13th World Congress on Pain
13th World Congress on Pain draws international experts to Montréal from August 29 to September 2, 2010. This year’s congress will include presentations on a wide variety of topics including research findings, cancer and neuropathic pain The International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) World Congress on Pain is back in Montréal for the [...]
Reducing Patient Barriers to Pain and Fatigue Management
Pain and fatigue are recognized as critical symptoms that impact the quality of life of cancer patients. The barriers to pain and fatigue relief have been classified into three categories: patient, professional, and system barriers. The overall objective of this trial as to test the effects of the “Passport to Comfort†intervention on reducing barriers [...]
Interventions to improve adherence to exercise for chronic musculoskeletal pain in adults.
The objective of this review was to assess the effects of interventions to improve adherence to exercise and physical activity for people with chronic musculoskeletal pain. 42 trials with 8243 participants, mainly with osteoarthritis and spinal pain were included. Methods used for improving and measuring adherence in the included trials were inconsistent. Two of the [...]
The prevalence, distribution, and effect of pain among adolescents with cerebral palsy.
The purpose of this study was to describe the prevalence, distribution, and intensity of pain and determine the relationship between pain intensity and effect on daily activities in adolescents with cerebral palsy. A sample of 104 girls and 126 boys, mean ages 14.7 (SD = 1.7) and 14.8 (SD = 1.7) years, were asked “Have [...]
Pain in children with cerebral palsy: implications for pediatric physical therapy.
This literature review explores pain assessment tools and psychosocial pain management methods that are pertinent to physical therapy (PT) for children with cerebral palsy (CP). Children with CP experience considerable pain that affects quality of life and cooperation during healthcare procedures. Physical therapist-led research on interventions to address pain in this population is limited, despite [...]
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