This personal choice of research themes and highlights from within the past year (1 May
2019 to 14 April 2020) spans descriptive, analytical-observational, and intervention studies …

Introduction: We investigated the possibilities and opportunities for using wearable devices
that measure physical activity and physiometric signals in conjunction with ecological …

The multifaceted nature of osteoarthritis (OA) pain presents a challenge in understanding
and managing the condition. The diverse pain experiences, progression rates, individual …

The ultimate hope of researchers and patients is a pathway to development of treatments for
osteoarthritis to modify the disease process in addition to the symptoms. However …

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a highly prevalent joint disease that is associated with pain, loss of
function, and high direct and indirect economic costs. The current therapeutic options are …

The importance of contextual effects and their roles in clinical care controversial. A
Cochrane review published in 2010 concluded that placebo interventions lack important …

Much has been written about the placebo effects in functional gastrointestinal disorders
(FGD), especially in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), driven by the early hypothesis that in …

Objective Conduct a systematic review and use meta-analytic techniques to estimate the
proportion of total treatment effect that can be attributable to contextual effects (PCE) in …

Background: Postmastectomy pain syndrome is a common and disabling side effect of
breast cancer treatment. Medical treatment seems to be insufficient for a considerable …

Hypophosphatasia (HPP) is a rare, inherited metabolic disorder caused by deficient tissue-
nonspecific alkaline phosphatase activity. This study assessed the impact of treatment with …