The Clinical journal of pain
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Meta Analysis
The Use of Virtual Reality in the Rehabilitation of Chronic Non-Specific Neck Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
There has been a major interest in using virtual reality (VR) as a pain-management tool. This systematic review evaluated the literature on the use of VR in the treatment of chronic nonspecific neck pain (CNNP). ⋯ Our results suggest that VR is a promising tool for chronic pain management; however, there is a lack of VR intervention design consistency, objective outcome measures, follow-up reporting, and large sample sizes. Future research should focus on designing VR interventions to serve specific, individualized movement goals as well as combining quantifiable outcomes with existing self-report measures.
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Meta Analysis
Is Lidocaine Patch Beneficial for Postoperative Pain: A Meta-analysis of raNdomized Clinical Trials.
The aim of this meta-analysis was to evaluate whether a lidocaine patch is beneficial for postoperative pain as an option for multimodal analgesia. ⋯ Lidocaine patches are beneficial for postoperative pain and can be used in multimodal analgesia to reduce opioid use, but there is no significant increase in patient satisfaction with pain control. More data are needed to support this conclusion due to the large heterogeneity in the present study.