Pain MedicinePub Date : 2025-02-01DOI: 10.1093/pm/pnae107
Katherine Selman, Sarah Perelman, Caroline Blatcher, David Fett, Amanda Adams, Brian Roberts
{"title":"Authors' response to letter to the editor regarding \"Buprenorphine for acute pain in older adults: a systematic review with meta-analysis\".","authors":"Katherine Selman, Sarah Perelman, Caroline Blatcher, David Fett, Amanda Adams, Brian Roberts","doi":"10.1093/pm/pnae107","DOIUrl":"10.1093/pm/pnae107","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19744,"journal":{"name":"Pain Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"126-127"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142471850","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pain MedicinePub Date : 2025-02-01DOI: 10.1093/pm/pnae100
Jordan N Kohn, Emily A Troyer, Kathleen L Wilson, Rajiv Reddy, Cassandra Vieten, Erik Viirre, Weena Joshi, Joseph Unger, Trisha Williams, Dimitri J Gonzales, Suzi Hong
{"title":"Virtual reality communication training in pain medicine: effects on medical students' racial bias, empathy, and interview performance with virtual patients.","authors":"Jordan N Kohn, Emily A Troyer, Kathleen L Wilson, Rajiv Reddy, Cassandra Vieten, Erik Viirre, Weena Joshi, Joseph Unger, Trisha Williams, Dimitri J Gonzales, Suzi Hong","doi":"10.1093/pm/pnae100","DOIUrl":"10.1093/pm/pnae100","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19744,"journal":{"name":"Pain Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"120-123"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142392318","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pain MedicinePub Date : 2025-01-28DOI: 10.1093/pm/pnaf007
James S Cho, Alanah Grisham, Annette Wang, Rafael Vazquez, Charles Kelly, Pascal Scemama, David Hao
{"title":"Focused anatomic review: Ultrasound-Guided peripheral nerve stimulation of the saphenous, lateral femoral cutaneous, and genicular nerves.","authors":"James S Cho, Alanah Grisham, Annette Wang, Rafael Vazquez, Charles Kelly, Pascal Scemama, David Hao","doi":"10.1093/pm/pnaf007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/pm/pnaf007","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19744,"journal":{"name":"Pain Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143059968","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pain MedicinePub Date : 2025-01-21DOI: 10.1093/pm/pnaf003
Meredith C B Adams, Carla M Bann, Emine Ozgur Bayman, Maria Chao, Georgene W Hergenroeder, Charles Knott, Martin A Lindquist, Z David Luo, Rosemarie Martin, Maryann E Martone, John McCarthy, Micah McCumber, Sharon B Meropol, Ty A Ridenour, Lissette M Saavedra, Abeed Sarker, Kevin J Anstrom, Wesley K Thompson
{"title":"Building Community Through Data: The value of a Researcher Driven Open Science Ecosystem.","authors":"Meredith C B Adams, Carla M Bann, Emine Ozgur Bayman, Maria Chao, Georgene W Hergenroeder, Charles Knott, Martin A Lindquist, Z David Luo, Rosemarie Martin, Maryann E Martone, John McCarthy, Micah McCumber, Sharon B Meropol, Ty A Ridenour, Lissette M Saavedra, Abeed Sarker, Kevin J Anstrom, Wesley K Thompson","doi":"10.1093/pm/pnaf003","DOIUrl":"10.1093/pm/pnaf003","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19744,"journal":{"name":"Pain Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143009364","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pain MedicinePub Date : 2025-01-21DOI: 10.1093/pm/pnaf005
Cameron L Clerkley, Biftu M Mume, Ebere I Sonoiki, Stephen G Henry
{"title":"Patient-Expressed Goals in Chronic Pain Management: A Qualitative Analysis of Primary Care Visits.","authors":"Cameron L Clerkley, Biftu M Mume, Ebere I Sonoiki, Stephen G Henry","doi":"10.1093/pm/pnaf005","DOIUrl":"10.1093/pm/pnaf005","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19744,"journal":{"name":"Pain Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143009365","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effectiveness of cognitive functional therapy (CFT) for chronic spinal pain: a systematic review with meta-analysis.","authors":"Michele Marelli, Matteo Cioeta, Leonardo Pellicciari, Fabio Rossi, Stefania Guida, Silvia Bargeri","doi":"10.1093/pm/pnaf002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/pm/pnaf002","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To assess the effectiveness of cognitive functional therapy (CFT) in reducing disability and pain compared to other interventions in chronic spinal pain patients.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Five databases were queried to October 2023 for retrieving randomized controlled trials (RCTs), including patients with chronic spinal pain and administering CFT. Primary outcomes were disability and pain. Secondary outcomes included psychological factors, quality-of-life, patient satisfaction and adverse events. Two independent reviewers performed study selection, data extraction, risk of bias assessment (Cochrane RoB 2.0), and evidence certainty (GRADE approach). Random-effect models were used for meta-analyses. Clinical relevance was assessed with the Smallest Worthwhile Effect.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Eight RCTs (N = 1228) for chronic low back pain (CLBP), one (N = 72) for chronic neck pain (CNP) were included. Compared to other conservative interventions, CFT may reduce disability (MD: -9.41; 95%CI: -12.56, -6.27) and pain (MD: -1.59; 95%CI: -2.33, -0.85 for CLBP) at short-term follow-up with probable to possible clinical relevance in CLBP and with low and very low evidence certainty, respectively. Similar results, with larger effect sizes, were observed for CFT compared to any unstructured or unsupervised minimal care treatments. Efficacy persisted in longer-term follow-ups, except for comparison with other conservative interventions. The CNP study showed positive results for CFT. Evidence certainty was low to very low. Sparse evidence was found for secondary outcomes.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>CFT may offer clinically relevant benefits for CLBP, although the evidence remains mainly of low to very low certainty. Well-conducted studies, particularly in CNP and other spinal pain conditions are needed to strengthen these findings.</p><p><strong>Registration: </strong>PROSPERO CRD42023482667.</p>","PeriodicalId":19744,"journal":{"name":"Pain Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142971796","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pain MedicinePub Date : 2025-01-11DOI: 10.1093/pm/pnaf001
Siddarth Kannan, Conor S Gillespie, Jeremy Hanemaaijer, John Eraifej, Andrew F Alalade, Alex Green
{"title":"Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) and Motor Cortex Stimulation (MCS) for Central Post-Stroke Pain: A Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis.","authors":"Siddarth Kannan, Conor S Gillespie, Jeremy Hanemaaijer, John Eraifej, Andrew F Alalade, Alex Green","doi":"10.1093/pm/pnaf001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/pm/pnaf001","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) and Motor Cortex stimulation (MCS) are invasive interventions in order to treat various neuropathic pain syndromes such as Central Post-Stroke Pain. While each treatment has varying degree of success, comparative analysis has not yet been performed, and the success rates of these techniques using validated, objective pain scores have not been synthesised.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted in accordance with PRISMA guidelines. Three databases were searched, and articles published from January 2000 October 2024 were included (last search date 25 October 2024). Meta-Analysis was performed using random effects models. We evaluated the performance of DBS or MCS by assessing studies that reported pain relief using Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) or Numerical Rating Scale (NRS) scores.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of the 478 articles identified, 32 were included in the analysis (330 patients- 139 DBS, & 191 MCS). The improvement in mean VAS score for patients that underwent DBS post-surgery was 48.6% compared to a score of 53.1% for patients that had MCS. The pooled number of patients who improved after DBS was 0.62 (95% CI, 0.51-0.71, I2=16%). The pooled number of patients who improved after MCS was 0.64 (95% CI, 0.53-0.74, I2=40%).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The use of neurosurgical interventions such as DBS and MCS are last-resort treatments for Central Post-Stroke Pain, with limited studies exploring and comparing these two techniques. While our study shows that MCS might be a slightly better treatment option, further research would need to be done to determine the appropriate surgical intervention in the treatment of Central Post-Stroke Pain.</p>","PeriodicalId":19744,"journal":{"name":"Pain Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142971792","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pain MedicinePub Date : 2025-01-02DOI: 10.1093/pm/pnae130
Salman Hirani, Peter Vu, Mali Halac, Siri Bohacek, Barlas Benkli, David Jevotovsky, Julio Vega, Aliza Hirani, Vwaire Orhurhu, Charles Odonkor, Jesse Ehrenfeld, Iskander Shadid, Amanda Azadian, Brian Mayrsohn, Albert Kwon, Zishan Hirani, Uzondu Osuagwu, Justin Bird, Christopher Gilligan, Beth Darnall, Kayode Williams, W Michael Hooten, Shriya Srinivasan
{"title":"Transforming Pain Medicine: The Power of Collaboration, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation.","authors":"Salman Hirani, Peter Vu, Mali Halac, Siri Bohacek, Barlas Benkli, David Jevotovsky, Julio Vega, Aliza Hirani, Vwaire Orhurhu, Charles Odonkor, Jesse Ehrenfeld, Iskander Shadid, Amanda Azadian, Brian Mayrsohn, Albert Kwon, Zishan Hirani, Uzondu Osuagwu, Justin Bird, Christopher Gilligan, Beth Darnall, Kayode Williams, W Michael Hooten, Shriya Srinivasan","doi":"10.1093/pm/pnae130","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/pm/pnae130","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19744,"journal":{"name":"Pain Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142922420","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pain MedicinePub Date : 2025-01-01DOI: 10.1093/pm/pnae091
David E Reed, Melissa A Day, Alexandra Ferreira-Valente, Mark P Jensen
{"title":"Belief in living a meaningful life and adjustment to chronic pain.","authors":"David E Reed, Melissa A Day, Alexandra Ferreira-Valente, Mark P Jensen","doi":"10.1093/pm/pnae091","DOIUrl":"10.1093/pm/pnae091","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Chronic pain is a global health concern and often interferes with multiple aspects of individuals' lives (eg, physical activities), diminishing a person's ability to engage in activities that promote meaning in life. However, it is not well understood how believing that one can live a meaningful life despite pain could contribute to improved function among individuals with chronic pain. The aim of the present study was to better understand the role that belief in living a meaningful life despite pain might have on adjustment to chronic pain.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Participants (n = 164) were individuals with chronic pain who completed baseline data from 2 closely related randomized clinical trials. Hierarchical regression analyses were used to examine the hypotheses that one's belief in living a meaningful life despite pain will be associated with function (pain interference and symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, and anxiety) and that the belief in living a meaningful life despite pain would moderate the associations between pain intensity and function.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Belief in living a meaningful life despite pain was significantly associated with less pain interference and less severe symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder, anxiety, and depression, supporting the potential role of this variable in adaptive adjustment to chronic pain. However, one's belief in living a meaningful life despite pain did not moderate the associations between pain intensity and function.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Results provide important theoretical and clinical information about how believing that one can live a meaningful life despite pain might serve as an important process for adjustment to chronic pain.</p>","PeriodicalId":19744,"journal":{"name":"Pain Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"30-38"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142073456","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pain MedicinePub Date : 2025-01-01DOI: 10.1093/pm/pnae096
Mark P Pressler, Reed Yaras, Lynn R Kohan, Priyanka Singla
{"title":"Diffuse myalgia and neuropathic pain after COVID vaccine.","authors":"Mark P Pressler, Reed Yaras, Lynn R Kohan, Priyanka Singla","doi":"10.1093/pm/pnae096","DOIUrl":"10.1093/pm/pnae096","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19744,"journal":{"name":"Pain Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"43-44"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142292892","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}