Is normalization of widespread pressure pain hypersensitivity after total hip replacement in patients with hip osteoarthritis associated with clinical and functional improvements?
Normalization of widespread pressure pain hyperalgesia was found after successful hip joint replacement in patients with hip OA. Altered pain processing seems to be driven by ongoing peripheral joint pathology, which stresses the importance of reducing pain in OA.
Diabetes mellitus is associated with features of adverse structural and functional cardiac remodelling in patients with chronic heart failure.