Trial reportThe journal of spinal cord medicine2022
Pilot clinical trial of a clinical meditation and imagery intervention for chronic pain after spinal cord injury.
Trial report in The journal of spinal cord medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Behavioral/Physical and Stimulation Interventions for Chronic Pain Following Spinal Cord Injury: A Systematic Review.Topics in spinal cord injury rehabilitation · 2025Pooled it
- The effect of neuropathic pain treatments on pain interference following spinal cord injury: A systematic review.The journal of spinal cord medicine · 2024Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of the Adherence to Home-Practice Meditation Exercises in Patients with Chronic Pain.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Pooled it
- Mindfulness buffers the association of pain with depression and anxiety among people with spinal cord injury: A cross-sectional study.Rehabilitation psychology · 2026Trial
- Feasibility and Acceptability of an App-Based Mindfulness Meditation Intervention for People with Spinal Cord Injury and Chronic Pain.Topics in spinal cord injury rehabilitation · 2026Trial
- Mindfulness for health and wellbeing in adults with spinal cord injury: A scoping review.The journal of spinal cord medicine · 2025Article
- Mindfulness- and acceptance-based interventions for people with spinal cord injury: a scoping review.Spinal cord · 2025Article
- A Case Study of Hypnosis Enhanced Cognitive Therapy for Pain in a Ventilator Dependent Patient during Inpatient Rehabilitation for Spinal Cord Injury.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- A Systematic Review of the Interventions for Management of Pain in Patients After Spinal Cord Injury.Cureus · 2023Review
- Pharmacological and non-pharmacological therapeutic interventions for the treatment of spinal cord injury-induced pain.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2022Review
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Abstract
objectiveTo assess the feasibility and potential benefits of clinical meditation and imagery (CMI) for people with chronic spinal cord injury (SCI) and chronic pain.
designPilot randomized, controlled trial.
settingOutpatients with SCI in the United States.
participants24 adults with chronic SCI (>1 year) and a >3 month history of pain rated ≥4/10 on average over the last week.
interventions4-week program of once-weekly 2-hour group classes, offered in-person and online. CMI group participants were taught mindfulness, mantra meditation, and guided imagery practices. Control group participants received education on topics related to health and function after SCI. OUTCOME MEASURES: Pain interference (primary outcome), pain cognitions, pain intensity/unpleasantness, depressive symptomology, perceived stress.
resultsPain interference decreased to a greater extent in the control group at both Day 42 and Day 70, with a large effect size (d > 1.0). Several secondary outcome measures showed changes consistent with more favorable outcomes in the CMI group at both Day 42 and Day 70, with a large effect size d > 0.80, including worst pain intensity over the last week, depressive symptomology, belief in pain as a sign of harm and perceived control over pain. Perceived stress improved to a greater extent in the control group (d = 1.16 at Day 42, d = .20 at Day 70).
conclusionCMI is feasible and acceptable to implement with people with SCI and chronic pain. Further study is warranted to assess potential benefits for pain-related outcomes.
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