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Few studies have investigated the real-life outcomes of interdisciplinary multimodal pain rehabilitation programs (IMMRP) for chronic pain. This study has four aims: investigate effect sizes (ES); analyse correlation patterns of outcome changes; defi...

This study investigates the effects of sex, education, and country of birth on clinical presentations and outcomes of interdisciplinary multimodal pain rehabilitation programs (IMMRPs). A multivariate improvement score (MIS) and two retrospective est...

Pain during, and especially after, cancer remains underestimated and undertreated. Moreover, both patients and health care providers are not aware of potential benefits of rehabilitation strategies for the management of pain during and following canc...

Neck pain, whether from a traumatic event such as a motor vehicle crash or of a non-traumatic nature, is a leading cause of worldwide disability. This narrative review evaluated the evidence from systematic reviews, recent randomised controlled trial...

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a leading cause of chronic pain and disability in older adults, which most commonly affects the joints of the knee, hip, and hand. To date, there are no established disease modifying interventions that can halt or reverse OA pr...

Chronic Low Back Pain (CLBP) is a major and highly prevalent health problem. Given the high number of papers available, clinicians might be overwhelmed by the evidence on CLBP management. Taking into account the scale and costs of CLBP, it is imperat...

Background: Chronic pain is a multifactorial condition for which interdisciplinary multimodal rehabilitation is guideline-recommended, yet the biological mechanisms underlying treatment response remain incompletely understood and validated predictive...

Chronic pain is a prevalent and persistent problem in middle childhood and adolescence. The biopsychosocial model of pain, which accounts for the complex interplay of the biological, psychological, social, and environmental factors that contribute to...

Internet-delivered interventions hold the possibility to make pain rehabilitation more accessible and adaptable by providing qualified individualized psychological care to chronic pain patients in their homes. Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT)...

Background/Objectives: Pain science education accommodating low health literacy is needed for people with chronic pain. The purpose of this study was to translate PNE4Kids, contextually adapt it into PNE4Adults, and test the feasibility of the newly...

Interdisciplinary pain rehabilitation (IPR) is a recommended treatment for people with chronic pain. An inadequate description of the content of IPR programs makes it difficult to draw conclusions regarding their effects. The purpose of this study wa...

Chronic pain is a major public health issue. Mounting evidence suggests that interdisciplinary multimodal pain rehabilitation programs (IMMRPs) performed in specialist pain care are an effective treatment for patients with chronic pain, but the effec...

Background: Neuropathic pain is an injury or disease of the central and/or peripheral somatosensory nervous system, and it has a significant impact on quality of life, especially since it is often refractory to treatment. Rehabilitative intervention...

Insomnia and chronic pain are prevalent health complaints. Previous research has shown that they are closely associated, but their interaction and causality are not completely understood. Further research is needed to uncover the extent to which a tr...

Smartphones and their associated applications are used frequently by patients and clinicians alike. Despite the technology being widely accessible, their use to aid in rehabilitation is yet to be adopted. The SARS CoV-2 pandemic has presented an oppo...

Pain is a natural protective mechanism and has a warning function signaling imminent or actual tissue damage. Neuropathic pain (NP) results from a dysfunction and derangement in the transmission and signal processing along the nervous system and it i...

Burning Mouth Syndrome (BMS) is a multifactorial, chronic pain condition with neuropathic and psychogenic mechanisms. Cortical activation as well as sustained attention and executive functions have proven to be affected by chronic pain. The main obje...

Background: Sarcopenic obesity, characterized by reduced skeletal muscle mass and excess adiposity, is strongly associated with chronic pain and functional decline in older adults. Objective: This prospective controlled trial without randomization in...

Predicting pain in physical rehabilitation is challenging due to subjectivity, patient variability, and self-report bias, especially in telerehabilitation. This study aims to determine whether machine-learning models based on heart rate (HR), heart r...

Objectives: Knee osteoarthritis (KOA) rehabilitation aims to assess the impact of pain reduction on kinesiophobia and outpatient welfare, emphasizing the interconnectedness of biopsychosocial factors in the rehabilitative process. Methods: The study...

Mechanism-based diagnosis and therapies for chronic pain are lacking. However, bio-psycho-social interventions such as interdisciplinary multimodal rehabilitation programs (IPRPs) have shown to be relatively effective treatments. In this context we a...

Background/Objectives: Osteoporosis causes a bone mass reduction and often determines acute and chronic pain. Understanding the biochemical and neurophysiological mechanisms behind this pain is crucial for developing new, effective rehabilitative and...

Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is a disabling pain condition, which is distinct from other pain syndromes by the presence of autonomic dysfunction and regional inflammatory changes. Objectives: To explore the impact of pharmacological treatmen...

Children and adolescents with highly disabling chronic pain of high intensity and frequency are admitted to specialized pain rehabilitation programs. Some barriers to obtaining this specialized care include a lack of availability of treatment centers...

Post-stroke shoulder pain (PSSP) is a debilitating consequence of hemiplegia, often hindering rehabilitation efforts and further limiting motor recovery. With the advent of robotic-assisted therapies in neurorehabilitation, there is potential for inn...

Low back pain (LBP) remains one of the most prevalent and disabling musculoskeletal conditions globally, with profound social, economic, and healthcare implications. The rising incidence and chronic nature of LBP highlight the need for more objective...

Temporomandibular disorders (TMD) are a group of musculoskeletal diseases affecting masticatory muscles and temporomandibular joints (TMJ). In this context, the chronic TMD could be considered as a condition with chronic primary orofacial pain, prese...

In Uganda, in 2019, 6.8 million people experienced health conditions that are amenable to rehabilitation. This is largely due to musculoskeletal disorders such as low back pain (LBP). Measuring effective coverage of rehabilitation means assessing whe...

Low back pain is a global worldwide problem. A great attention is given to correction of this health status by a wide range of rehabilitation specialists. Some single or integrated physical factors, physiotherapy, specific and nonspecific physical ex...

Background: Chronic low back pain (CLBP) is a leading cause of disability, impacting quality of life (QoL), function, and work productivity. Traditional rehabilitation faces challenges in accessibility and adherence. Remote rehabilitation and virtual...

Background and Aims: Low back pain is a prevalent condition affecting 60–85% of individuals during their lifetime. Despite various proposed mechanisms, the etiology of low back pain remains unclear. This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness...

Background/Objectives: Groin pain syndrome (GPS) is a frequent and heterogeneous condition in athletes, often associated with persistent pain and functional limitation. Both focused extracorporeal shockwave therapy (f-ESWT) and exercise-based rehabil...

Background/Objectives: Severe traumatic injuries of the upper extremity present a major therapeutic challenge because of extensive tissue damage, severe pain, loss of function, and substantial psychosocial consequences. Continuous multidisciplinary r...

While against recommendations, long-term opioid therapy (LTOT) for chronic pain is common. This study aimed to describe the prevalence of opioid prescriptions and to study the association of patient characteristics (demographics, pain characteristics...

Pain assessment remains a major challenge in avian medicine and wildlife rehabilitation because birds frequently exhibit subtle and species-specific responses that are difficult to detect under field conditions. The objective of this study was to ide...

Background: Meniscal tears are a common cause of knee pain and functional limitation, yet determinants of pain recovery following rehabilitation remain incompletely understood. Structural imaging findings often show limited correlation with clinical...

Multiple sclerosis (MS) represents a major cause of chronic neurological disability in young adults and can result in upper limb sensorimotor impairment with a huge impact on manual dexterity and activities of daily living. Moreover, pain is common i...

Shoulder pain (SP) is a common clinical complaint among wheelchair basketball (WB) players, since their shoulders are exposed to intense overload and overhead movements. The supraspinatus tendon is the most exposed to WB-related injuries and it is pr...

Patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS) is a common cause of anterior knee pain, and therapeutic exercises are recommended. During the COVID-19 pandemic, despite recommendations on the importance of telerehabilitation, insufficient studies have investiga...

Chronic low back pain (CLBP) is a significant public health issue, with prevalence intensifying due to an ageing global population, amassing approximately 619 million cases in 2020 and projected to escalate to 843 million by 2050. In this study, we a...

Wheelchair basketball (WB) is an increasingly popular sport that guarantees numerous health benefits for people with disabilities who regularly practice it, such as an improved quality of life and psychophysical well-being. However, WB is a contact a...

Introduction: Lumbar disc surgery is a common procedure for patients with lower back pain associated with lumbar disc herniation. This study aims to evaluate the impact of active physiotherapeutic rehabilitation on global/functional improvement and s...

Remote tele-rehabilitation requires objective pain assessment, but existing approaches fail in two distinct ways. Self-report scales such as the Visual Analog Scale and the Numeric Pain Rating Scale are easy to falsify, opening a special case of the...

The utilization of robotic systems in upper limb rehabilitation has shown promising results in aiding individuals with motor impairments. This research introduces an innovative approach to enhance the efficiency and adaptability of upper limb exoskel...

Background: Hormonal fluctuations during the menstrual cycle (MC) influence pain perception, potentially affecting exercise performance and rehabilitation in women. This effect may be more pronounced in individuals with primary dysmenorrhea (PD), req...

Non-specific chronic low back pain (NSCLBP) is defined as a complex disorder involving structural, biomechanical, cognitive, psychological, social, and lifestyle factors. Non-pharmacological approaches such as exercise and physical therapy have been...

The Demand and Ability Protocol (DAP) is used in three-party meetings involving an employee, an employer, and a representative from the rehabilitation team. The aim of this study is to investigate the inclusion of an intervention using the DAP in an...

Background: Pain is a multidimensional experience shaped not only by nociceptive input but also by cognitive, emotional, and social processes. In musculoskeletal (MSK) rehabilitation, outcome variability among patients with similar clinical presentat...

Home-based exercises have been on the rise recently. This pilot study aimed to assess the adherence and effect of a home-based rehabilitation programme using telemonitoring in patients with chronic non-specific low back pain (CNLBP). Twenty-seven pat...

The comparative effectiveness of foot–ankle-targeted exercise within patellofemoral pain (PFP) rehabilitation remains uncertain. We searched seven databases to 17 August 2026 and included 10 independent randomised trials (431 randomised partici...