Pain education combined with neck- and aerobic training is more effective at relieving chronic neck pain than pain education alone – A preliminary randomized controlled trial

The clinical reasoning process in randomized clinical trials with patients with non-specific neck pain is incomplete: A systematic review

“…1 describes the screening process. One hundred and twenty-two studies were included (Akhter et al, 2014;Ali et al, 2014;Andrade Ortega et al, 2014;Aquino et al, 2009;Bakar et al, 2014;Beer et al, 2012;Beinert and Taube, 2013;Beltran-Alacreu et al, 2015;Bid et al, 2014;Borisut et al, 2013;Borman et al, 2008;Brage et al, 2015;Briem et al, 2007;Casanova-Mendez et al, 2014;Celenay et al, 2016a,b;Chiu et al, 2004;Chiu et al, 2005;Chiu et al, 2011;Cleland et al, 2005;Cleland et al, 2007Cleland et al, , 2010Cook et al, 2015;Cunha et al, 2008;David et al, 1998;Dawood et al, 2013;de Camargo et al, 2011;Deepa et al, 2014;Dunning et al, 2012;Dusunceli et al, 2009;Dziedzic et al, 2005;Escortell-Mayor et al, 2011;Evans et al, 2012;Falla et al, 2006;Falla et al, 2007;Falla et al, 2008;Falla et al, 2013;Gallego Izquierdo et al, 2016;Ganesh et al, 2014;Giombini et al, 2013;Gonzalez-Iglesias et al, 2009a; Gonzalez-Iglesias, Fernandez-de-las-Penas,…”

“…There were more female than male participants in the study populations. Twenty-three (19%) studies included only females pursuing a homogeneous study population (Bakar et al, 2014;Borisut et al, 2013;Brage et al, 2015;Cunha et al, 2008;Falla et al, 2006;Falla et al, 2007;Falla et al, 2008;Falla et al, 2013;Hakkinen et al, 2008;Jull et al, 2007Jull et al, , 2009Karlsson et al, 2014;Ko et al, 2010;Mansilla-Ferragut et al, 2009;O'Leary et al, 2007a,b;Pires et al, 2015;Rudolfsson et al, 2014;Viljanen et al, 2003;Ylinen et al, 2003, Ylinen et al, 2007a. Ninety-eight (80%) studies included participants with chronic neck pain (Akhter et al, 2014;Andrade Ortega et al, 2014;Aquino et al, 2009;Bakar et al, 2014;Beer et al, 2012;Beinert and Taube, 2013;Beltran-Alacreu et al, 2015;Borisut et al, 2013;Borman et al, 2008;Brage et al, 2015;Casanova-Mendez et al, 2014;Celenay et al, 2016a,b;Chiu et al, 2004Chiu et al, , 2005Chiu et al, , 2011Cook et al, 2015;Cunha et al, 2008;David et al, 1998;Dawood et al, 2013;…”

Best Evidence Rehabilitation for Chronic Pain Part 4: Neck Pain

“…An educational treatment of pain management focusing on understanding/acceptance of pain, goal setting, and participation in social- and work-related contexts was less effective in improving a physical quality of life measure when compared to a multimodal treatment (the same education in addition to exercise) for a mixed traumatic/non-traumatic neck pain sample [27] (Pedro 6/10). A preliminary RCT in a small sample of women with mixed chronic neck pain also found that pain education was less effective when delivered alone than when delivered in conjunction with exercise [28] (Pedro 7/10).…”

ConheceDOR: the development of a board game for modern pain education for patients with musculoskeletal pain

“…Fifteen studies were included, totaling 1,486 people with chronic musculoskeletal pain. Five studies with people with chronic low back pain [15][16][17][18][19] , four studies with musculoskeletal pain of different origins [20][21][22][23] , two studies with participants with chronic neck pain 24,25 , one study with patients with chronic fatigue syndrome 26 , one study with fibromyalgia 27 , one study with participants with spinal pain or upper back pain 28 , one study with patients with chronic knee pain 29 . Among the interventions, seven studies (46.7%) used neuroscience-based PE 15,17,18,22,25,26,29 , five studies (33.4%) used PE and behavioral strategies 20,21,23,24,27 , one study (6.7%) used only behavioral strategies 19 , one study (6.7%) used general health guidelines 28 and one study (6.7%) associated neuroscience-based PE with hypnosis 16 .…”