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Improvements in Pain, Well-being, Arterial Pressure, and Lower Limb Volume Following Andullation Therapy in Healthy and Unhealthy Humans [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Our aim was to test the effects of Andullation therapy on pain threshold, pain perception, feeling of well-being, arterial pressure, and leg volume in healthy and unhealthy patients. We used a multidirectional vibration (frequency range: 5–40 Hz; peak-to-
Parras Moltó, Alba, Ribas Serna, Juan
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Frequency and Intensity of Electrical Stimulation of Human Sympathetic Ganglia Affect Heart Rate Variability and Pain Threshold

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2019
The study relates to the selection of effective clinical treatments based on the changes associated with each electrical stimulation condition. The aim was to investigate the effects of electrical stimulation on the autonomic nervous system by evaluating
Sung-Hyoun Cho
doaj   +1 more source

Quantitative sensory testing in painful hand osteoarthritis demonstrates features of peripheral sensitisation. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Hand osteoarthritis (HOA) is a prevalent condition for which treatments are based on analgesia and physical therapies. Our primary objective was to evaluate pain perception in participants with HOA by assessing the characteristics of nodal involvement ...
Ejindu, V   +5 more
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Synchrony and exertion during dance independently raise pain threshold and encourage social bonding

open access: yesBiology Letters, 2015
Group dancing is a ubiquitous human activity that involves exertive synchronized movement to music. It is hypothesized to play a role in social bonding, potentially via the release of endorphins, which are analgesic and reward-inducing, and have been ...
Bronwyn Tarr   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Pain science and practice as a ‘threshold concept’ within undergraduate and pre-registration physiotherapy education: a jewel of the curriculum?

open access: yesBMC Medical Education, 2023
Background Threshold concepts describe learning experiences that transform our understanding of a concept. Threshold concepts are variously: troublesome, transformative, irreversible, integrative and bounded.
Keith M. Smart
doaj   +1 more source

A Brief Mindfulness Meditation Training Increases Pain Threshold and Accelerates Modulation of Response to Tonic Pain in an Experimental Study.

open access: yesPain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 2016
OBJECTIVE Research shows that mindfulness meditation (MM) affects pain perception; however, studies have yet to measure patterns of change over time. We examined effects of MM on perception of experimental heat pain using multiple psychophysical indices,
Keren Reiner   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Osteoarthritis Disease Detection System using Self Organizing Maps Method based on Ossa Manus X-Ray [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of Computer Applications, Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA. Volume 173 - Number 3, 2017, 2018
Osteoarthritis is a disease found in the world, including in Indonesia. The purpose of this study was to detect the disease Osteoarthritis using Self Organizing mapping (SOM), and to know the procedure of artificial intelligence on the methods of Self Organizing Mapping (SOM).
arxiv   +1 more source

Statistical Applications in Pain Management: A Review [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2023
Chronic pain is a widespread and debilitating condition that affects millions of individuals worldwide. Recent research has unveiled a connection between chronic pain and epigenetic processes, shedding light on the complex interplay between genetics, environment, and pain perception.
arxiv  

A Novel Model of Cancer-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy and the Role of TRPA1 in Pain Transduction [PDF]

open access: yesPain Research and Management, Volume 2017, Article ID 3517207, 2018
Background. Models of cancer-induced neuropathy are designed by injecting cancer cells near the peripheral nerves. The interference of tissue-resident immune cells does not allow a direct contact with nerve fibres which affects the tumor microenvironment and the invasion process. Methods.
arxiv   +1 more source

Emotional arousal when watching drama increases pain threshold and social bonding

open access: yesRoyal Society Open Science, 2016
Fiction, whether in the form of storytelling or plays, has a particular attraction for us: we repeatedly return to it and are willing to invest money and time in doing so. Why this is so is an evolutionary enigma that has been surprisingly underexplored.
Robin I. M. Dunbar   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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