple sources of error simultaneously instead of focusing on one source at a time. In experimental settings, large numbers of participants are needed to obtain accurate estimates of treatment effects based on QST measurements. This is different from clinical use, where variation between persons (the person main effect) is not a concern because clinical measurements are done on a single person. Implications Future studies assessing sensory testing reliability in both clinical and experimental settings would benefit from routinely measuring mul...
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Pain - May 1, 2017 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: research
Scientific presentations at the 2017 annual meeting of the Scandinavian Association for the Study of Pain (SASP)
Publication date: Available online 27 April 2017 Source:Scandinavian Journal of Pain Author(s): Sigridur Zoëga (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Pain)
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Pain - April 27, 2017 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: research
The interference of pain with task performance: Increasing ecological validity in research
Publication date: July 2017 Source:Scandinavian Journal of Pain, Volume 16 Author(s): Dimitri M.L. Van Ryckeghem (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Pain)
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Pain - April 27, 2017 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: research
Editorial comment on Nina Kreddig's and Monika Hasenbring's study on pain anxiety and fear of (re) injury in patients with chronic back pain: Sex as a moderator
Publication date: July 2017 Source:Scandinavian Journal of Pain, Volume 16 Author(s): Katja Boersma, Steven J. Linton (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Pain)
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Pain - April 26, 2017 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: research
Unjustified extrapolation
Publication date: Available online 23 April 2017 Source:Scandinavian Journal of Pain Author(s): Georg Supp, Richard Rosedale, Mark Werneke (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Pain)
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Pain - April 23, 2017 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: research
Efficacy and safety of diclofenac in osteoarthritis: Results of a network meta-analysis of unpublished legacy studies
Conclusions Results from these unpublished ‘legacy’ studies were similar to those from NMAs of published trials. The favourable efficacy results of diclofenac compared to ibuprofen expand the amount of available evidence comparing these two NSAIDs. The overall benefit-risk profile of diclofenac was comparable to that of ibuprofen in OA. Implications The present NMA results reassures that the older unpublished blinded trials have similar results compared to more recently published trials and also contributes to increase the transparency of clinical trials performed with diclofenac further back in the past. (Source: Sca...
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Pain - April 23, 2017 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: research
Sex moderates the effects of positive and negative affect on clinical pain in patients with knee osteoarthritis
Conclusions Findings suggest that men may be particularly sensitive to the effects of stable positive affect and negative affect on clinical pain. Future work with larger samples is needed in order to identify potential mechanisms driving the sex-specific effects of affect on pain. Implications The current study provides novel data that suggesting that the association of positive affect, negative affect, and pain are different in men versus women with KOA. Further understanding of the difference in affective expression between men and women may lead to the development of novel therapeutic interventions and help to identif...
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Pain - April 20, 2017 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: research
Important new insight in pain and pain treatment induced changes in functional connectivity between the Pain Matrix and the Salience, Central Executive, and Sensorimotor networks
Publication date: July 2017 Source:Scandinavian Journal of Pain, Volume 16 Author(s): Stephen Butler (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Pain)
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Pain - April 13, 2017 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: research
The triumvirate of co-morbid chronic pain, depression, and cognitive impairment: Attacking this “chicken-and-egg” in novel ways
Publication date: Available online 11 April 2017 Source:Scandinavian Journal of Pain Author(s): Stephen Butler (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Pain)
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Pain - April 11, 2017 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: research
Glucocorticoids – Efficient analgesics against postherpetic neuralgia?
Publication date: July 2017 Source:Scandinavian Journal of Pain, Volume 16 Author(s): Mette Richner, Christian Bjerggaard Vaegter (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Pain)
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Pain - April 11, 2017 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: research
CNS-mechanisms contribute to chronification of pain
Publication date: Available online 4 April 2017 Source:Scandinavian Journal of Pain Author(s): Harald Breivik, Audun Stubhaug, Stephen Butler (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Pain)
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Pain - April 4, 2017 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: research
A neurobiologist's attempt to understand persistent pain
Publication date: Available online 30 March 2017 Source:Scandinavian Journal of Pain Author(s): Per Brodal This topical review starts with a warning that despite an impressive wealth of neuroscientific data, a reductionist approach can never fully explain persistent pain. One reason is the complexity of clinical pain (in contrast to experimentally induced pain). Another reason is that the “pain system” shows degeneracy, which means that an outcome can have several causes. Problems also arise from lack of conceptual clarity regarding words like nociceptors, pain, and perception. It is, for example, argued that “hom...
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Pain - March 31, 2017 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: research
Home training in sensorimotor discrimination reduces pain in complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS)
Publication date: Available online 30 March 2017 Source:Scandinavian Journal of Pain Author(s): Herta Flor (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Pain)
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Pain - March 31, 2017 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: research
Taking a break in response to pain. An experimental investigation of the effects of interruptions by pain on subsequent activity resumption
Conclusions Results indicate that activity interruptions by pain have negative consequences for the performance of an activity upon its resumption, but not more so than interruptions by non-painful stimuli. Potential explanations and avenues for future research are discussed. Implications Interrupting ongoing activities is a common response to pain. In two experiments using a novel paradigm we showed that activity interruptions by pain impair subsequent activity resumption and performance. However, this effect seems to not be specific to pain. (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Pain)
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Pain - March 23, 2017 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: research
