Targeting fibromyalgia pain: brain–spinal cord and peripheral
... The use of research-based classification criteria has resulted in considerable insight into FM [3] and the use of different diagnostic criteria aids diagnosis in the clinic [4] . All criteria for FM rely only on clinical history and examination. In all societies studied it has a high prevalence and ...
... The use of research-based classification criteria has resulted in considerable insight into FM [3] and the use of different diagnostic criteria aids diagnosis in the clinic [4] . All criteria for FM rely only on clinical history and examination. In all societies studied it has a high prevalence and ...
Teva Provides Largest Unrestricted Research Grant Ever to
... would like to advocate and implement. Mentors work with the participants in small groups to refine the advocates’ messages, the message delivery, and establish an effective plan of action. Media training and coaching on effective advocacy to legislators is a key part of the program. More than 300 ne ...
... would like to advocate and implement. Mentors work with the participants in small groups to refine the advocates’ messages, the message delivery, and establish an effective plan of action. Media training and coaching on effective advocacy to legislators is a key part of the program. More than 300 ne ...
Mild Traumatic Brain Injury - Insurance Rehabilitation Study Group
... “Following concussion, cerebral pathophysiology can be adversely affected for days in animals and weeks in humans. Significant changes in cerebral glucose metabolism can exist even in head-injured patients with normal Glasgow Coma Scores, underscoring the need for in-depth clinical assessment in an ...
... “Following concussion, cerebral pathophysiology can be adversely affected for days in animals and weeks in humans. Significant changes in cerebral glucose metabolism can exist even in head-injured patients with normal Glasgow Coma Scores, underscoring the need for in-depth clinical assessment in an ...
Central Nervous System Neurodegeneration and Tinnitus
... substrates associated with tinnitus (i.e., a final common pathway [FCP] for tinnitus) [5]. The cascade of changes associated with ischemia and inflammation are controlled by molecular proteogenomic mechanisms involving glutamate, calcium, and calpain activities [6–8]. It is hypothesized that alterat ...
... substrates associated with tinnitus (i.e., a final common pathway [FCP] for tinnitus) [5]. The cascade of changes associated with ischemia and inflammation are controlled by molecular proteogenomic mechanisms involving glutamate, calcium, and calpain activities [6–8]. It is hypothesized that alterat ...
Simvastatin protects ischemic spinal cord injury from cell death and
... acute traumatic spinal cord injury, ischemia and the following reperfusion play a critical role in primary mechanical and secondary pathophysiological mechanisms [4–6]. After the initial rapid compression and trauma, spinal cord ischemia occurs via various mechanisms, including direct injury to the ...
... acute traumatic spinal cord injury, ischemia and the following reperfusion play a critical role in primary mechanical and secondary pathophysiological mechanisms [4–6]. After the initial rapid compression and trauma, spinal cord ischemia occurs via various mechanisms, including direct injury to the ...
Motor Unit Number Est.
... more accurately an estimate of the number of motor units in groups of muscles rather than in a single muscle. Also, although the assumption that all motor axons are activated by supramaximal stimulation is generally true, it may not be the case in the presence of disease in which there are high-thre ...
... more accurately an estimate of the number of motor units in groups of muscles rather than in a single muscle. Also, although the assumption that all motor axons are activated by supramaximal stimulation is generally true, it may not be the case in the presence of disease in which there are high-thre ...
Rotator Cuff Disease
... • This exercise places the shoulder in medial rotation as the shoulder is abducted, a position that does not allow sufficient space for the greater tubercle to clear the acromion process • Onset of pain from Upright Rows often is not immediate, although it may be • Accelerates rotator cuff degenerat ...
... • This exercise places the shoulder in medial rotation as the shoulder is abducted, a position that does not allow sufficient space for the greater tubercle to clear the acromion process • Onset of pain from Upright Rows often is not immediate, although it may be • Accelerates rotator cuff degenerat ...
Your Guide To Back Pain Relief
... outer one-third of the disc is sensitive to pain. So, you may not experience pain until you do an activity or make a movement that causes just enough increased pressure on the disc to force the matter out to the pain sensitive areas. This results in inflammation and pain. This sensation can send you ...
... outer one-third of the disc is sensitive to pain. So, you may not experience pain until you do an activity or make a movement that causes just enough increased pressure on the disc to force the matter out to the pain sensitive areas. This results in inflammation and pain. This sensation can send you ...
Headache (Dr. Merchut) The common symptom of headache can be
... Vascular headaches typically have a throbbing, pounding, pulsatile quality of pain that seemed to arise from cranial blood vessels. Although there is an abnormal tendency for arterial vasodilation in migraine, current research suggests that it does not cause, but rather is an effect, of spontaneous ...
... Vascular headaches typically have a throbbing, pounding, pulsatile quality of pain that seemed to arise from cranial blood vessels. Although there is an abnormal tendency for arterial vasodilation in migraine, current research suggests that it does not cause, but rather is an effect, of spontaneous ...
Comprehensive Evaluation of the Child With Intellectual
... autism, or a single-domain developmental delay (gross motor delay or specific language impairment).1 Some children will present both with GDD and clinical features of autism. In such cases, the judgment of the clinical geneticist will be important in determining the evaluation of the child depending ...
... autism, or a single-domain developmental delay (gross motor delay or specific language impairment).1 Some children will present both with GDD and clinical features of autism. In such cases, the judgment of the clinical geneticist will be important in determining the evaluation of the child depending ...
Apresentação do PowerPoint
... 3.2- Transient enlargement of the lesion related to pseudoprogression Transient enlargement of a PA may be demonstrated after initiation of chemotherapy as well as radiation therapy (Fig.15). This transient enlargement is probably related to an inflammatory response to therapy, and sometimes necrosi ...
... 3.2- Transient enlargement of the lesion related to pseudoprogression Transient enlargement of a PA may be demonstrated after initiation of chemotherapy as well as radiation therapy (Fig.15). This transient enlargement is probably related to an inflammatory response to therapy, and sometimes necrosi ...
CHAPTER 19 Lesions of the Spine and Spinal Cord
... curious symptom called lumbar claudication. When walking or standing for long time, they begin to develop pain and heaviness proximally in their legs. Paresthesias and weakness follow if they cannot rest. These symptoms are due to irritation of roots because they are rubbed over spinal spurs. Also, ...
... curious symptom called lumbar claudication. When walking or standing for long time, they begin to develop pain and heaviness proximally in their legs. Paresthesias and weakness follow if they cannot rest. These symptoms are due to irritation of roots because they are rubbed over spinal spurs. Also, ...
Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in US Soldiers Returning from Iraq
... loss of consciousness (253 said they had been “dazed, confused, or seeing stars”). Four soldiers reported loss of consciousness lasting longer than 30 minutes. Although technically they were considered to have had moderate traumatic brain injury, they were not excluded because the number was low and ...
... loss of consciousness (253 said they had been “dazed, confused, or seeing stars”). Four soldiers reported loss of consciousness lasting longer than 30 minutes. Although technically they were considered to have had moderate traumatic brain injury, they were not excluded because the number was low and ...
Successful Treatment of Aspergillus Sinusitis with Oral Voriconazole
... voriconazole was a better option of treatment with the present patient because of his severe renal function impairment. In conclusion, aspergillosis is a rare filamentous fungal infection and occurs mostly in immunocompromised patients. The mainstay of aspergillosis treatment includes surgical debri ...
... voriconazole was a better option of treatment with the present patient because of his severe renal function impairment. In conclusion, aspergillosis is a rare filamentous fungal infection and occurs mostly in immunocompromised patients. The mainstay of aspergillosis treatment includes surgical debri ...
ICP management - Boston Medical Center
... vecuronium, both non-depolarizing NMBAs, may also be used. These agents have a rapid onset, but a longer duration of action than succinylcholine. Succinylcholine and rocuronium should be given 1 minute before intubation and vecuronium should be given 3-5 minutes prior to intubation. ...
... vecuronium, both non-depolarizing NMBAs, may also be used. These agents have a rapid onset, but a longer duration of action than succinylcholine. Succinylcholine and rocuronium should be given 1 minute before intubation and vecuronium should be given 3-5 minutes prior to intubation. ...
Cluster Headache - UT Southwestern Medical Center
... The attacks usually occur like clockwork and they often awaken people from sleep at the same time each night. Most people experience more than one attack each day, often in the late afternoon or in the evening. How is cluster headache diagnosed? The diagnosis is based on a typical history and normal ...
... The attacks usually occur like clockwork and they often awaken people from sleep at the same time each night. Most people experience more than one attack each day, often in the late afternoon or in the evening. How is cluster headache diagnosed? The diagnosis is based on a typical history and normal ...
Adjusting the Scapula
... Thompson, to form a comprehensive full from the spine. Following proper analy- primary problem before any extremity adbody adjusting procedure called Minardi sis, detection and correction of any spinal justment is performed. If the serratus anteIntegrated Systems. Also known as The subluxations pres ...
... Thompson, to form a comprehensive full from the spine. Following proper analy- primary problem before any extremity adbody adjusting procedure called Minardi sis, detection and correction of any spinal justment is performed. If the serratus anteIntegrated Systems. Also known as The subluxations pres ...
Study of Sleep Patterns Might Advance Our Knowledge on Alertness
... TBI population as well in the general population remains elusive, the available knowledge on EMG activity recording in polysomnography (PSG) can provide information on a range of neural factors involved in trigeminal motor neurons. Such study can enable determination of the genesis of RBD. Another s ...
... TBI population as well in the general population remains elusive, the available knowledge on EMG activity recording in polysomnography (PSG) can provide information on a range of neural factors involved in trigeminal motor neurons. Such study can enable determination of the genesis of RBD. Another s ...
body on head righting reflex
... Stimulus stretch of neck muscles due to alteration of position of head relative to body Receptormuscle spindles/ pacinian corpuscles in ligaments of cervical joint Response flexion of forelimbs and extension of hind limbs on ventroflexion of head & vice versa. Flexion of ipsilateral limb and ext ...
... Stimulus stretch of neck muscles due to alteration of position of head relative to body Receptormuscle spindles/ pacinian corpuscles in ligaments of cervical joint Response flexion of forelimbs and extension of hind limbs on ventroflexion of head & vice versa. Flexion of ipsilateral limb and ext ...
Neuronitis and Labyrinthitis
... Causes There is evidence to suggest that vestibular neuronitis and labyrinthitis can be caused by some viral and bacterial infections, such as upper respiratory tract infections or influenza, amongst others. In many cases of vestibular neuronitis or labyrinthitis no cause is ever found. Auditory sym ...
... Causes There is evidence to suggest that vestibular neuronitis and labyrinthitis can be caused by some viral and bacterial infections, such as upper respiratory tract infections or influenza, amongst others. In many cases of vestibular neuronitis or labyrinthitis no cause is ever found. Auditory sym ...
The pathophysiology of motor symptoms in Parkinson`s disease
... in this sense that PD patients are “driving while stepping on the brakes”. Of course this is an oversimplification, which becomes more clear when these features of parkinsonism are analyzed in greater detail. It has been demonstrated manifold that PD patients have longer latency times before movemen ...
... in this sense that PD patients are “driving while stepping on the brakes”. Of course this is an oversimplification, which becomes more clear when these features of parkinsonism are analyzed in greater detail. It has been demonstrated manifold that PD patients have longer latency times before movemen ...
Introduction to the Self
... Consciousness requires sufficient electrical brain activity, else sensations remain subliminal: (1) Sensations become conscious only after a sufficient duration of electrical brain activity (Libet, 1973; Libet, et al., 1975; Libet, et al., 1991); (2) lower than liminal stimuli do not rise to conscio ...
... Consciousness requires sufficient electrical brain activity, else sensations remain subliminal: (1) Sensations become conscious only after a sufficient duration of electrical brain activity (Libet, 1973; Libet, et al., 1975; Libet, et al., 1991); (2) lower than liminal stimuli do not rise to conscio ...
IFP addendum_US.book
... monitoring is especially important for patients whose growth is not complete at implant. Consideration should be given to replacement of the extension with one of greater length during other elective surgery procedures, such as during the regular changeout of neurostimulators that must occur because ...
... monitoring is especially important for patients whose growth is not complete at implant. Consideration should be given to replacement of the extension with one of greater length during other elective surgery procedures, such as during the regular changeout of neurostimulators that must occur because ...
Neuro Oncology: Neuroradiology
... of the cerebral hemispheres. • Neuroradiologists should be aware of this condition when considering the differential of brain stem atrophic conditions. ...
... of the cerebral hemispheres. • Neuroradiologists should be aware of this condition when considering the differential of brain stem atrophic conditions. ...