Search Results Within Category "Pain Management"
Acute to Chronic Pain Signatures in Traumatic Injury
The goal of the proposed project is to identify biosignatures that predict resilience or vulnerability to the transition from acute to chronic pain in a cohort of patients recovering from an acute musculoskeletal trauma.
There is one in person visit that will include a 30-min MRI scan, sensory testing, and blood draw. Two follow-up surveys will be sent to the participants at 3- and 6-months following their injury.
$200
Presence of acute traumatic blunt chest trauma with multiple (≥ 2) closed fractures of the ribs
Non-surgical treatment of rib fractures
Able and willing to provide informed consent
Must be able to read and communicate in English sufficiently to complete all study requirements
Open rib fractures
Pregnant women
Single, isolated rib fractures
Presence of implanted ferromagnetic materials or devices
Visceral Pain Sensation and Nav1.8
We wish to investigate the role of a specific gene in visceral pain sensation and perception. This gene, Nav1.8 has a known change present in 10% of the population which may affect the way we feel inflammatory pain in the gut. This is an important symptom in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Some patients feel high levels of pain we would like to control, other patients feel little to no pain in the presence of very active disease, which can lead to dangerously under-treated disease. In this study, we will use healthy volunteers of a known genotype for Nav1.8, and test their sensitivity using rectal balloon dilation.Research subjects will be asked to fast, skipping solid foods and opaque liquids for 6 hours before the testing. Usually this means skipping 1 meal. At the beginning of the study visit. they will use an over the counter enema to clear their rectum of any stool. Then. a trained physician on the research team will insert a thin, lubricated tube into the rectum, which will be inflated to specific pressures. Most of these tests will be designed to measure any change in sensation, then the need to use the toilet, followed by urgent need or discomfort, and lastly the lower threshold of pain. Patients will be able to stop testing at any time, should they become too uncomfortable. The testing takes between 1 and 1 and a half hours, and volunteers are compensated $200 for their time.
To simulate abdominal pain, we use a thin tube placed in the rectum that inflates a small balloon to very precise and safe pressures. Our bodies interpret these pressures (in ascending order) as the need to go to the bathroom; first just a little, then with increasing urgency and eventually discomfort and pain. During these experiments, we only measure the lower threshold of pain, and stop immediately when you tell us to stop. We have significant experience using this approach and we have found it consistently informative while causing the least amount of discomfort possible. The whole thing takes about an hour and we’re paying volunteers $200 for participating. We'll ask that you skip a meal before the study visit, and perform an over-the-counter enema at the start of the visit.
$200
Had a colonoscopy in HMC health record within the past 6 months (UC or Crhon's) or 5 years (healthy control)
Healthy control: any diagnosed lower GI disease (such as IBS or active diverticulitis) or significant abdominal pain in the last 12 months.
Any peripheral neuropathy or neuromodulating/opioid medications
Any Autoimmune disease (except Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis)
A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study of the Use of Cannabidiol in the Management of Endometriosis Pain
We are looking to conduct a study looking at the effects of cannabidiol (CBD) in patients with endometriosis. We believe that CBD will improve both pain and quality of life. The study will last a total of 12 weeks and involve several onsite visits in addition to daily pain assessments.
There will be five in person visitsblood will be drawn at all of these visits
$175
Diagnosed with endometriosis by surgical diagnosis with direct visualization and/or histopathologic confirmation of endometriosis
Women with chronic daily opioid use ( > 14 days / month)
Women that are currently using Cannabis based products
Non-English speaking or inability to read and understand English
A Pre-Post Study of the Use of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation Unit in the Management of Endometriosis Pain
The purpose of this study is see if Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulator (TENS) units help decrease endometriosis flare pain. Participants will complete surveys, record pain, medication use and bleeding in an online diary during endometriosis flare ups for 3 months without using the TENS unit. After the first 3 month period of time, a TENS unit will be given to participants to wear and again, record pain, medication use and bleeding in the online diary during endometriosis flare ups for and additional 3 months while using the TENS unit.
There will be one in person enrollment visit, involving being consented and completion of 2 surveys. The first 3 months, the "baseline period" will include filling out pain scores online on days of endometriosis flare without TENS unit use. The next 3 months, the "treatment period" will include filling out pain scores online on days of endometriosis flare with TENS unit. At end of study completion of 2 surveys.
Surgical diagnosis of endometriosis, visualized and/or pathology confirmed
Having monthly endometriosis pain flares on average
Has never used a TENS unit before for endometriosis pain flares
Must be greater than 12 weeks post-op for abdominal/pelvic surgery
Has a cardiac arrhythmia
Has open skin sores over area of TENS placement
Not planning to have surgery or hormonal medication changes during the study
Pregnant
Couples' Daily Lives with Chronic Back Pain
The purpose of this study is to learn more about the daily experiences of people with back pain and their spouse/partner. Participants and their spouse/partner will be interviewed by video using a tablet computer every 6 months for 2 years and will be asked to complete daily surveys twice a day for 30 days using the provided tablet computer. The daily surveys will take about 5 to 10 minutes to complete. Questions for the interviews and daily surveys focus on physical symptoms, feelings, activities, and interactions.
Video interviews using a tablet computer every 6 months for 2 years. Complete daily surveys twice a day for 30 days using a tablet computer.
295.00
Experienced moderate or severe back pain for at least 3 months
Married or in a long-term relationship AND living with spouse or partner
The role of thromboxane A2 and its receptor in vascular regulation in women with endometriosis
Women with endometriosis have more thromboxane being produced in their platelets. Thromboxane affects blood vessels, making them constrict, and sensory nerves, making them more sensitive. This study will determine if women with endometriosis are negatively effected by the excess thromboxane.
There will be three in-person visits: one screening and two experimental visits. Participants will take aspirin before one visit and a placebo before the other then will undergo brief tests of nerve sensitivity and a blood draw.
$150
born with a uterus
with and without endometriosis
hormone replacement therapy within previous 2 months
nicotine use
pregnant or breastfeeding
aspirin allergy or hypersensitivity