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  1. Andy

    Pain Management through Neurocognitive Therapeutic Exercises in Hypermobile Ehlers–Danlos Syndrome Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain, 2021, Celletti

    Abstract Background. The hypermobile type of Ehlers–Danlos syndrome (hEDS) is likely the most common hereditary disorder of connective tissue mainly characterized by joint hypermobility. Patients with hEDS suffer joint pain, in particular low back pain, commonly resistant to drug therapy. The...
  2. shak8

    NIH Heal (addiction) Initiative to promote alternative therapies for post-surgical pain

    Pain treatment at the NIH is under the rubric of addiction to opioids. Therefore, since alternative/integrative therapies are, according to them, shown to be helpful in alleviating some pain, surgeons at the Mayo clinic will be part of a pilot study in verbally suggesting alternative therapies...
  3. Sean

    "Instead of believing my reports of pain, experts told me to have a baby or see a psychiatrist"

    Sound familiar?
  4. Hoopoe

    Does pain neuroscience education appear to work because it teaches patients to downplay their pain?

    I've had the suspicion for a while that pain neuroscience education might belong in the category of interventions that appear to work because 1) they modify the patient's perception of their health, 2) the patient's perception of their health is used as measure of whether the intervention works...
  5. Andy

    The Effect of Literacy-Adapted Psychosocial Treatments on Biomedical and Biopsychosocial Pain Conceptualization, 2021, Morais et al

    Highlights Literacy-adapted psychosocial pain treatments produce changes in pain beliefs. Individuals of low-socioeconomic status show improvements in pain beliefs. Teaching patients about the biopsychosocial nature of pain is promising. Abstract This is a secondary data analysis of a subgroup...
  6. Andy

    ..role of self-efficacy & catastrophizing in .. improvements in disability, pain & fatigue .. patients w/chronic widespread pain.., 2021, Thompson

    Full title: The role of self-efficacy and catastrophizing in explaining improvements in disability, pain and fatigue among patients with chronic widespread pain treated with physiotherapy: An exploratory analysis Authors: Thompson, Antcliff and Woby Abstract Objectives Most research exploring...
  7. Hutan

    Calcium signalling; calcium channels

    Split thread from Genome-wide association study identifies RNF123 locus as associated with chronic widespread musculoskeletal pain, Md Shafiqur Rahman, et al, 2020 *** I was reading about calcium channels the other day. This reference about them is very readable and interesting. Don't be put...
  8. V

    Genome-wide association study identifies RNF123 locus as associated with chronic widespread musculoskeletal pain, Md Shafiqur Rahman, et al, 2020

    Abstract Background and Objectives Chronic widespread musculoskeletal pain (CWP) is a symptom of fibromyalgia and a complex trait with poorly understood pathogenesis. CWP is heritable (48-54%), but its genetic architecture is unknown and candidate gene studies have produced inconsistent results...
  9. ME/CFS Skeptic

    Effectiveness of training in guideline-oriented BPS management of low-back pain in occupational health services, 2021, Ryynänen et al

    Effectiveness of training in guideline-oriented biopsychosocial management of low-back pain in occupational health services – a cluster randomized controlled trial by Ryynänen et al. Objective This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of brief training in the guideline-oriented...
  10. rvallee

    Pain is not the major determinant of quality of life in fibromyalgia: results from a retrospective “real world” data analysis of [FM] patients, 2021

    Objective To identify correlates of quality of life (QoL) measured with the Quality of Life Scale (QOLS) in participants of a multidisciplinary day hospital treatment program for fibromyalgia (FM). Results The following variables could be identified as main correlates for QoL in FM, explaining...
  11. Andy

    What Does CATS Have to Do With Cancer? The Cognitive Activation Theory of Stress (CATS) Forms the SURGE Model.., 2021, Monk et al

    Full title: What Does CATS Have to Do With Cancer? The Cognitive Activation Theory of Stress (CATS) Forms the SURGE Model of Chronic Post-surgical Pain in Women With Breast Cancer Chronic post-surgical pain (CPSP) represents a highly prevalent and significant clinical problem. Both major and...
  12. M

    Central sensitisation in chronic pain conditions: latest discoveries and their potential for precision medicine) Nijs et al.

    Central sensitisation in chronic pain conditions: latest discoveries and their potential for precision medicine Authors include Nijs and Clauw. Published in the Lancet. Full paper here. Includes ‘chronic fatigue syndrome in the text and tables. Summary Chronic pain is a leading cause of...
  13. Sean

    Gender biases in estimation of others’ pain, 2021, Zhang L et al

    Highlights • In two studies, perceivers under-estimated female patients’ pain compared with males’ pain. • Perceivers’ pain-related gender stereotypes predicted pain estimation biases. • Perceivers prescribed more psychotherapy for female and more pain medicine for male patients. Abstract...
  14. Andy

    Power over pain – An interprofessional approach to chronic pain: Program feedback from a medically underserved community, Bryl et al, 2021

    Paywall, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jep.13552
  15. Woolie

    My Doctor Told Me My Pain Was All in My Head. It Ended Up Saving Me. 2021 Medical examiner article

    https://slate.com/technology/2021/02/chronic-pain-neuroscience-education-running-joy.html?utm_source=pocket-newtab-intl-en Content warning: When the article says neuroscience, they really mean "neuroscience" ;). Some excerpts: This is an "interesting" bit: This bit... hmmm:
  16. Andy

    Low-Dose Dextromethorphan for the Treatment of Fibromyalgia Pain: [..] Longitudinal ... Pilot Trial, 2021, Mueller, Ness, Younger

    Full title: Low-Dose Dextromethorphan for the Treatment of Fibromyalgia Pain: Results from a Longitudinal, Single-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Pilot Trial Open access, https://www.dovepress.com/low-dose-dextromethorphan-for-the-treatment-of-fibromyalgia-pain-resul-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-JPR
  17. John Mac

    Modulatory effects of cognitive exertion on regional functional connectivity of the salience network in women with ME/CFS: A pilot study, 2021, Manca

    https://www.jns-journal.com/article/S0022-510X(21)00019-8/fulltext
    • John Mac
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    • 2021 brain brain imaging cognitive effort fmri functional connectivity insula pain pem post-exertional malaise salience network
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    • Forum: ME/CFS research
  18. Dolphin

    "Sitting up straight does not prevent or treat back pain, study finds"

    https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/health-family/sitting-up-straight-does-not-prevent-or-treat-back-pain-study-finds-1.4462419 I don't know of course how definitive this study really is/these comments really are.
  19. rvallee

    Preoperative cognitive-behavioural intervention improves in-hospital mobilisation and analgesic use for lumbar spinal fusion patients, 2020

    Preoperative cognitive-behavioural intervention improves in-hospital mobilisation and analgesic use for lumbar spinal fusion patients https://bmcmusculoskeletdisord.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12891-016-1078-8 Shows no improvement and yet they still conclude it did improve things by...
  20. Sly Saint

    Continuous pain report demonstrates time delay of pain ratings in Fibromyalgia, Kharko et al, 2021

    preprint https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.12.28.20248780v1
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