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ArticleJournal of personalized medicine2022

Discomfort and Pain Related to Protective Mask-Wearing during COVID-19 Pandemic.

Luca Padua, Letizia Castelli, Dario M Gatto, Keichii Hokkoku, Giuseppe Reale, Roberta Pastorino, Claudia Loreti, Silvia Giovannini

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Article in Journal of personalized medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 28% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Luca PaduaDepartment of Geriatrics and Orthopaedics, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2570-9326
Letizia CastelliHigh Intensity Neurorehabilitation Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy.
Dario M GattoDepartment of Geriatrics and Orthopaedics, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9664-0779
Keichii HokkokuDepartment of Neurology, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo 173-8605, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-1509-8672
Giuseppe RealeHigh Intensity Neurorehabilitation Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy.
Roberta PastorinoDepartment of Woman and Child Health and Public Health-Public Health Area, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy.
Claudia LoretiDepartment of Aging, Neurological, Orthopaedic and Head-Neck Sciences, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0835-4079
Silvia GiovanniniDepartment of Geriatrics and Orthopaedics, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9125-752X
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore · ITAgostino Gemelli University Polyclinic · ITTeikyo University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic made the use of facemasks mandatory to prevent contact with the virus. Recent studies have revealed that intensive use of facemasks significantly exacerbated pre-existing headaches and triggered de novo headaches. In our experience, some subjects also complain of symptoms of neuropathic pain in the head/facial regions. Until now, the relationship between neuropathic pain and facemasks has not been documented. The aim of the study is to investigate the occurrence of neuropathic pain related to facemask use. It is a cross-sectional survey using a questionnaire, developed following a commonly accepted outcome research methodology. Participants, both health care and non-health care workers, responded to items included in the questionnaire about the type of facemasks, time and manner of wearing them, side effects such as skin lesions, symptoms of neuropathic pain, etc.

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COVID-19facemaskneuropathic painpainpersonalized medicine

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PMID36143228
PMCPMC9501271
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