ReviewJournal of pain research2019
Physical functioning and mindfulness skills training in chronic pain: a systematic review.
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24 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 34 citations in OpenAlex.
- Associations Between Six Core Processes of Psychological Flexibility and Functioning for Chronic Pain Patients: A Three-Level Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Pooled it
- Feasibility of a Virtual Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Intervention for Individuals With Chronic Pain: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR formative research · 2026Trial
- Feasibility of a Mind-Body Program for Chronic Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2025Trial
- Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction in Breast Cancer Survivors with Chronic Neuropathic Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Pain research & management · 2022Trial
- Brain-Centered Interventions for Nociplastic Pain: From Symptom Management to Pain Resolution.Current pain and headache reports · 2026Review
- Underserved older adults' treatment preferences for a mind-body activity program for chronic pain delivered via shared medical visits in a community clinic.Psychology, health & medicine · 2026Article
- A multimodal intervention of manual therapy, exercise, and psychological management for painful diabetic neuropathy: intervention development and feasibility trial protocol.Pain management · 2025Article
- Improving multimodal physical function in adults with heterogeneous chronic pain; Protocol for a multisite feasibility RCT.Contemporary clinical trials · 2024Article
- Improving Health for Older Adults With Pain Through Engagement: Protocol for Tailoring and Open Pilot Testing of a Mind-Body Activity Program Delivered Within Shared Medical Visits in an Underserved Community Clinic.JMIR research protocols · 2023Article
- Mindfulness and Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: An Umbrella Review.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2023Review
- Evaluation of emotion-centric psychological interventions for chronic pain: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ open · 2022Article
- Fitbit Activity, Quota-Based Pacing, and Physical and Emotional Functioning Among Adults With Chronic Pain.The journal of pain · 2022Article
- "Hidden gains"? Measuring the impact of mindfulness-based interventions for people with mild traumatic brain injury: a scoping review.Brain injury · 2022Article
- Getting Active Mindfully: Rationale and Case Illustration of a Group Mind-body and Activity Program for Chronic Pain.Journal of clinical psychology in medical settings · 2021Article
- The Role of Pain Catastrophizing and Pain Acceptance in Performance-Based and Self-Reported Physical Functioning in Individuals with Fibromyalgia and Obesity.Journal of personalized medicine · 2021Article
- A qualitative investigation of activity measurement and change following a mind-body activity program for chronic pain.Complementary therapies in clinical practice · 2021Article
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- Mind-Body Activity Program for Chronic Pain: Exploring Mechanisms of Improvement in Patient-Reported, Performance-Based and Ambulatory Physical Function.Journal of pain research · 2021Article
- Learning to Apply Mindfulness to Pain (LAMP): Design for a Pragmatic Clinical Trial of Two Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Chronic Pain.Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) · 2020Article
- A Mind-Body Physical Activity Program for Chronic Pain With or Without a Digital Monitoring Device: Proof-of-Concept Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR formative research · 2020Article
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Abstract
purposeThe importance of improved physical function as a primary outcome in the treatment of chronic pain is widely accepted. There have been limited attempts to assess the effects mindfulness skills training (MST) has on objective outcomes in chronic pain care.
methodsThis systematic review evaluated published reports of original randomized controlled trials that described physical function outcomes after MST in the chronic pain population and met methodological quality according to a list of predefined criteria. PRISMA criteria were used to identify and select studies, and assess their eligibility for inclusion. The established guidelines for best practice of systematic reviews were followed to report the results.
resultsOf the 2,818 articles identified from the original search of four electronic databases, inclusionary criteria were met by 15 studies published as of August 10, 2015, totaling 1,199 patients. All included studies used self-report measures of physical function, and only two studies also employed performance-based measures of function. There were wide variations in how physical function was conceptualized and measured. Although the quality of the studies was rated as high, there was inconclusive evidence for improvement in physical function assessed by self-report due to contradiction in individual study findings and the measures used to assess function. Strong evidence for lack of improvement in physical function assessed via performance-based measures was found.
conclusionThis review draws attention to the importance of having a unified approach to how physical function is conceptualized and assessed, as well as the importance of using quality performance-based measures in addition to subjective self-reports that appropriately assess the physical function construct within MSTs for chronic pain.
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