May 21, 2023 FRIDAY, May 19, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The incidence of chronic pain is high among U.S. adults compared with other chronic diseases and conditions, including diabetes, depression, and hypertension, according to a study published online May 16 in JAMA Network Open. Richard L. Nahin, M.P.H., Ph.D., from the National Center for Complementary and […]
Date: April 20, 2021 Source: Brigham and Women’s Hospital Summary: Researchers report that 50.2 million (20.5 percent) U.S. adults experience chronic pain based on analysis of the new NHIS data. They estimated the total value of lost productivity due to chronic pain to be nearly $300 billion annually. Chronic pain is among the most common […]
Eur J Pain. 2020 Jun 13. doi: 10.1002/ejp.1617. Online ahead of print. Caixia Li 1, Qi Pei 2, Yaolong Chen 3 4, Xufei Luo 3 4, Nan Yang 3 4, Thomas T Li 5, Junjie Ding 6 7, Yingwei Wang 1 Affiliations expand PMID: 32533885 DOI: 10.1002/ejp.1617 Abstract Background and objective: Critical clinical questions regarding […]
~ Study investigates role of psychiatric disorders in sleep-pain relationship by Judy George, Contributing Writer, MedPage Today March 12, 2019 DENVER — The presence of a psychiatric disorder did not appear to influence relationships between pain and sleep, researchers reported here. Sleep and pain were significantly correlated and their association was similar regardless of whether […]
Wayne B Jonas, MD Pain Medicine, pny154, https://doi.org/10.1093/pm/pny154 Published: 10 September 2018 Abstract Objective To assess the evidence for the safety and efficacy of invasive procedures for reducing chronic pain and improving function and health-related quality of life compared with sham (placebo) procedures. Design Systematic review with meta-analysis. Methods Studies were identified by searching multiple electronic […]
Published Sunday 16 September 2018 A new study has asked whether certain people with chronic pain should be given sugar pills to manage their symptoms. Scientists tap into the individual differences that make some people more susceptible to a placebo. A placebo is a medical intervention — be it a pill, injection, or sham surgery […]
Article (PDF Available) in Nutrition Research Reviews 31(1):1-21 · April 2018 with 1,596 Reads DOI: 10.1017/S0954422417000270 Abstract Emerging literature suggests that diet constituents may play a modulatory role in chronic pain (CP) through management of inflammation/oxidative stress, resulting in attenuation of pain. We performed a narrative review to evaluate the existing evidence regarding the optimum diet for the […]
Chronic low back pain: At short term, massage, yoga, and psychological therapies (primarily Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) (strength of evidence [SOE]: moderate) and exercise, acupuncture, spinal manipulation, and multidisciplinary rehabilitation (SOE: low) were associated with slight improvements in function compared with usual care or inactive controls. Except for spinal manipulation, these interventions also improved pain. Effects […]
Cherkin, D.C. J GEN INTERN MED (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-018-4362-5 Chronic musculoskeletal pain (CMP) has long been one of the most clinically challenging conditions. The inability of clinicians to identify specific underlying causes of CMP for most patients and the lack of highly effective treatments continues to frustrate both clinicians and patients. Clinician desires to relieve their […]
Andrew J. Vickers, PhD The Journal of Pain. Published online:November 30, 2017 Highlights – Acupuncture has a clinically relevant effect on chronic pain that persists over time – The effect of acupuncture cannot be explained only by placebo effects – Factors in addition to the specific effects of needling are important contributors – Referral for […]
René Pelletier Physical Therapy, Volume 95, Issue 11, 1 November 2015, Pages 1582–1591, https://doi.org/10.2522/ptj.20140575 Published: 01 November 2015 Present interventions utilized in musculoskeletal rehabilitation are guided, in large part, by a biomedical model where peripheral structural injury is believed to be the sole driver of the disorder. There are, however, neurophysiological changes across different areas […]
Pauline Anderson October 30, 2017 SAN DIEGO — The last two decades have seen “unprecedented advances” in the use of acupuncture to treat pain conditions, with a “rapid rise” in the number and quality of related published studies, according to a physician who is an experienced acupuncture practitioner. “Right now, we have a pretty solid […]
August 28, 2017 Annals of Internal Medicine TAKE-HOME MESSAGE The authors of this systematic review evaluated the benefits and harms of using cannabis preparations for the treatment of chronic pain. There is limited evidence to support the efficacy of cannabis for neuropathic pain in select patients but little evidence to support the use of cannabis […]
Date: February 24, 2017 Source: Wolters Kluwer Health Summary: Older adults with higher levels of physical activity have pain modulation patterns that might help lower their risk of developing chronic pain, reports a study. Older adults with higher levels of physical activity have pain modulation patterns that might help lower their risk of developing chronic […]
The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry Volume 18, 2017 – Issue 3 Franz Riederer Abstract Objectives: Widespread sensory deficits occur in 20–40% of chronic pain patients on the side of pain, independent of pain aetiology, and are known as nondermatomal sensory deficits (NDSDs). NDSDs can occur in absence of central or peripheral nervous system lesions. […]
January 10, 2017 BMJ Open TAKE-HOME MESSAGE Adults of working age were interviewed to evaluate the effect of chronic pain on sick leave and employment in this Spanish study. The prevalence of sick leave as a result of chronic pain was 4.21%. Chronic pain is associated not only with an increase in sick leave but […]