Recently added articles from Pain Research & Management : The Journal of the Canadian Pain Society:
Dynamic kine magnetic resonance imaging in whiplash patients and in age- and sex-matched controls
Nov 01, 2009; ... The multitude of symptoms following a whiplash injury has given rise to much discussion because of the lack of objective radiological findings. The ligaments that stabilize the upper cervical spine can be injured. Dynamic kine magnetic resonance imaging (dMRI) may reveal the pathological motion ...
Reliability of temporal summation and diffuse noxious inhibitory control
Nov 01, 2009; ... BACKGROUND: The test-retest reliability of temporal summation (TS) and diffuse noxious inhibitory control (DNIC) has not been reported to date. Establishing such reliability would support the possibility of future experimental studies examining factors affecting TS and DNIC. Similarly, the use ...
A survey of prelicensure pain curricula in health science faculties in Canadian universities
Nov 01, 2009; ... OBJECTIVE: The present exploratory, descriptive study aimed to determine the designated time for mandatory pain content in curricula of major Canadian universities for students in health science and veterinary programs before being licensed. METHOD: Major Canadian university sites (n=10) ...
Does classification of persons with fibromyalgia into Multidimensional Pain Inventory subgroups detect differences in outcome after a standard chronic pain management program?
Nov 01, 2009; ... INTRODUCTION: The present study aimed to replicate and validate the empirically derived subgroup classification based on the Multidimensional Pain Inventory (MPI) in a sample of highly disabled fibromyalgia (FM) patients. Second, it examined how the identified subgroups differed in their ...
Factors associated with chronic noncancer pain in the Canadian population
Nov 01, 2009; ... Chronic noncancer pain (CNCP) is a prevalent health problem with pervasive negative effects on the individual's quality of life. Previous epidemiological studies of CNCP have suggested a number of individual biological, psychological and societal correlates of CNCP, but it has rarely been ...