Full title: A retrospective observational study comparing somatosensory amplification in fibromyalgia, chronic pain, psychiatric disorders and healthy subjects
Paywall...
I am a bit skeptical about this.
https://publichealth.berkeley.edu/news-media/research-highlights/new-screening-tool-may-predict-chronic-pain-before-it-starts/
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New draft NICE guidelines for chronic pain emphasises exercise, CBT and acupuncture over medication
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Things are horribly broken here. Here is a discussion of Cochrane's evaluation of the evidence...
Rethorn ZD, Pettitt RW, Dykstra E, Pettitt CD (2020) Health and wellness coaching positively impacts individuals with chronic pain and pain-related interference. PLOS ONE 15(7): e0236734. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0236734
Abstract:
http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/news/gps-should-not-prescribe-opioids-for-chronic-pain-says-nice/20041262.article
I've not been impressed by the evidence that painkillers improve outcomes over the long-term for chronic pain, but I also think it's important that it's patients themselves who get to...
Pain made objectively visible on a scan?
J Nucl Med May 1, 2020 vol. 61 no. supplement 1 399
Peter Cipriano1, Daehyun Yoon2, Ian Carroll3, Catherine Curtin4, Vivianne Tawfik5, Yingding Xu6 and Sandip Biswal7...
Paywall, https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaotolaryngology/article-abstract/2764772
Sci hub, https://sci-hub.tw/10.0000/jamanetwork.com/jamaotolaryngology/article-abstract/2764772
Editorial: The Puzzle of Medically Unexplained Symptoms—A Holistic View of the Patient With Laryngeal Symptoms...
Mervyn J Travers
Neil E O'Connell
Peter Tugwell
Christopher Eccleston
William Gibson
https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.ED000139/full
Full title and authors:
Serious Gaming During Multidisciplinary Rehabilitation for Patients With Chronic Pain or Fatigue Symptoms: Mixed Methods Design of a Realist Process Evaluation
Miel AP Vugts, Aglaia MEE Zedlitz, Margot CW Joosen, Hubertus JM Vrijhoef
https://www.jmir.org/2020/3/e14766/...
This is from the same Belgian researchers who recently published a critical review of pain catastrophizing measures, discussed here.
https://insights.ovid.com/article/00006396-200909000-00011
Embodied: The psychology of physical sensation
by Christopher Eccleston
Oxford University Press 2015
E-book: https://www.oxfordscholarship.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198727903.001.0001/acprof-9780198727903
Chapter 6 about fatigue deals with "chronic fatigue" as identical with "Chronic...
Not particularly interesting.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/feb/05/chronic-pain-prescribe-mental-health-support-as-well-as-drugs-say-experts
Some very brief info on the sort of 'support' that could be provided - also I found it interesting that they talked of improving 'reported...
Engaging stakeholders to refine an activity pacing framework for chronic pain/fatigue: A nominal group technique
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/msc.1430
(not yet available on sci-hub)
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Survey of activity pacing across healthcare professionals informs a new activity pacing framework for chronic pain/fatigue, 2019, Antcliff et al
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Can Physical Activity and Exercise Alleviate Chronic Pain in Adults?
A Cochrane Review Summary With...
(Not a recommendation.)
To cure my chronic pain, I had to learn about the links between mind and body. The Guardian 1 Jul 2019
The BPS model of chronic pain proposed by Sarno, unresolved trauma etc, is what Howard Schubiner et al are suggesting is also applicable to ME/CFS. (As I have...
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