The Clinical journal of pain
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The purpose of the present study was to examine factors that influence individual differences in treatment response after multidisciplinary pain management. ⋯ Changes in coping strategies and negative thinking may be important mechanisms related to improvement, or lack of improvement, in a range of outcome measures. Patients from families who are controlling and disorganized, and patients high on negative thinking at pretreatment may represent high-risk groups in need of further individually tailored interventions.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
False-positive rates of cervical zygapophysial joint blocks.
To determine the false-positive rate of anesthetic blocks of the medial branches of the cervical dorsal rami in the diagnosis of cervical zygapophysial joint pain. ⋯ Uncontrolled diagnostic blocks are compromised by a significant false-positive rate that seriously detracts from the specificity of the test.
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To develop a methodology for translating the McGill Pain Questionnaire (MPQ) into a Danish version, and to make comparisons to studies of patients speaking other languages. ⋯ The present methodology of translating the McGill Pain Questionnaire permits comparison of studies from English-speaking and non-English-speaking populations, thus facilitating international research exchange.