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Filter by:This study will include 20 healthy subjects with intact skin on their lower legs that meet inclusion criteria. Participants will serve as their own control, by heating one leg and not the other. The radiofrequency device consists of a 4 by 6 inch heating pad connected to a temperature controller. Subjects will receive weekly treatments for 4 weeks, and will be re-evaluated 4 weeks after the last treatment to assess any tissue changes that continue after the treatments have concluded.
This is study designed to confirm the effectiveness of the Sana Device in patients with pain due to fibromyalgia on quality of life as measured by the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire Revised (FIQR). It is a two arm study in which subjects will be randomly assigned to either active device group or sham-controlled group.
This Nu-V3 clinical study is a randomized, phase II, open-label study evaluating the Nu-V3 cranial nerve stimulation treatment device in patients with chronic pain, anxiety, depression, and/or sleeplessness.
Paediatric and adolescent patients with chronic pain associated with their medical condition will be invited to participate in this study. Most patients for this study will be recruited from gastroenterology and hepatology clinics at KCH. Therefore the rationale for the study is primarily with consideration of each of these medical conditions all with the common symptom of chronic pain. Inflammatory bowel disease disorders(IBD), such as Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis, disorders of gut-brain interaction (DGBI) all experience chronic pain. however children with DGBI do not have an underlying specific lesion causing the pain. The chronic pain is the disease. In addition to this Chronic pancreatitis in children and adolescents can cause severe pain. All of these groups of patients suffer with chronic pain and this can result in failure to thrive and have a negative impact on quality of life. There is a need for further development of a non - pharmacological approach to support these patients with their symptoms of pain and in turn improve quality of life. This study is designed to evaluate the benefits of a complementary natural therapy for paediatric and adolescent patients registered at King's College Hospital, with a diagnosis of a disease or disorder with associated symptoms of chronic pain. The age group is 5-18 years old. The therapy to be evaluated is an energy therapy (Pranic Healing). This therapy is non -invasive, non- touch, non- pharmacological and natural. The study will assess the benefits these patients experience with their symptoms of pain after 8 weeks of weekly energy therapy sessions each session is 30 minutes and 3 visits each 4 weeks apart. Qualitative and Quantitative data will be collected and evaluated.
Small clinical pilot studies have shown that vacuum massage-related techniques such as traditional dry cupping can reduce musculoskeletal pain such as back and neck pain. At the same time, little is yet known about the potential mechanisms of action of these therapies. A vacuum pump induces a massaging effect of the skin including the deeper tissue layers. The resulting massage technique corresponds to a kind of tissue manipulation similar to dry cupping. In this procedure, suction force and air flow can be individually adjusted. This is an advantage that can be used for patients with varying degrees of sensitivity or who are preloaded by patients with varying degrees of sensitivity or a history of pain. The aim of this study is to investigate the mechanisms of action of the therapeutic effects of the vacuum cupping in chronic neck or back pain using the biomarker QST.
This study is being conducted to examine the efficacy of a revised version of an online chronic pain intervention tailored specifically for military, RCMP, and veterans. The original intervention from which the revised version emanates is an online psychotherapy for chronic pain that was developed using materials derived from cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and has thus been described as an acceptance-based behavioural therapy (ABBT). For the purposes of this study, the revised intervention will be known as ABBT-R. The revised treatment protocol was developed based on feedback from participants who had engaged with the original version of the treatment protocol and who participated in a focus group study about their experiences with the intervention. It is hoped that the revised treatment protocol will have similar efficacy to the original treatment protocol and will be as well or better received by participants. We hypothesize that the intervention will be shown to be efficacious for improving pain and pain-related concerns among members of this population and that the treatment will be well received by participants.
Building upon existing evidence on loneliness and pain research, conversational voice assistant (CVA)technology and personalized persuasion, we have assembled an interdisciplinary and inter-institutional team of researchers to conduct a 12-week randomized control pilot with older adults that live alone and self-report pain. Participants will interact with a standard or a personally enhanced loneliness routine delivered through a CVA. We will explore intervention feasibility and examine the efficacy of both standard and personalized interventions on loneliness and secondary outcomes. Inclusion: 1) men and women 60 years of age; 2) live alone (single-family home, independent, or assisted living); 3) self-report have experienced or currently experiencing musculoskeletal pain; and 4) wireless internet access via a broadband Internet connection. Exclusion: 1) memory loss as evidenced by poor performance on the Mini Cog; 2) inability to speak English; 3) prior study participation; 4) prior use or current use of a conversational voice assistant; and 5) not willing to engage with the voice assistant. Our proposed study is comprised of 1) a one week pre-study session for participant equipment set-up, training, and baseline pre- study data collection; 2) a 12-week randomized trial of the standard or the enhanced CVA delivered interventions; and 3) a one-week post-study data collection.
Perioperative serum potassium in patients over 65 impacts recovery, quality of life and physical functioning. While perioperative serum potassium is an important preoperative risk factor for poor surgical outcomes in older adults, the relationship between perioperative serum potassium and postsurgical pain in this population has not been investigated. The investigators hypothesized that preoperative serum potassium would be associated with greater odds of postsurgical chronic pain.
This randomized controlled trial aims to investigate 1) the effects of high intensity training (HIT) compared to moderate intensity training (MIT) on diaphragm muscle strength, -endurance, -fatigue and -activation, 2) to which extent these changes in diaphragm functioning are related to changes in cardiorespiratory fitness, postural control, pain and disability after HIT versus MIT, 3) to which extent depressive mood and anxiety moderate the effects of HIT on diaphragm functioning in persons with chronic nonspecific low back pain (CNSLBP). The investigators hypothize that HIT improves diaphragm functioning more compared to MIT in persons with CNSLBP.
This is a pragmatic randomized controlled trial comparing a single 15-minute mindfulness-based intervention to usual care for patients with chronic pain in Ukraine being seen in a pain clinic.