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| Rocha,M.G.; Gomes,V.A.; Tanus-Santos,J.E.; Rosa-e-Silva,J.C.; Candido-dos-Reis,F.J.; Nogueira,A.A.; Poli-Neto,O.B.. |
| The objective of this prospective study was to determine the plasma levels of nitric oxide (NO) in women with chronic pelvic pain secondary to endometriosis (n=24) and abdominal myofascial pain syndrome (n=16). NO levels were measured in plasma collected before and 1 month after treatment. Pretreatment NO levels (μM) were lower in healthy volunteers (47.0±12.7) than in women with myofascial pain (64.2±5.0, P=0.01) or endometriosis (99.5±12.9, P<0.0001). After treatment, plasma NO levels were reduced only in the endometriosis group (99.5±12.9 vs 61.6±5.9, P=0.002). A correlation between reduction of pain intensity and reduction of NO level was observed in the endometriosis group [correlation = 0.67 (95%CI = 0.35 to 0.85), P<0.0001]. Reduction of NO... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Chronic pelvic pain; Endometriosis; Abdominal myofascial pain syndrome; Nitric oxide; Inflammation; Central sensitization. |
| Ano: 2015 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2015000400363 |
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| Montenegro,M.L.L.S.; Braz,C.A.; Mateus-Vasconcelos,E.L.; Rosa-e-Silva,J.C.; Candido-dos-Reis,F.J.; Nogueira,A.A.; Poli-Neto,O.B.. |
| The objective of this study was to determine the inter- and intra-examiner reliability of pain pressure threshold algometry at various points of the abdominal wall of healthy women. Twenty-one healthy women in menacme with a mean age of 28 ± 5.4 years (range: 19-39 years) were included. All volunteers had regular menstrual cycles (27-33 days) and were right-handed and, to the best of our knowledge, none were taking medications at the time of testing. Women with a diagnosis of depression, anxiety or other mood disturbances were excluded. Women with previous abdominal surgery, any pain condition or any evidence of inflammation, hypertension, smoking, alcoholism, or inflammatory disease were also excluded. Pain perception thresholds were assessed with a... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Chronic pelvic pain; Pain pressure threshold; Myofascial pain syndrome; Reliability; Abdominal muscles. |
| Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2012000700003 |
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