It is perhaps no surprise then that the city ranks as the fourth most painful commute in the world, according to IBM's Commuter Pain Index.
Then, using a reliable characteristic pain index scoring system (CPI) we estimated the degree of correlation between CPI and synovitis.
Cities like Beijing and Shenzhen are congested, faring worse on IBM's "commuter pain" index than Delhi or Nairobi (see left-hand chart).
The pain index accounts for 10 issues that lend themselves to easy quantification, like commuting time and the amount of time a commuter is stuck in traffic.
According to Transport for London we cannot expect transport woes to abate for 30 years and yet the IBM Commuter Pain Index ranks London as one of the better commutes globally.
The percent VAS was 60(40 80), percent pain index was 40(40 60) and quality of life score (maximum possible 60) was 20(0–40).
Global pain, index pain, anxiety, and sense of well-being showed consistent improvement with the radiation treatment regardless of which endpoint definitions were employed.
The main outcome variables were vertical impulse (VI) and peak vertical force (PVF) measured with a force platform, and Helsinki chronic pain index (HCPI).
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Results indicated that this brief intervention was successful in lessening abdominal pain, as demonstrated by decreased Abdominal Pain Index (API) scores in two children and decreased abdominal pain following breathing retraining practice in all children.
For the entire cohort, there were statistically significant improvements with the delivery of palliative radiation therapy in global pain, index pain, anxiety, sense of well-being, and shortness of breath in ≥ 1 follow-up interval.
