Editor-in-Chief:
Alan David Kaye, MD, PhD
Managing Editor: Bert Fellows, MA



Articles

  1. 2016;19;E1-E14A Seamless Navigation to ICD-10-CM for Interventional Pain Physicians: Is a Rude Awakening Avoidable?
    Health Policy Review
    Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, Marvel Hammer, RN, CPC, Mark V. Boswell, MD, PhD, Alan D. Kaye, MD, PhD, and Joshua A. Hirsch, MD.
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  2. 2016;19;E15-E32Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) for Interventional Pain Management Practices: Challenges and Opportunities
    Health Policy Review
    Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, Marvel Hammer, RN, CPC, Ramsin M. Benyamin, MD, and Joshua A. Hirsch, MD.
    ABSTRACTPDF

  3. 2016;19;E33-E54Effectiveness of Spinal Cord Stimulation in Chronic Spinal Pain: A Systematic Review
    Systematic Review
    Jay S. Grider, DO, PhD, Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, Alexios Carayannopoulos, DO, MPH, Manohar Lal Sharma, MD, Carl C Balog, MD, Michael E. Harned, MD, Vahid Grami, MD, Rafael Justiz, MD, Kent H Nouri, MD, Salim M. Hayek, MD, PhD, Ricardo Vallejo, MD, PhD, and Paul J. Christo, MD.
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  4. 2016;19;E241-E243Ultrasonographic Diagnosis of Calcifying Tenosynovitis of the Finger
    Brief Commentary
    Ming-Yen Hsiao, MD, Hsin-I Wang, MD, and Levent Ozcakar, MD.
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  5. 2016;19;E55-E78Pneumogastric (Vagus) Nerve Activity Indexed by Heart Rate Variability in Chronic Pain Patients Compared to Healthy Controls: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
    Systematic Review
    Julian Koenig, PhD sc hum, Daniela Falvay, BA, Annika Clamor, MSc, Julia Wagner, BSc, Marc N. Jarczok, PhD sc hum, Robert J. Ellis, PhD, Cora Weber, PD, and Julian F. Thayer, PhD.
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  6. 2016;19;E235-E240Neuromodulation of the Suprascapular Nerve
    Case Report
    Erkan Kurt, MD, Tess van Eijk, MD, Dylan Henssen, MD, Inge Arnts, NP, and Monique Steegers, MD, PhD.
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  7. 2016;19;E227-E234Complex Regional Pain Syndrome-Type 1 Presenting as deQuervain’s Stenosing Tenosynovitis
    Case Report
    Lakshmi Vas, MD, and Renuka Pai, MD.
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  8. 2016;19;E215-E226SIRT1 Inhibits the Catabolic Effect of IL-1b Through TLR2/SIRT1/NF-kB Pathway in Human Degenerative Nucleus Pulposus Cells
    Research Article
    Jieliang Shen, PhD, Ji Fang, PhD, Jie Hao, PhD, Xiaoming Zhong, PhD, Dawu Wang, PhD, Honglei Ren, MD, and ZhenMing Hu, MD, PhD.
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  9. 2016;19;E209-E214The Extent of Tissue Damage in the Epidural Space by Ho / YAG Laser During Epiduroscopic Laser Neural Decompression
    Cadaveric Study
    Daehyun Jo, MD, PhD, and Dong Joo Lee, MD.
    ABSTRACTPDF

  10. 2016;19;E87-E96Tetra-ataxiometric Posturography in Patients with Migrainous Vertigo
    Non-Randomized Study
    Nedim Ongun, MD, Nilgun S. Atalay, MD, Eylem Degirmenci, As Prof, Fusun Sahin, MD, and Levent Sinan Bir, Prof..
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  11. 2016;19;E97-E112Effects of Intravenous and Oral Magnesium on Reducing Migraine: A Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
    Meta-Analysis
    Hsiao-Yean Chiu, RN, PhD, Tu-Hsueh Yeh, MD, PhD, Yin-Cheng Huang, MD, and Pin-Yuan Chen, MD, PhD.
    ABSTRACTPDF

  12. 2016;19;E197-E208Concern about the Expanding Prescription Drug Epidemic: A Survey of Licensed Prescribers and Dispensers
    Epidemiology
    R Eric Wright, PhD, Nia Reed, MA, Neal Carnes, MA, and Harold E Kooreman, MA.
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  13. 2016;19;E113-E120Treatment of Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fractures: Applicability of Appropriateness Criteria in Clinical Practice
    Prospective Evaluation
    Rupert Schupfner, MD, Herman J. Stoevelaar, PhD, Thomas Blattert, MD, PhD, Daniel Fagan, FRCS, Patrick Fransen, MD, Stefano Marcia, MD, Frederic Schils, MD, Mashood Ali Siddiqi, MD, and Giovanni Carlo Anselmetti, MD.
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  14. 2016;19;E121-E128A Novel Mini-invasive Approach to the Treatment of Neuropathic Pain: The PENS Study
    Prospective Evaluation
    Marco Rossi, Prof, Giuliano De Carolis, MD, Goffredo Liberatoscioli, MD, Domenico Lemma, MD, Paola Nosella, MD, and Luigi F. Nardi, MD.
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  15. 2016;19;E129-E136Clinical Outcome Following Radiofrequency Denervation for Refractory Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction Using the Simplicity III Probe: A 12-Month Retrospective Evaluation
    Observational Study
    Dominic Hegarty, MB, FCARSCI.
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  16. 2016;19;E181-E195Usefulness of the Brief Pain Inventory in Patients with Opioid Addiction Receiving Methadone Maintenance Treatment
    Prospective Evaluation
    Brittany B Dennis, PhD, Pavel S. Roshanov, PhD, Monica Bawor, PhD, James Paul, MD, Michael Varenbut, MD, Jeff Daiter, MD, Carolyn Plater, MSW, Guillame Pare, MD, David C Marsh, MD, Andrew Worster, MD, Dipika Desai, MSc, Lehana Thabane, PhD, and Zainab Samaan, MD, PhD.
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  17. 2016;19;E79-E86Minimum Effective Concentration of Bupivacaine in Ultrasound-Guided Femoral Nerve Block after Arthroscopic Knee Meniscectomy: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Controlled Trial
    Randomized Trial
    Ed Carlos Rey Moura, MD, Claudio A. de Oliveira Honda, MD, Roberto Cesar Teixeira Bringel, MD, Plinio da Cunha Leal, MD, PhD, Gasper de Jesus Lopes Filho, MD, PhD, and Rioko Kinmiko Sakata, PhD.
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  18. 2016;19;E137-E150Subjective Cognitive Symptoms During a Migraine Attack: A Prospective Study of a Clinic-Based Sample
    Prospective Evaluation
    Raquel Gil-Gouveia, MD, António G. Oliveira, MD, PhD, and Isabel Pavão Martins, MD, PhD.
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  19. 2016;19;E151-E162Genotypic Analysis of SCN9A for Prediction of Postoperative Pain in Female Patients Undergoing Gynecological Laparoscopic Surgery
    Retrospective Analysis
    Guangyou Duan, MD, Guifang Xiang, MSc, Shanna Guo, MD, Yuhao Zhang, MD, Ying Ying, MSc, Penghao Huang, MSc, Hua Zheng, MD, Mi Zhang, MSc, Ningbo Li, MSc, and Xianwei Zhang, MD.
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  20. 2016;19;E163-E180Musculoskeletal Ultrasonography in CRPS: Assessment of Muscles Before and After Motor Function Recovery with Dry Needling as the Sole Treatment
    Retrospective Analysis
    Lakshmi Champak Vas, MD, Renuka Pai, Dipl, and Manorama Pattnaik, MD.
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