Chronic Low Back Pain Archives - Clinical Pain Advisor

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Home-Based Virtual Reality Effectively Reduces Symptoms of Chronic Low Back Pain

By

Lauren Biscaldi

February 23, 2021

Researchers conducted a randomized controlled trial of people with chronic low back pain to evaluate outcomes associated with therapeutic virtual reality treatment.

Musculoskeletal Pain

Aerobic Exercise in Chronic Low Back Pain May Provide Similar Relief to Low-Dose Morphine

By

Lauren Biscaldi

February 11, 2021

Researchers tested whether aerobic exercise training altered morphine analgesic responses or reduced morphine dosages necessary for adequate analgesia.

Chronic Pain

Some Patients With Chronic Pain May Find Relief Using Antidepressants

By

Jessica Nye, PhD

February 2, 2021

More studies about antidepressants as chronic pain therapy are needed because current drug treatments are ineffective and pose a high risk for serious harm.

Chronic Pain

Tailored Motor Skill Training Improves Outcomes in Chronic Low Back Pain

By

Lauren Biscaldi

January 15, 2021

Exercise is recommended for chronic low back pain, but no specific exercise-based treatment has been found to be most effective.

Chronic Pain

Study Focuses on Sensory, Psychological, and Motor Factors in Low Back Pain

By

Jessica Nye, PhD

January 14, 2021

More research is needed to determine the longitudinal consequences of maladaptive traits coupled with LBP.

Chronic Pain

Psychosocial Factors Are Key to Chronic Pain and Opioid Outcomes

By

Jessica Nye, PhD

January 14, 2021

Transdiagnostic factors help in understanding the complex relationship between chronic pain and opioid misuse.

Chronic Pain

Effects of Short-Term Pulsed Nd:YAG Laser on Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain

By

Amit Akirov, MD

October 15, 2020

The objective of the current study was to determine the effects of 6 weeks of Nd:YAG laser therapy on chronic nonspecific LBP.

Chronic Pain

Computational Modeling to Study Transition From Acute to Chronic Pain

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Clinical Pain Advisor Contributing Writer

October 18, 2019

Computational modeling based on hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis activity history may allow to shed light on the mechanisms of pain and the transition from acute low back pain to chronic pain.