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ReviewPain and therapy2023

A Review of Chronic Pain and Device Interventions: Benefits and Future Directions.

Cain W Stark, Mir Isaamullah, Shareef S Hassan, Omar Dyara, Alaa Abd-Elsayed

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Review in Pain and therapy, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Cain W StarkDepartment of Anesthesiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Wauwatosa, WI, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0837-8417
Mir IsaamullahDepartment of Anesthesiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Wauwatosa, WI, USA.
Shareef S HassanChantilly High School, Chantilly, VA, USA.
Omar DyaraDepartment of Anesthesiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Wauwatosa, WI, USA.
Alaa Abd-ElsayedDepartment of Anesthesiology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, 750 Highland Ave, Madison, WI, 53726, USA. Alaaawny@hotmail.com.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic pain is a debilitating condition with a growing prevalence both in the USA and globally. The complex nature of this condition necessitates a multimodal approach to pain management that extends beyond the established pharmaceutical interventions currently employed. A variety of devices comprising both invasive and noninvasive approaches are available to patients, serving as adjuvants to existing regimens. The benefits of these interventions are notable for their lack of addiction potential, potential for patient autonomy regarding self-administration, minimal to no drug interaction, and overall relative safety. However, there remains a need for further research and more robust clinical trials to assess the true efficacy of these interventions and elucidate if there is an underlying physiological mechanism to their benefit in treating chronic pain or if their effect is predominantly placebo in nature. Regardless, the field of device-based intervention and treatment remains an evolving field with much promise for the future chronic pain management.

Indexed as

Chronic painDorsal root ganglion stimulatorsIntrathecal and epidural drug delivery systemsMobile applicationsNoninvasive neuromodulationPeripheral nerve stimulationSpinal cord stimulatorTranscutaneous electrical nerve stimulationVirtual reality

Identifiers

PMID36581788
PMCPMC10036715

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