Core recommendations for osteoarthritis care: a systematic review of clinical practice guidelines

B Conley, S Bunzli, J Bullen, P O'Brien… - Arthritis care & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To evaluate the quality of clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) for interventions in
management of osteoarthritis (OA) and to provide a synthesis of high‐quality CPG …

Prevalence, deaths, and disability‐adjusted life years due to musculoskeletal disorders for 195 countries and territories 1990–2017

S Safiri, AA Kolahi, M Cross, C Hill… - Arthritis & …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To report the levels and trends of prevalence, deaths, and disability‐adjusted life
years (DALYs) due to musculoskeletal disorders, categorized as low back pain, neck pain …

General practitioners' attitudes towards opioids for non-cancer pain: a qualitative systematic review

R Punwasi, L De Kleijn, JBM Rijkels-Otters, M Veen… - BMJ open, 2022 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives Worldwide the use of opioids, both doctor-prescribed and illicit, has increased. In
most countries, opioids are first prescribed by general practitioners (GPs). Identifying factors …

Basic opioid pharmacology—an update

A James, J Williams - British journal of pain, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Opioids are a group of analgesic agents commonly used in clinical practice. The three
classical opioid receptors are MOP, DOP and KOP. The NOP (N/OFQ) receptor is …

[HTML][HTML] Unraveling negative expectations and nocebo-related effects in musculoskeletal pain

G Rossettini, A Colombi, E Carlino, M Manoni… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
This Perspective adapts the ViolEx Model, a framework validated in several clinical
conditions, to better understand the role of expectations in the recovery and/or maintenance …

Functional neurological disorder is common in patients attending chronic pain clinics

I Mason, J Renée, I Marples… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background and purpose Chronic pain is a common comorbidity in those with functional
neurological disorder (FND); however, the prevalence and characteristics of FND in those …

[HTML][HTML] Repeated administration of clinical doses of tramadol and tapentadol causes hepato-and nephrotoxic effects in Wistar rats

J Barbosa, J Faria, F Garcez, S Leal, LP Afonso… - Pharmaceuticals, 2020 - mdpi.com
Tramadol and tapentadol are fully synthetic and extensively used analgesic opioids,
presenting enhanced therapeutic and safety profiles as compared with their peers. However …

Impaired health-related quality of life, psychological distress, and productivity loss in younger people with persistent shoulder pain: a cross-sectional analysis

IN Ackerman, K Fotis, L Pearson, P Schoch… - Disability and …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose To investigate wellbeing and work impacts in younger people with persistent
shoulder pain. Materials and methods People aged 20–55 years with shoulder pain of> 6 …

The opioid epidemic: helping rheumatologists prevent a crisis

AP Trouvin, F Berenbaum, S Perrot - RMD open, 2019 - rmdopen.bmj.com
An endemic increase in the number of deaths attributable to prescribed opioids is found in
all developed countries. In 2016 in the USA, more than 46 people died each day from …

Cost-effectiveness and safety of interspinous process decompression (superion)

K Cairns, T Deer, D Sayed, K van Noort… - Pain Medicine, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Objective There are several treatment options for patients suffering from lumbar spinal
stenosis, including surgical and conservative care. Interspinous spacer decompression …