Researchers developed and validated a diagnostic prediction model to distinguish between juvenile idiopathic arthritis and chronic musculoskeletal pain syndrome.
High-frequency spinal cord stimulation shows longer lasting pain relief with some sex-specific differences in effectiveness for treating chronic pain.
A combined unsupervised and supervised machine learning technique can help predict long-term spinal cord stimulation response for patients with chronic pain.
Don Goldenberg, MD, provides an overview of the various aspects of chronic pain in rheumatology and the inaccurate interchangeability of the terms “fibromyalgia” and “central pain sensitization.” Deeba Minhas, MD, weighs in on addressing the systemic biases in chronic pain.
The aim of the study was to evaluate the prevalence of chronic pain disparities among the major racial and ethnic groups in the US.
David Dickerson, MD, chair of the ASA Committee on Pain Medicine, discusses suggested changes and recommendations to the proposed clinical practice guidelines for prescribing opioids that were recently issued by the CDC.
Three distinct chronic pain phenotypes were identified in knee osteoarthritis.
For people with chronic, nonspecific low back pain, psychological interventions are most effective when delivered in conjunction with physical therapy care.
Utilization of an online chronic pain management program was increased
during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Patients were randomized to receive internet-delivered pain management or waitlist and were evaluated for pain and psychological outcomes.
