Facebook A randomized clinical trial’s results suggest that emotional awareness and expression therapy (EAET) “may be a preferred intervention for medically and psychiatrically complex patients with pain.” The study was conducted between 2019 and 2023 at the Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System (VAGLAHS) and represents the first full-scale evaluation of EAET (JAMA Netw Open 2024;7[6]:e2415842). It […]
Facebook Data published in the Journal of Pain indicate that high-impact chronic pain (HICP) is more common among people with knee osteoarthritis (KOA) when pain is assessed by its effect on physical function rather than pain interference scores. However, psychosocial distress was found to be a consistent feature of HICP, regardless of the pain assessment method. […]
Facebook A first-of-its-kind study has found a link between carrying extra fat in the gut and widespread chronic pain, with reductions in body fat correlating with lessening pain.Reducing excess body fat in multiple areas was further linked to more reductions in pain—with the association between excess abdominal fat and chronic pain strongest in women, according […]
LAS VEGAS—new research has uncovered several benefits associated with remote management of spinal cord stimulators, including a reduction in patient burdens and improvements in care. Interim results from the prospective, multicenter BENEFIT-03 study showed remote device management to be a highly useful tool, one that was well received by both patients and their clinicians. Read […]
