Chronic pain: an update on burden, best practices, and new advances

SP Cohen, L Vase, WM Hooten - The Lancet, 2021 - thelancet.com
Chronic pain exerts an enormous personal and economic burden, affecting more than 30%
of people worldwide according to some studies. Unlike acute pain, which carries survival …

Neuromodulation for chronic pain

H Knotkova, C Hamani, E Sivanesan, MFE Le Beuffe… - The Lancet, 2021 - thelancet.com
Neuromodulation is an expanding area of pain medicine that incorporates an array of non-
invasive, minimally invasive, and surgical electrical therapies. In this Series paper, we focus …

Efficacy and safety of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) for acute and chronic pain in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 381 studies …

MI Johnson, CA Paley, G Jones, MR Mulvey… - BMJ open, 2022 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective To investigate the efficacy and safety of transcutaneous electrical nerve
stimulation (TENS) for relief of pain in adults. Design Systematic review and meta-analysis …

Primary dysmenorrhea: pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment updates

R Itani, L Soubra, S Karout, D Rahme… - Korean journal of …, 2022 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Primary dysmenorrhea (PD) is a common, disregarded, underdiagnosed, and inadequately
treated complaint of both young and adult females. It is characterized by painful cramps in …

[HTML][HTML] Non-pharmacological pain management in labor: a systematic review

W Nori, MAK Kassim, ZR Helmi, AC Pantazi… - Journal of Clinical …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Childbirth is a remarkable, life-changing process and is frequently regarded as an
excruciating, physically and emotionally demanding experience that women endure. Labor …

[HTML][HTML] Using TENS for pain control: update on the state of the evidence

CGT Vance, DL Dailey, RL Chimenti, BJ Van Gorp… - Medicina, 2022 - mdpi.com
Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) is a non-pharmacological intervention
used in the treatment of acute and chronic pain conditions. The first clinical studies on TENS …

Therapeutic approaches for peripheral and central neuropathic pain

D Szok, J Tajti, A Nyári, L Vécsei - Behavioural neurology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Neuropathic pain is a chronic secondary pain condition, which is a consequence of
peripheral or central nervous (somatosensory) system lesions or diseases. It is a devastating …

Chronic musculoskeletal pain: nonpharmacologic, noninvasive treatments

DM Flynn - American family physician, 2020 - aafp.org
Chronic low back pain, neck pain, hip and knee osteoarthritis, and fibromyalgia are the most
common types of chronic musculoskeletal pain. Because no individual therapy has …

A comprehensive review of the treatment and management of myofascial pain syndrome

A Galasso, I Urits, D An, D Nguyen, M Borchart… - Current pain and …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) is a musculoskeletal pain
condition that stems from localized, taut regions of skeletal muscle and fascia, termed trigger …

Wound healing with electrical stimulation technologies: a review

YJ Cheah, MR Buyong, MH Mohd Yunus - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Electrical stimulation (ES) is an attractive field among clinicians in the topic of wound
healing, which is common yet complicated and requires multidisciplinary approaches. The …