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J Headache Pain ; 18(1): 99, 2017 Sep 29.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28963668

RESUMEN

BACKGROUND: Pain is a very common condition in patient undergoing rehabilitation for neurological disease; however the presence of primary headaches and other cranio-facial pains, particularly when they are actually or apparently independent from the disability for which patient is undergoing rehabilitation, is often neglected. Diagnostic and therapeutic international and national guidelines, as well as tools for the subjective measure of head pain are available and should also be applied in the neurorehabilitation setting. This calls for searching the presence of head pain, independently from the rehabilitation needs, since pain, either episodic or chronic, interferes with patient performance by affecting physical and emotional status. Pain may also interfere with sleep and therefore hamper recovery. METHODS: In our role of task force of the Italian Consensus Conference on Pain in Neurorehabilitation (ICCPN), we have elaborated specific recommendations for diagnosing and treating head pains in patients undergoing rehabilitation for neurological diseases. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: In this narrative review, we describe the available literature that has been evaluated in order to define the recommendations and outline the needs of epidemiological studies concerning headache and other cranio-facial pain in neurorehabilitation.


Asunto(s)
Dolor Facial/terapia , Cefaleas Primarias/terapia , Cefalea/terapia , Rehabilitación Neurológica/métodos , Dolor Facial/diagnóstico , Cefalea/diagnóstico , Cefaleas Primarias/diagnóstico , Humanos
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Eur J Phys Rehabil Med ; 52(6): 867-880, 2016 Dec.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27830925

RESUMEN

Pain is a disabling symptom and is often the foremost symptom of conditions for which patients undergo neurorehabilitation. We systematically searched the PubMed and Embase electronic databases for current evidence on the frequency, evolution, predictors, assessment, and pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment of pain in patients with headache, craniofacial pain, low back pain, failed back surgery syndrome, osteoarticular pain, myofascial pain syndrome, fibromyalgia, and chronic pelvic pain. Despite the heterogeneity of published data, consensus was reached on pain assessment and management of patients with these conditions and on the utility of a multidisciplinary approach to pain therapy that combines the benefits of pharmacological therapy, physiotherapy, neurorehabilitation, and psychotherapy. We of the Italian Consensus Conference on Pain in Neurorehabilitation (ICCPN) suggest a need to conduct randomized controlled trials on the efficacy of pain treatments and their risk-benefit profile for the conditions we have reviewed.


Asunto(s)
Cefalea/rehabilitación , Dolor de la Región Lumbar/rehabilitación , Rehabilitación Neurológica/métodos , Dolor Nociceptivo/rehabilitación , Manejo del Dolor/métodos , Dimensión del Dolor , Terapia Combinada , Medicina Basada en la Evidencia , Humanos , Italia , Evaluación de Resultado en la Atención de Salud , Investigación Biomédica Traslacional
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Ig Sanita Pubbl ; 68(3): 421-34, 2012.
Artículo en Italiano | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23064139

RESUMEN

INTRODUCTION: The aim of the study was to conduct a cross sectional study on pain among inpatients and outpatients in a large teaching hospital. METHODS: The study was carried out at the Policlinico "Umberto I", Rome, in October 2009, using a questionnaire developed by Gigi Ghirotti Foundation. The pain intensity was graded mild (VAS scale 1-3), moderate (VAS 4-6) and severe (7-10). RESULTS: The participants were 825 patients (response rate 75.8%), aged over or equal 18 years, 435 females (median age 54, range 18-95) and 390 males (median age 60, range 19-89). 420 patients (50.9%) declared to feel pain during the hospitalization, and among them 84.3% received adequate therapy. 23.3% of responders presented a pain score over 8, with patients admitted to internal medicine wards with highest score (p = 0.037). The pain control (score ³ 6) was obtained in 71.4% patients. Pain and severe pain perception was higher among females (55.6% and 36.1% vs 45.6% and 29.2%, respectively) (p = 0.004 and p = 0.036). The multivariate analysis showed that the following variables are positively associated to the dependent variable "how much pain do you feel in this moment?": female gender (p < 0.001), length of stay (p = 0.081), admission in medical wards (p = 0.028), being admitted in ordinary way (p = 0.004), while if the patients filled in the questionnaire was inversely associated (p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: The application of the guidelines on free pain hospital is increasing, however we must consider that almost one fifth of the patients who suffered pain within the hospital did not receive any treatment for that.


Asunto(s)
Hospitales de Enseñanza/estadística & datos numéricos , Pacientes Internos/estadística & datos numéricos , Dolor/epidemiología , Adolescente , Adulto , Anciano , Anciano de 80 o más Años , Algoritmos , Estudios Transversales , Femenino , Encuestas Epidemiológicas , Humanos , Italia/epidemiología , Tiempo de Internación/estadística & datos numéricos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Análisis Multivariante , Pacientes Ambulatorios/estadística & datos numéricos , Dolor/diagnóstico , Dolor/tratamiento farmacológico , Manejo del Dolor , Dimensión del Dolor , Prevalencia , Factores de Riesgo , Distribución por Sexo , Encuestas y Cuestionarios
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Headache ; 50(3): 348-56, 2010 Mar.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20039961

RESUMEN

BACKGROUND: Headache is one of the most common symptoms in an emergency department (ED), while migraine is the most frequently observed headache in this setting. The aim of our study was to evaluate the influence of clinical and psychometric variables on the repeater phenomenon, ie, patients who make at least 3 visits to the ED at least 1 week apart during a 6-month period. METHODS: According to the International Classification of Headache Disorders, 2nd edition (ICHD-II) criteria, we consecutively recruited Italian-speaking migraine subjects who came to the ED or outpatient service. All the patients underwent the Migraine Disability Assessment Scale for the evaluation of migraine disability. We also administered the Beck Depression Inventory, State and Trait Anxiety Inventory, and Toronto Alexithymia Scale-20 for the evaluation of depressive, anxiety, and alexithymic symptoms, respectively. A personality profile was also obtained by means of the Tridimensional Personality Questionnaire (TPQ). RESULTS: We consecutively enrolled 465 migraine patients, diagnosed according to the ICHD-II criteria. Seventy (15%) of these patients met the repeater definition. The repeater group had more severe disability and was affected to a greater degree by chronic migraine, regardless of symptomatic drug overuse, than the non-repeater group. As regards the psychometric variables, repeaters were more alexithymic, anxious, and depressed than non-repeaters. The personality profile, as measured by the TPQ, revealed that the repeater patients scored higher on the harm avoidance scale and their subscales than the non-repeater patients. CONCLUSIONS: According to the findings of our study, the repeater migraineur is typically triptan-naïve, more alexithymic, and more depressed than the non-repeater migraineur. A clinical and psychometric evaluation of repeater patients who go to the ED because of migraine attacks may help to understand this epidemiological and clinical phenomenon. From a clinical point of view, these psychometric findings may not only shed light on the epidemiology of migraine in the ED, but may also help to design a specific therapeutic protocol for this subgroup of migraine patients.


Asunto(s)
Servicios Médicos de Urgencia/estadística & datos numéricos , Trastornos Migrañosos/epidemiología , Trastornos Migrañosos/psicología , Trastornos del Humor/epidemiología , Trastornos del Humor/psicología , Adulto , Trastornos de Ansiedad/epidemiología , Trastornos de Ansiedad/psicología , Enfermedad Crónica/epidemiología , Enfermedad Crónica/psicología , Comorbilidad , Trastorno Depresivo/epidemiología , Trastorno Depresivo/psicología , Evaluación de la Discapacidad , Servicios Médicos de Urgencia/tendencias , Femenino , Cefaleas Secundarias/epidemiología , Cefaleas Secundarias/psicología , Humanos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Trastornos Migrañosos/terapia , Pruebas Neuropsicológicas , Dimensión del Dolor , Aceptación de la Atención de Salud/psicología , Aceptación de la Atención de Salud/estadística & datos numéricos , Psicometría , Recurrencia
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J Headache Pain ; 10(6): 423-9, 2009 Dec.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19763770

RESUMEN

The association between estrogens "withdrawal" and attacks of migraine without aura is well-known. The aim of the study was to examine the features of laser evoked potentials (LEPs), including habituation, in women suffering from migraine without aura versus healthy controls, during the pre-menstrual and late luteal phases. Nine migraine without aura and 10 non-migraine healthy women, were evaluated during the pre-menstrual phase and late luteal phase. The LEPs were recorded during the inter-critical phase. The right supraorbital zone and the dorsum of the right hand were stimulated. Three consecutive series of 20 laser stimuli were obtained for each stimulation site. Laser pain perception was rated by a 0-100 VAS after each stimulation series. Migraine patients exhibited increased LEPs amplitude and reduced habituation compared to normal subjects. Laser-pain perception was increased during the pre-menstrual phase in both patients and controls. Migraine patients and controls showed increased P2 and N2-P2 amplitude in the pre-menstrual phase, on both stimulation sites. During the pre-menstrual phase the N2-P2 habituation appeared to be reduced in both migraine and healthy women. The estrogen withdrawal occurring during the menstrual cycle may favor reduced habituation of nociceptive cortex, which may facilitate pain symptoms and migraine in predisposed women.


Asunto(s)
Estrógenos/deficiencia , Potenciales Evocados/fisiología , Ciclo Menstrual/fisiología , Trastornos Migrañosos/fisiopatología , Umbral del Dolor/fisiología , Adulto , Vías Aferentes/fisiología , Vías Aferentes/efectos de la radiación , Corteza Cerebral/fisiología , Corteza Cerebral/efectos de la radiación , Femenino , Habituación Psicofisiológica/fisiología , Habituación Psicofisiológica/efectos de la radiación , Humanos , Rayos Láser , Trastornos Migrañosos/metabolismo , Nociceptores/fisiología , Nociceptores/efectos de la radiación , Dimensión del Dolor/métodos , Umbral del Dolor/efectos de la radiación , Adulto Joven
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J Headache Pain ; 8(1): 60-2, 2007 Feb.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17221339

RESUMEN

We describe a case of atypical primary headache strongly responsive to prolonged pressure in the anterior aspect of the neck. We hypothesize that, at least in this case, the trigemino-cervical system and its connections with the vagus nerve are involved.


Asunto(s)
Dedos/inervación , Cefalea/patología , Cefalea/fisiopatología , Presión , Enfermedades del Nervio Vago/complicaciones , Femenino , Dedos/fisiopatología , Humanos , Persona de Mediana Edad
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J Headache Pain ; 7(2): 98-100, 2006 Apr.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16688413

RESUMEN

A 44-year-old man with a past medical history of episodic cluster headache presented in our ED with complaints of multiple daily cluster headache attacks, with cervico-occipital spreading of pain from May to September 2004. The neurological examination showed no abnormalities as well as brain and spine MRI. Great Occipital Nerve (GON) blockade, with Lidocaine 2% (5 ml) and betamethasone (2 mg), were performed in the right occipital region (ipsilaterally to cluster headache), during attack. GON blockade was effective immediately for the attack and the cluster period resolved after the injection. We suppose that the action of GON blockade may involve the trigemino-cervical complex and we moreover strongly suggest to use GON blockade in emergency departments for cluster headache with cervico-occipital spreading as attack abortive therapy, especially in oxygen and sumatriptan resistant cluster headache attacks, in patients who complaints sumatriptan side-effects or have contraindications to use triptans.


Asunto(s)
Cefalalgia Histamínica/terapia , Servicios Médicos de Urgencia , Bloqueo Nervioso/métodos , Adulto , Humanos , Masculino , Nervios Espinales/fisiopatología
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J Headache Pain ; 6(4): 287-9, 2005 Sep.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16362689

RESUMEN

Headache is one of the most common reported complaints in the general adult population and it accounts for between 1% and 3% of admissions to an Emergency Department (ED). The overwhelming majority of patients who present to an ED with acute primary headache (PH) have migraine and very few of them receive a specific diagnosis and then an appropriate treatment. This is due, in part, to a low likelihood of emergency physicians diagnosing the type of PH, in turn due to lack of knowledge of the IHS criteria, and also the clinical condition of the patients (pain, border type of headache, etc.) In agreement with the literature, another interesting aspect of data emerging from our experience is that few of the ED PH patients are referred to headache clinics for diagnosis and treatment, especially if they present with high levels of disability. This attitude promotes the high-cost phenomenon of repeater patients that have already been admitted to the ED for the same reason in the past. This is statistically important because it involves about 10% of the population with PH.


Asunto(s)
Servicios Médicos de Urgencia/estadística & datos numéricos , Cefaleas Primarias , Enfermedad Aguda , Servicios Médicos de Urgencia/métodos , Cefaleas Primarias/diagnóstico , Cefaleas Primarias/epidemiología , Cefaleas Primarias/terapia , Humanos , Prevalencia
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J Headache Pain ; 6(4): 301-3, 2005 Sep.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16362693

RESUMEN

To evaluate the influence of psychometric variables on the "repeater" phenomenon in an emergency department, 15 "repeaters" and 27 outpatient migraineurs were recruited. All patients were submitted to the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), State and Trait Anxiety Inventory, Toronto Alexithymia Scale-20 (TAS-20), Tridimensional Personality Questionnaire and Migraine DIsability Assessment Scale (MIDAS). The "repeater" group showed higher MIDAS total scores (p=0.02) and higher scores in TAS-20 (p=0.02) than the outpatients. A higher frequency of alexithymic trait (p=0.02) and higher BDI scores (p=0.07) have also been observed in the "repeater" group than the outpatients. Alexithymia and depressive mood associated with high disability may be a specific psychosocial pattern of "repeater" migraineurs. The psychometric evaluation of this population may be important to explain the "repeaters" phenomenon.


Asunto(s)
Síntomas Afectivos/psicología , Servicio de Urgencia en Hospital , Trastornos Migrañosos/psicología , Psicometría , Adulto , Evaluación de la Discapacidad , Servicios Médicos de Urgencia , Femenino , Humanos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Recurrencia
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Neurosci Lett ; 363(3): 272-5, 2004 Jun 17.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15182958

RESUMEN

In migraineurs nitroglycerin (NTG) induces severe delayed headache, resembling spontaneous migraine attacks. The aim of the present study was to evaluate NTG laser evoked potentials (LEP) features amplitude and pain sensation to laser stimuli during NTG-induced headache. Nine patients were selected. Headache was induced by oral administration of 0.6 mg of NTG; signals were recorded through disk electrodes placed at the vertex and referred to linked earlobes. CO(2)-LEPs delivered by stimulation of the dorsum of both hands and the right and left supraorbital zones were evaluated after the onset of moderate or severe headache resembling spontaneous migraine and at least 72 h after the end of the headache phase. Patients exhibited a significant heat pain threshold reduction and an LEPs amplitude increment during headache when both the supraorbital zones were stimulated. NTG appeared to support a reliable experimental model of migraine, based on the neuronal effects on the integrative-nociceptive structures. The LEPs facilitation during NTG-induced headache may be subtended by a hyperactivity of nociceptive cortex as well as by a failure of pain-inhibitory control.


Asunto(s)
Potenciales Evocados/fisiología , Rayos Láser , Trastornos Migrañosos/fisiopatología , Nitroglicerina/efectos adversos , Adulto , Dióxido de Carbono , Potenciales Evocados/efectos de los fármacos , Femenino , Lateralidad Funcional , Mano/inervación , Cefalea/fisiopatología , Humanos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Trastornos Migrañosos/inducido químicamente , Dimensión del Dolor , Umbral del Dolor/efectos de los fármacos , Umbral del Dolor/efectos de la radiación , Radiación no Ionizante , Tiempo de Reacción
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