Pain medicine : the official journal of the American Academy of Pain Medicine
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Randomized Controlled Trial
The Effect of Adding Dry Needling to Physical Therapy in the Treatment of Cervicogenic Headache: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
To compare the long-term effect of adding real or sham dry needling with conventional physiotherapy in cervicogenic headache. ⋯ Dry needling has a positive effect on pain and disability reduction, cervical range of motion, and deep cervical flexor muscles performance in patients with cervicogenic headache and active trigger points, although the clinical relevance of the results was small.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Effects of a low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet on reported pain, blood biomarkers and quality of life in patients with chronic pain: A pilot randomised clinical trial.
A low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet has been reported to improve chronic pain by reducing inflammation, oxidative stress, and sensitivity within the nervous system. The main aim of this trial is to evaluate the effects of a ketogenic diet on reported pain, blood biomarkers and quality of life in patients with chronic pain. ⋯ The implementation of a whole-food diet that restricts ultra-processed foods is a valid pain management tool; however, a low-carbohydrate ketogenic diets may have potentially greater pain reduction, weight loss and mood improvements.
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A Randomized controlled trial of the Sources of Meaning Card Method: A new meaning-oriented approach predicts depression, anxiety, pain acceptance, and crisis of meaning in chronic pain patients.
Although considered the first-line psychological treatment for chronic pain, cognitive behavioral therapy has recently been criticized as being too limited, insufficient, and sometimes ineffective in the treatment of patients with chronic pain. Moreover, important existential perspectives are sparsely or not at all integrated into cognitive behavioral therapy. We therefore propose to complement chronic pain treatment with a meaning-based intervention, the Sources of Meaning Card Method (SoMeCaM). This study tested its efficacy. ⋯ Our preliminary work demonstrates the importance of the existential perspective in chronic pain therapy.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
The Effect of Scheduled Intravenous Acetaminophen in an Enhanced Recovery Protocol Pathway in Patients Undergoing Major Abdominal Procedures: A Prospective, Randomized, and Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial.
Enhanced recovery protocols (ERPs) utilize multi-modal analgesia regimens. Individual regimen components should be evaluated for their analgesic efficacy. We evaluated the effect of scheduled intravenous (IV) acetaminophen within an ERP on analgesia and recovery after a major abdominal surgery. ⋯ Scheduled administration of IV acetaminophen did not improve postoperative analgesia or characteristics of postoperative recovery in patients undergoing major abdominal surgery within an ERP pathway.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
The effect of the model's social status on placebo analgesia induced by social observational learning.
Placebo analgesia can be induced by social observational learning. The aim of this study was to determine whether this effect can be influenced by the social status of a model. ⋯ This is the first study to show that the perception of a model's social status is related to the magnitude of placebo analgesia induced by observational learning.