ReviewCurrent pain and headache reports2016
Role of Alternative Therapies for Chronic Pain Syndromes.
Review in Current pain and headache reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04170803 (Feasibility of Near-infrared Spectroscopy to Measure Cortical Pain Pathway), which is not on this map. Cited by 19 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Feasibility of Near-infrared Spectroscopy to Measure Cortical Pain Pathway (Brain) Activation During Dry Needling
Who cites it
19 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 44 citations in OpenAlex.
- From research to clinical practice: a systematic review of the implementation of psychological interventions for chronic headache in adults.BMC health services research · 2020Pooled it
- Pooled it
- Analgesic Management of Chronic Pancreatitis.Digestive diseases and sciences · 2026Review
- Best Practices for Chronic Pancreatitis Pain Management: A Comprehensive Evidence-Based Review.Journal of inflammation research · 2025Review
- Multimodal non-invasive non-pharmacological therapies for chronic pain: mechanisms and progress.BMC medicine · 2023Review
- Xueliankoufuye Suppresses Microglial Activation with Inflammatory Pain by Blocking NF-Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2023Article
- What is the analgesic range of acupuncture stimulus for treating acute pain?Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2023Article
- Virtual reality for management of cancer pain: Study rationale and design.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2022Article
- Dealing with Chronic Pain: Tips to Teach Undergraduate Health Sciences Students.Journal of pain research · 2022Review
- Adolescent and Adult Correlates of Prescription Opioid Use and Misuse in Adulthood: Associations Across Domains of Despair.Substance use & misuse · 2021Article
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- A Qualitative Study of Patients' Beliefs and Perception on Medicinal Properties of Natural Hot Spring Bath for Musculoskeletal Problems.Journal of environmental and public health · 2020Article
- Virtual reality for pain management in patients with heart failure: Study rationale and design.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2019Article
- Pain symptomology, functional impact, and treatment of people with Neurofibromatosis type 1.Journal of pain research · 2019Review
- Cannabinoids, Pain, and Opioid Use Reduction: The Importance of Distilling and Disseminating Existing Data.Cannabis and cannabinoid research · 2019Review
- Gender specific association between the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and alcohol consumption and injuries caused by drinking in the sixth Tromsø study.BMC complementary and alternative medicine · 2018Article
- Neuropathic pain and dry eye.The ocular surface · 2018Review
- Medication Overuse in Chronic Pain.Current pain and headache reports · 2017Review
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Authors and funding
6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
There is increasing interest in the use of complimentary and alternative medicine (CAM) for the treatment of chronic pain. This review examines alternative and complimentary therapies, which can be incorporated as part of a biopsychosocial approach in the treatment of chronic pain syndromes. In the present investigation, literature from articles indexed on PubMed was evaluated including topics of alternative therapies, complimentary therapies, pain psychology, biofeedback therapy, physical exercise therapies, acupuncture, natural and herbal supplements, whole-body cryotherapy, and smartphone technologies in the treatment of chronic pain syndromes. This review highlights the key role of psychology in the treatment of chronic pain. Cognitive behavior therapy appears to be the most impactful while biofeedback therapy has also been shown to be effective for chronic pain. Exercise therapy has been shown to be effective in short-, intermediate-, and long-term pain states. When compared to that in sham controls, acupuncture has shown some benefit for neck pain immediately after the procedure and in the short term and improvement has also been demonstrated in the treatment of headaches. The role of smartphones and whole-body cryotherapy are new modalities and further studies are needed. Recent literature suggests that several alternate therapies could play a role in the treatment of chronic pain, supporting the biopsychosocial model in the treatment of pain states.
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