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ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2019

Best-Evidence Rehabilitation for Chronic Pain Part 2: Pain during and after Cancer Treatment.

An De Groef, Frauke Penen, Lore Dams, Elien Van der Gucht, Jo Nijs, Mira Meeus

2 registry-linked trialsOpen access · goldAbstract readReview
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Review in Journal of clinical medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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11citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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.

NCT04965909 naunknown statusnot on this mapstarted 2021, after this paper: background citation

Online Pain Neuroscience Education and Graded Exposure to Movement in Breast Cancer Survivors: Protocol of a Randomised Controlled Trial.

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of SevilleRan2021 to 2024Enrolled40ConditionsBreast Neoplasms, Pain, Chronic, Quality of LifeArmsOnline physiotherapy protocol based on pain neuroscience education and gradual exposure to movement.
NCT06052085 naunknown statusnot on this mapstarted 2023, after this paper: background citation

Investigation of the Efficiency of Pain Neuroscience Education in Patients With Chronic Pain After Breast Cancer Surgery

TypeinterventionalSponsorHacettepe UniversityRan2023 to 2025Enrolled50ConditionsBreast CancerArmsPain Neuroscience Education, Biomedical Pain Education, Standard Physiotherapy Program
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The role of exercise for pain management in adults living with and beyond cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

An De GroefDepartment of Rehabilitation Sciences, KU Leuven, University of Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium. an.degroef@kuleuven.be.ORCID 0000-0001-6771-2836
Frauke PenenDepartment of Rehabilitation Sciences, KU Leuven, University of Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
Lore DamsDepartment of Rehabilitation Sciences, KU Leuven, University of Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
Elien Van der GuchtDepartment of Rehabilitation Sciences, KU Leuven, University of Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
Jo NijsPain in Motion International Research Group, Department of Physiotherapy, Human Physiology and Anatomy (KIMA), Faculty of Physical Education & Physiotherapy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Laarbeeklaan 103, 1090 Brussels, Belgium.
Mira MeeusDepartment of Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy, MOVANT, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Antwerp, Belgium.
University of Antwerp · BEVrije Universiteit Brussel · BE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pain during, and especially after, cancer remains underestimated and undertreated. Moreover, both patients and health care providers are not aware of potential benefits of rehabilitation strategies for the management of pain during and following cancer treatment. In this paper, we firstly provided a state-of-the-art overview of the best evidence rehabilitation modalities for patients having (persistent) pain during and following cancer treatment, including educational interventions, specific exercise therapies, manual therapies, general exercise therapies and mind-body exercise therapies. Secondly, the findings were summarized from a clinical perspective and discussed from a scientific perspective. In conclusion, best evidence suggests that general exercise therapy has small pain-relieving effects. Supporting evidence for mind-body exercise therapy is available only in breast cancer patients. At this moment, there is a lack of high-quality evidence to support the use of specific exercises and manual therapy at the affected region for pain relief during and after cancer treatment. No clinically relevant results were found in favor of educational interventions restricted to a biomedical approach of pain. To increase available evidence these rehabilitation modalities should be applied according to, and within, a multidisciplinary biopsychosocial pain management approach. Larger, well-designed clinical trials tailored to the origin of pain and with proper evaluation of pain-related functioning and the patient's pain experience are needed.

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cancerexercisepainrehabilitation

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PMID31284377
PMCPMC6678417
OpenAlexW2955990243

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