Articles: pain-management-methods.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
The Effect on Pain of Buzzy® and ShotBlocker® during the Administration of Intramuscular Injections to Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
To investigate the effect of Buzzy® and ShotBlocker® on reducing pain induced by intramuscular penicillin injections in children. ⋯ Buzzy® was more effective compared with ShotBlocker® in this study.
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The majority of patients undergoing total joint replacement (TJR) experience surgical pain in the early postoperative period and managing pain can be challenging for orthopedic surgeons and their patients. ⋯ With trends toward shorter hospital stays, as well as the growing opioid epidemic and the associated concerns regarding prescribing opioids, home-based pain management should be a priority. Interventions should include education about narcotic use and abuse as well as nonmedication approaches to pain management.
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Purpose: Neck muscle vibration immediately improves cervical joint position sense and dynamic postural control but increases pressure pain thresholds in neck pain patients. The aim of this study was to explore longer lasting effects of neck muscle vibration on sensorimotor control and pressure pain threshold. Materials and methods: Five series of neck muscle vibration were delivered to 15 neck pain patients and 11 healthy controls in this case control study. ⋯ Neck muscle vibration improves arm-matching acuity in neck pain patients. Neck muscle vibration increases pressure pain thresholds at the stimulated place but decrease pressure pain thresholds more distally. Neck muscle vibration shows distinct effects in neck pain patients and healthy control.
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Observational Study
[Reducing the pain in invasive procedures during paediatric hospital admissions: Fiction, reality or virtual reality?]
Potentially painful invasive procedures are often performed for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes in hospitalised paediatric patients. Approaches, such as virtual reality (VR), should be sought in order to minimise pain and anxiety during these procedures. ⋯ The use of VR can reduce pain and anxiety during invasive procedures in hospitalized children.
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Severe persistent pain after groin hernia repair impairs quality-of-life. Prospective, consecutive cohort study including patients with pain-related impairment of physical and social life. Relevant surgical records were obtained, and examinations were by standardized clinical and neurophysiological tests. ⋯ This 5-year cohort study in patients with severe persistent pain after groin hernia repair signals that selection to re-surgery or pharmacotherapy, based on examination of pain sensitivity, is associated with significant improvement in outcome. Analyzing composite endpoints, combining pain and physical function, are novel in exploring interventional effects. ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier NCT03713047.