Cindy Lampner

Visual and auditory stimulation in the alpha-band range has analgesic effects.

The authors noted that comparative effectiveness studies to evaluate the incremental benefits and harms of a treat-to-target strategy over a treat-to-avoid-symptoms strategy should be a priority.

This study provides the first comprehensive, quantitative demonstration of the metabolomic deficiencies that characterize chronic fatigue syndrome.

“Defining self-assessed disease activity states may be useful to prompt patients to seek medical advice when RA is active.”

In one analysis of acupuncture, a moderate effect size was found for acupuncture vs no treatment, while a smaller yet statistically significant effect size was found for acupuncture over sham acupuncture techniques.

Physicians who want to prescribe alternatives for pain management should familiarize themselves with current research.

“Coaching is the most effective modality to help patients utilize their own logic to get where they didn’t know they wanted to go,” stated Becky Curtis, PCC.

Use of neurostimulation devices is associated with a number of drawbacks, including high costs and the potential for procedurally related complications such as lead migration and infection.

“Dose-extending placebo use is based on learning principles and schedules of reinforcement, so that conditioned stimuli acquire properties and characteristics of unconditioned stimuli,” Dr Colloca told Clinical Pain Advisor.

Neurobiological mechanisms are distinct from somatic pain