Articles: acute-pain.
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Worldviews Evid Based Nurs · Oct 2015
Randomized Controlled TrialThe Effect of Foot Reflexology on Acute Pain in Infants: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
This study was a randomized controlled trial designed to evaluate the effect of foot reflexology applied on infants on acute pain that may arise after vaccine injection. ⋯ Reflexology before vaccine reduced the pain level experienced after vaccination. Future research needs to explore different interventional practices.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Attention bias modification and its impact on experimental pain outcomes: Comparison of training with words versus faces in pain.
The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of training participants' attention towards or away from painful faces versus pain-related words on pain outcomes on an acute experimental pain paradigm. ⋯ These findings confirm that attentional biases are modifiable, and impact (in the expected manner) how quickly participants perceive pain. Further, exposure to painful faces resulted in additional benefits to the level of pain reported. However, we were unable to confirm that change in attentional biases was the mechanism of change.
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Bmc Musculoskel Dis · Sep 2015
Randomized Controlled TrialPain pressure threshold of a muscle tender spot increases following local and non-local rolling massage.
The aim of the present study was to determine the acute effect of rolling massage on pressure pain threshold (PPT) in individuals with tender spots in their plantar flexor muscles. ⋯ Overall, rolling massage over a tender spot reduces pain perception.
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Bmc Musculoskel Dis · Sep 2015
Randomized Controlled TrialValue-based cognitive-behavioural therapy for the prevention of chronic whiplash associated disorders: protocol of a randomized controlled trial.
Whiplash injury is the most common traffic-related injury affecting thousands of people every year. Conservative treatments have not proven effective in preventing persistent symptoms and disability after whiplash injury. Early established maladaptive pain behaviours within the first weeks after the injury may explain part of the transition from acute to chronic whiplash associated disorder (WAD). Hence, early targeting of psychological risk factors such as pain catastrophizing, fear-avoidance-beliefs, depression, and symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may be important in preventing the development of chronic WAD. Some evidence exists that targeting fear-avoidance beliefs and PTSD with exposure strategies and value-based actions may prevent development of persistent disability after whiplash injury. Yet, the results have to be tested in a randomized controlled trial (RCT). The primary objective of the present study is to test whether a specifically tailored value-based cognitive-behavioural therapy program (V-CBT) is able to prevent the development of persistent disability, pain, and psychological distress if delivered within the first three months after a whiplash injury. ⋯ If the study detects significant effects of V-CBT as a preventive intervention, the study will provide new insights of preventive treatment for patients with WAD and thereby serve as an important step towards preventing the chronic condition.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study
Comparison of oral oxycodone and naproxen in soft tissue injury pain control: a double-blind randomized clinical trial.
This randomized clinical trial compares the efficacy and safety of oral oxycodone (an oral opioid) with naproxen (a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug) in acute pain control in patients with soft tissue injury. It also evaluates the need for additional doses of analgesics in the first 24 hours of discharge from emergency department (ED). ⋯ Oral oxycodone is as effective as naproxen in soft tissue injury pain control but has a less favorable safety profile.