Evaluation of the Effectiveness and Efficacy of Iyengar Yoga Therapy on Chronic Low Back Pain
Kimberly Williams, PhD
Low back pain is prevalent and expensive, often causing job-related disability, interfering with activities of daily living, and adversely affecting quality of life.
Opioid Pharmacokinetics and Drug Interactions in Palliative Care
Thomas B. Strouse, MD
Optimal palliative care often requires simultaneous management of active disease and associated symptoms. As a result, many palliative care patients are treated with complex multidrug regimens, thereby increasing the risk of drug–drug interactions.
Spinal Cord Stimulation for Chronic Pain
Joshua P. Prager, MD, MS
Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) uses electrical impulses to block nerve signals and relieve chronic pain in patients for whom conservative treatments have failed.
Internet-delivered family cognitive–behavioral therapy for children and adolescents with chronic pain
Tonya M. Palermo, PhD
Cognitive–behavioral therapy (CBT) is a valuable psychotherapeutic modality for chronic pain that commonly includes relaxation training, activity pacing, problem solving, and distraction techniques.
Intrathecal Drug Therapy for Chronic Pain
Joshua P. Prager, MD, MS
Intrathecal drug therapy can be an effective treatment option for patients with persistent, severe pain who do not achieve adequate analgesia from less invasive methods.
APS/AAPM Guidelines for Opioids in Chronic Noncancer Pain
Roger Chou, MD
Opioids are an invaluable class of analgesics for acute pain, pain associated with such terminal conditions as cancer, and chronic noncancer pain.
Sexual Abuse and a Lifetime Diagnosis of Somatic Disorders
Ali Zirakzadeh, MD
In a systematic review of the available evidence, Paras et al identified associations between sexual abuse and a lifetime diagnosis of nonspecific chronic pain, functional gastrointestinal disorders, psychogenic seizures, and chronic pelvic pain.
Individual Differences in Pain Sensitivity
Roland Staud, MD
Pain ratings of patients with the same disease or trauma vary tremendously...
Relative Pain Levels in Patients at High Risk for Substance Misuse
Robert N. Jamison, PhD
The Screener and Opioid Assessment for Patients with Pain (SOAPP) is a brief self-report questionnaire that assesses patients for risk factors associated with potential opioid misuse. Jamison et al. sought to identify differences among patients with chronic pain who were stratified as either low or high risk based on their SOAPP scores.
Barriers to Pain Care Among First-generation Chinese-Americans: What Can be Done?
Lara K. Dhingra, PhD
New York City has a large population of recent Chinese-Americans. As a group, these individuals are often economically disadvantages, medically underserved, and have very high rates of certain cancers. Among those with cancer-related pain, most have frequent or persistent pain, and few are receiving effective pain management.
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