Pain Medicine
M-A: Little benefit from antidepressants for low back pain
11 Mar, 2021 | 08:02h | UTCCommentary: Antidepressants provide no important benefits for managing low back pain – News Medical
Related meta-analysis: Little benefit from antidepressants for the treatment of back pain and osteoarthritis (study and commentaries)
Opinion | Amplified Pain Syndrome—An Insupportable Assumption
10 Mar, 2021 | 08:13h | UTCAmplified Pain Syndrome—An Insupportable Assumption – JAMA Pediatrics
Guideline: Epidural interventions in the management of chronic spinal pain
5 Mar, 2021 | 08:09h | UTC
Comprehensive review of topical analgesics for chronic pain
4 Mar, 2021 | 08:19h | UTCComprehensive Review of Topical Analgesics for Chronic Pain – Current Pain and Headache Reports
RCT: No effect from Vitamin D and/or Marine n-3 fatty acid supplementation on changes in migraine frequency and severity
4 Mar, 2021 | 08:04h | UTCEffect of Vitamin D and/or Marine n-3 Fatty Acid Supplementation on Changes in Migraine Frequency and Severity: A randomized placebo-controlled trial – The American Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Cognitive behavioral therapy for a variety of conditions: an overview of systematic reviews and panoramic meta-analysis
28 Feb, 2021 | 20:50h | UTC
Systematic Review: Cardiovascular Effects of Medical Marijuana
28 Feb, 2021 | 20:48h | UTCCardiovascular Effects of Medical Marijuana: A Systematic Review – The American Journal of Medicine
Consensus statement on the prevention of opioid‐related harm in adult surgical patients
25 Feb, 2021 | 08:41h | UTCCommentary: Stopping opioid-related addiction, harm and accidents after surgery – AAGBI
Commentary on Twitter
The prevention of opioid‐related harm in adult surgical patients.@nicholasalevy @jane_quinlan @elboghdadly @billfawcett @VandanaChaukar @FeliciaJCox @HansDonaldeBoer @EMARIANOMD @ProfMikeScott @DL08OMD
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Meta-analysis: Postoperative analgesic effectiveness of quadratus lumborum block for cesarean delivery under spinal anesthesia
25 Feb, 2021 | 08:31h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
This infographic in @_Anesthesiology on the article Postoperative Analgesic
Effectiveness of Quadratus Lumborum Block for Cesarean Delivery under Spinal Anesthesia: #SystematicReview & Meta-analysis is great!#OBAneshttps://t.co/hTy1xSbLnP pic.twitter.com/x4r45ERHr6— Emily Sharpe, MD (@emilysharpe) January 7, 2021
RCT: Effect of telephone cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia in older adults with osteoarthritis pain
25 Feb, 2021 | 08:29h | UTCCommentary: Effective treatment for insomnia delivered in a few short phone calls – University of Washington
Consensus statement: Preoperative management of opioid and nonopioid analgesics
21 Feb, 2021 | 21:57h | UTC
RCT: Five oral analgesics (including opioids) are equally effective for the treatment of acute musculoskeletal extremity pain in the emergency department
21 Feb, 2021 | 21:39h | UTCA Randomized Trial Comparing the Efficacy of Five Oral Analgesics for Treatment of Acute Musculoskeletal Extremity Pain in the Emergency Department – Annals of Emergency Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary on Twitter
Hot off the Press: A Randomized Trial Comparing the Efficacy of
Five Oral Analgesics for Treatment of Acute
Musculoskeletal Extremity Pain in the Emergency
Department https://t.co/qfUNn2TgZM @benjaminbwf pic.twitter.com/BzVM3W5F0L— AnnalsofEM (@AnnalsofEM) December 30, 2020
Impact of patient-reported symptom information on lumbar spine MRI Interpretation
21 Feb, 2021 | 21:36h | UTCCommentaries: Talking to Patients About Pain Can Improve Lumbar Spine MRI Interpretation – Diagnostic Imaging AND Impact of patient-reported symptom information on lumbar spine MRI Interpretation – American Roentgen Ray Society
Commentary on Twitter
In lumbar spine MRI, presumptive pain generators diagnosed using symptom information from electronic questionnaires showed almost perfect agreement with pain generators diagnosed using symptom information from direct patient interviews.https://t.co/jDzPUrWcrw pic.twitter.com/Q8QmKlsnd1
— AJR (@AJR_Radiology) January 21, 2021
M-A: Intra-articular saline injection is as effective as corticosteroids, platelet-rich plasma, and hyaluronic acid for hip osteoarthritis pain
19 Feb, 2021 | 02:35h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
Anyone else buying shares in saline? ?
Intra-articular saline as effective as corticosteroids, PRP and hyaluronic acid for hip OA pain: a systematic review and network meta-analysis #NoSilverBullet #Paywallhttps://t.co/B6tutNJVDD pic.twitter.com/f75ExkZ2A6
— British Journal of Sports Medicine (@BJSM_BMJ) August 27, 2020
RCT: Among patients with knee osteoarthritis, high-intensity strength training was not associated with better outcomes compared with low-intensity strength training or an attention control
17 Feb, 2021 | 01:24h | UTCCommentary: No Benefit from High-Intensity Strength Training for Knee Osteoarthritis – NEJM Journal Watch
Commentary on Twitter
Hot from press: JAMA paper puts question mark on the effectiveness of both low- and high-intensity exercise for knee OA pain. Attention controls had similar improvement. Contextual effects and RTM phenomenon in OA may be powerful! https://t.co/EBrXZcvyXH@OARSInews @JAMA_current pic.twitter.com/880InW1Lag
— Martin Englund (@dr_englund) February 16, 2021
Effect of High-Intensity Strength Training on Knee Pain and Knee Joint Compressive Forces Among Adults With Knee OsteoarthritisThe START Randomized Clinical Trial
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— Physio Meets Science (@PhysioMeScience) February 16, 2021
Cohort study: Risk factors associated with transition from acute to chronic low back pain
17 Feb, 2021 | 01:21h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
Risk Factors Associated With Transition From Acute to Chronic Low Back Pain in US Patients Seeking Primary Care
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— Physio Meets Science (@PhysioMeScience) February 16, 2021
Review: Diagnosis and treatment of hip and knee osteoarthritis
16 Feb, 2021 | 02:05h | UTCDiagnosis and Treatment of Hip and Knee Osteoarthritis: A Review – JAMA (free or a limited period)
Effectiveness of telerehabilitation in physical therapy: A rapid overview
16 Feb, 2021 | 01:53h | UTCEffectiveness of telerehabilitation in physical therapy: A rapid overview – Physical Therapy
How effective is magnesium in for the treatment of migraine?
16 Feb, 2021 | 01:48h | UTCHow Effective is Magnesium in your MAGraine Cocktail? – Journal Feed
Original study: MAGraine: Magnesium compared to conventional therapy for treatment of migraines – American Journal of Emergency Medicine
Consensus recommendations for perioperative management of cannabis and cannabinoid-based medicine users
15 Feb, 2021 | 00:44h | UTC
Living systematic review on Cannabis and other plant-based treatments for chronic pain
2 Feb, 2021 | 01:01h | UTC
WHO issues new guidelines on the management of chronic pain in children
29 Jan, 2021 | 01:37h | UTCGuideline: Guidelines on the management of chronic pain in children – World Health Organization
Meta-analysis: Multiple intra-articular corticosteroid injections are no better than placebo for osteoarthritis pain
25 Jan, 2021 | 00:56h | UTC
Meta-analysis: Little benefit from antidepressants for the treatment of back pain and osteoarthritis
22 Jan, 2021 | 08:27h | UTCCommentary: Do antidepressants help back pain and osteoarthritis? – University of Sidney AND Antidepressants largely ineffective for back pain and osteoarthritis – The BMJ
Editorial: Antidepressants for musculoskeletal pain – The BMJ
Commentary on Twitter
Antidepressant drugs are largely ineffective for back and osteoarthritis pain, despite being widely used for these conditions, suggests a review of the evidence published by @bmj_latest https://t.co/pBmzSx0NLk @giovanni_ef
— BMJ (@bmj_company) January 21, 2021
Epidural corticosteroid injections for sciatica: An abridged Cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis
20 Jan, 2021 | 01:16h | UTCSource: EvidenceAlerts