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Research Updates: pain relief
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Issue 96
VILJANEN and colleagues, Tampere Regional Institute of Occupational Health, PO Box 486, FIN-33101 Tampere, Finland, matti.viljanen@ttl.fi, have conducted a randomized controlled trial on the effectiveness of d1
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Issue 88
LIPCHIK and NASH, St. Vincent Rehabilitation Services, 3413 Cherry Street, Erie, PA 16508, USA, Glipchik@aol.com, review (63 references) cognitive-behavioural issues in the treatment of chronic hea1
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Issue 88
MIDDAUGH and PAWLICK, Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Medical University of Couth Caroline, Children’s Hospital, Suite 525, PO Box 250912, 165 Ashley Avenue, Charleston, South Carolina 29325, USA,
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Issue 88
SMITH and colleagues, University of Southern Maine, USA, report on the effects of integrating therapeutic touch with a cognitive behavioural pain treatment programme.
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Issue 87
SUN and colleagues, Department of Psychiatry, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC, present a case study of mindfulness meditation for the control of severe headaches.
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Issue 87
ALLAIS and colleagues, Woman’s Headache Center, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University of Turin, Turin, Italy, conducted a trial of acupuncture in the prophylactic treatment if migraine by comparison with the drug flunarizine.
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Issue 86
STRAUSS-BLASCHE and colleagues, Department of Physiology, University of Vienna, Austria, gerhard.strauss-blasche@univie.ac.at, investigate the seasonal variations in th1
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Issue 83
FAUCETT et al., University of California, San Francisco 94143, USA, E: jaf@itsa.ucsf.edu, tested two training interventions to prevent work-related musculoskeletal disord1
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Issue 83
NICOLAKIS et al., Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Vienna, AKH Wien, Austria, E: peter.nicolakis@akh-wien.ac.at, demonstrated the effectiveness of exe1
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Issue 82
ADAMS and FIELD, School of Health and Human Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK, reviewed (52 references) psychological and social aspects of pain as relevant for pain management<1
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Issue 82
STOLLER and colleagues, Department of Sociology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106-7124, USA, eps3@po.cwru.edu, analysed the pain management strategies of patients pre1
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Issue 81
SCHARFF and colleagues, Pain Treatment Service, Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA, lisa.scharff@tch.harvard.edu, evaluated the effectiveness of thermal biofeedback in 1
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Issue 81
CHANG and colleagues, National Tainan Institute of Nursing, Tainan, Taiwan, evaluated the effects of massage on anxiety and reaction to pain during labour.
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Issue 76
KUBSCH and colleagues, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay, WI, USA, KubschM@GBMS01.uwgb.edu, evaluated the effectiveness of cutaneous stimulation (CS) in relieving pain
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Issue 51
ARNOLD and THORNBROUGH, Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine USA write that Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine (TCHM) uses naturally occurring p1
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Issue 51
FRANK, University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine, Medical Acupuncture for Physicians Program USA writes that neural therapy is a treatment system which helps to relieve chronic pain and illness.
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Issue 44
NICKELSON and colleagues, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Mercer University School of Medicine, Macon GA 31207, USA write that despite the availability of specialised treatment for chronic pain, including
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Issue 44
LAO and colleagues, Department of Family Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Maryland at Baltimore, 21207-6697 USA. Llao@compmed.ummc.ab.umd.edu write that although acupuncture is increasingly used by the general popul1
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Issue 44
LAUNSO and colleagues, Department of Social Pharmacy, royal Danish School of Pharmacy, Copenhagen, Denmark write that headache is the most frequently reported symptom among Danish adults, with migraine headache
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Issue 41
WOOLLAM and JACKSON, Norfolk Hospital Health Care NHS Trust, Norwich UK conducted a survey of acupuncture practice in chronic pain clinics in the UK.