Schwertner A

No ORCID on file · 3 papers in corpus · active 2013-2015

Study types

  • article 1
  • other 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 2
  • dysmenorrhea 1
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 1
other 2015
Clinical Value of Serum Neuroplasticity Mediators in Identifying the Central Sensitivity Syndrome in Patients With Chronic Pain With and Without Structural Pathology
The Clinical journal of pain ·doi:10.1097/AJP.0000000000000194

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Central sensitivity syndrome (CSS) encompasses disorders with overlapping symptoms in a spectrum of structural pathology from persistent somatic nociception (eg, osteoarthritis) to absence of tissue injury such as…

2014
Melatonin analgesia is associated with improvement of the descending endogenous pain-modulating system in fibromyalgia: a phase II, randomized, double-dummy, controlled trial.
BMC pharmacology & toxicology ·doi:10.1186/2050-6511-15-40

BackgroundCentral disinhibition is a mechanism involved in the physiopathology of fibromyalgia. Melatonin can improve sleep quality, pain and pain threshold. We hypothesized that treatment with melatonin alone or in combination with amitrip…

article 2013
Efficacy of melatonin in the treatment of endometriosis: A phase II, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
Pain ·doi:10.1016/j.pain.2013.02.025

Endometriosis-associated chronic pelvic pain (EACPP) presents with an intense inflammatory reaction. Melatonin has emerged as an important analgesic, antioxidant, and antiinflammatory agent. This trial investigates the effects of melatonin …