Internet cognitive behavioral therapy may improve insomnia in chronic pain patients
1. Internet-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) may provide greater immediate improvements in insomnia symptoms compared to applied relaxation. 2. After ...
Tag: chronic pain
Graded sensorimotor retraining may improve chronic lower back pain compared to sham procedure: The RESOLVE randomized clinical trial
1. This randomized clinical trial demonstrated that among 276 adult patients with moderate to severe chronic lower back pain, graded ...
United States medical cannabis registration increased significantly between 2016 and 2020
1. Registration for medical cannabis increased 4.5 times from 2016 to 2020 in the United States, with chronic pain and ...
Medical cannabis provides little improvement to sleep in chronic pain patients
1. In this systematic review and meta-analysis, medical cannabis and cannabinoids versus placebo were found to provide a small increase ...
Wellness Check: Sleep
Medical cannabis provides little improvement to sleep in chronic pain patients 1. In this systematic review and meta-analysis, medical cannabis ...
Prescription of tramadol is associated with higher rates of adverse clinical outcomes compared to codeine in patients with chronic, noncancer pain
1. A retrospective, population-based cohort study found that tramadol prescription was significantly associated with all-cause mortality, cardiovascular events, and fractures ...
Insufficient evidence for using muscle relaxants to effectively relieve lower back pain
1. Very low certainty evidence exists suggesting that non-benzodiazepine antispasmodics for lower back pain can reduce pain intensity, but not ...
Osteopathic manipulative treatment vs sham treatment for patients with nonspecific subacute and chronic low back pain
1. Among patients with nonspecific low back pain, osteopathic manipulative treatment compared with a sham treatment modestly reduces activity limitations ...
2 Minute Medicine Rewind March 22, 2021
Objective sleep efficiency predicts cardiovascular disease in a community population: The Sleep Heart Health Study 1. In a large, community-based ...
Physical exercise associated with reduced risk of chronic pain in University students
1. Higher frequency, intensity, and duration of physical exercise linked to lower risk of chronic pain in Norwegian University students ...
