A four-week training protocol of hip, knee and core exercises on a full body, vibration platform may improve function and relieve pain in the short term for patients with patellofemoral pain syndrome, according to published [...]
The prevalence of pre-existing chronic pain conditions in pregnant women is unknown. But with the increasing rates of women older than 30 years giving birth, clinicians are likely to see women with complex medical problems, [...]
This pilot RCT will examine the preliminary efficacy of a telehealth version of Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE) enriched with a smartphone-based just-in-time adaptive intervention (JITAI) for patients with chronic pain on long-term opioid therapy. Read [...]
The Federation of State Medical Boards is holding ongoing meetings with its member boards to discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting the mental health of clinicians and to further address ways in which licensing [...]
Diverse cognitive strategies affect our perception of pain. Studies by Ludwig-Maximilians-University München (Germany) neuroscientist Enrico Schulz and colleagues have linked the phenomenon to the coordinated activity of neural circuits located in different brain areas. Full [...]
The study aimed to explore the potential relationship between the clinical efficacy of eMCS for the treatment of chronic neuropathic pain and the precise localization of the contacts over the motor cortex somatotopic representation of [...]
This project is focused on Veteran patients 65 and older with chronic pain. In this project, the investigators will understand the impact of a contextual patient generated data (PGD). Contextual PGD are data about what [...]
The brainstem has become of ever more interest in chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). Full story.
Intravenous (IV) ibuprofen adequately relieved acute pain and minimized opioid use in the first 48 hours after an orthopedic trauma, a trial in the Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma reported. Full story.
The elderly in the United States report less pain than those in midlife—suggesting, perhaps, that once people move into old age, their morbidity will fall. Unfortunately, assessing pain by age at one point in time [...]
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