2.Mechanism of Chronic Pain and IMS (Interventional Muscle and Nerve Stimulation).
Journal of the Korean Academy of Family Medicine 2006;27(5):341-351
No abstract available.
Chronic Pain*
3.The Latest Trend in IMS Therapy for Chronic Pain.
Anesthesia and Pain Medicine 2007;2(1):1-3
No abstract available.
Chronic Pain*
4.Evaluation and Management of Chronic Pain.
Journal of the Korean Academy of Family Medicine 2003;24(2):103-111
Chronic pain is a self-sustaining, self-reinforcing, and self- regenerating process. It persists beyond 3~6 months regardless of initial diagnostic category. It is not a symptom of an underlying acute somatic injury but rather, a destructive illness in its own right. It is an illness of the whole person and not a disease caused by the pathological state of an organ system. Chronic pain is persistent, long-lived, and progressive. Pain perception is markedly enhanced. Pain related behaviour becomes maladaptive and grossly disproportional to any underlying noxious stimulus, which usually has healed and no longer serves as an underlying pain generator. The purpose of this paper to present an approach to the prevention of chronic pain and disability, and to provide the clinician with potentially useful tools for the recognition of individuals at risk for chronic illness for whom multidisciplinary treatment is indicated.
Chronic Disease
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Chronic Pain*
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Humans
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Pain Perception
5.The Effectiveness of a Three Phase Bone Scan for Making the Diagnosis of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome.
Nan Seol KIM ; Kyeong Eon PARK ; Sae Young KIM ; Yun Jeong CHAE ; Chan KIM ; Kyung Ream HAN
The Korean Journal of Pain 2009;22(1):33-38
BACKGROUND: Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is still difficult to diagnose in the field of chronic pain management. CRPS is diagnosed by purely clinical criteria based on the characteristic signs and symptoms, which have to be differentiated from similar pain conditions like posttraumatic neuropathic pain. Until now, there has been a lack of objective diagnostic tools to confirm the diagnosis of CRPS. The aim of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of a three phase bone scan (TBS) for making the diagnosis of CRPS. METHODS: A total of 121 patients who had been diagnosed with CRPS were evaluated. All the patients were examined by performing a TBS as a part of the diagnostic work-up. A diffuse increased tracer uptake on the delayed image (phase III) was defined as a positive finding for CRPS. RESULTS: Forty-one patients (33.9%) out of 121 showed the positive results on the TBS. The patients with a duration of pain of less than 24 months had a significantly higher positive result (43.4%) on the TBS than did the patients with duration of pain longer than 24 months (12.1%). CONCLUSIONS: A TBS could give a better objective result for diagnosing CRPS for patients with a shorter duration of pain and a TBS gives little information for the diagnosis of CRPS in patients with a duration of pain longer than 24 months.
Chronic Pain
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Humans
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Neuralgia
6.Inverse Electrode Placement May Help to Improve Electrotherapeutic Effects in the Field of Chronic Pain Management.
The Korean Journal of Pain 2016;29(3):202-204
No abstract available.
Chronic Pain*
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Electrodes*
7.Two cases of opioid rotation applied to patients with chronic pain.
Gun Woo KIM ; Sung An KANG ; Young Deog CHA ; Doo Ik LEE ; Jang Ho SONG
Korean Journal of Anesthesiology 2013;65(6 Suppl):S141-S142
No abstract available.
Chronic Pain*
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Humans
8.A cross sectional study of chronic pain relief after bekam (traditional malay “cupping”) therapy
Kean Ghee Lim ; Shu Whey Chuah ; Michelle Ee Shan Too ; Zheng Guo Wong ; Ashwin Murugesan ; Syed Ameer Bin Syed Azman
International e-Journal of Science, Medicine and Education 2015;9(2):32-36
Introduction: Bekam, an Islamic variant of cupping,
is an ancient form of traditional medicine still practised
today in Malaysia. There are published findings
indicating that cupping benefits patients with low back
pain, other musculoskeletal pain and even pain from
cancer, herpes zoster and trigeminal neuralgia when
pain is measured on an analogue scale. We proposed to
investigate whether in addition to pain improvement on
an analogue scale we could show if pain relief might be
demonstrated in terms of reduction of analgesic use.
Methods: We carried out a retrospective cross sectional
study on subjects who had been for outpatient clinic
treatment with chronic pain of at least one month and
who completed at least two bekam therapy sessions.
In addition to documenting a pain score before and after
therapy we documented their analgesic consumption.
Results: A total of 77 respondents, with overlapping
symptoms of headache, backache and joint pains were
included. The mean pain score before bekam therapy
was 6.74±1.78, and was 2.66±1.64 after two sessions
of therapy. Twenty eight respondents completed
six sessions of bekam therapy and had a mean pain
score of 2.25±1.32 after. Thirty-four patients consumed
analgesic medication before starting bekam therapy and
only twelve did so after. The consumption of analgesics
was significantly lower after bekam therapy.
Conclusions: Bekam therapy appears to help patients
experience less pain and reduce the amount of analgesic
medication they consume. Nevertheless only a
randomised prospective study will eliminate the biases
a retrospective study is encumbered with and we believe
would be worth doing.
Medicine, Traditional
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Chronic Pain
9.The role and position of antipsychotics in managing chronic pain
The Korean Journal of Pain 2019;32(1):1-2
No abstract available.
Antipsychotic Agents
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Chronic Pain
10.Mental health stigma: another enemy for defeat chronic pain
The Korean Journal of Pain 2018;31(2):71-72
No abstract available.
Chronic Pain
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Mental Health