Search for dissertations about: "pain prediction"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 50 swedish dissertations containing the words pain prediction.
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1. Predicting postoperative pain. Clinical and genetic studies of relationships between pain sensitivity and pain after surgery
Abstract : Many patients experience pain after surgery. Postoperative pain may lead to delayed mobilization, persisting pain, and psychosocial distress. Others are given excessive analgesic doses and experience side effects. READ MORE
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2. Low Back Pain : With Special Reference to Manual Therapy, Outcome and its Prognosis
Abstract : Objectives. To assess outcome of manual therapy in addition to stay-active care in sub-acute low back pain patients and to investigate the predictive power of pain drawing sketch variables for return to work. Materials and methods. READ MORE
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3. Musculoskeletal Pain and Return to Work : A Cognitive-Behavioral Perspective
Abstract : Musculoskeltal pain is the most common diagnosis for being on sick leave two months or longer in Sweden. The societal costs have been estimated at almost 30 billion Swedish kronor per year. Research aimed at improving occupational rehabilitation is therefore crucial. READ MORE
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4. Back pain : long-term course and predictive factors
Abstract : Background. Better knowledge of the long-term course in patients treated in primary care for back pain (clinical course) and in patients that do not receive specific treatment after seeking care (clinical natural course) is needed to enable health professionals and their patients to understand the likely course of back pain and to make clinical decisions about treatment alternatives. READ MORE
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5. Pain following Surgery: Management, Outcome, and Prediction
Abstract : Despite advances in the treatment of postoperative pain, nearly 30% of patients experience moderate to severe pain following major surgery. The present thesis includes four studies intended to evaluate important aspects of postoperative pain. READ MORE