Pain neuroscience education in patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain: an umbrella review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

In recent years, pain neuroscience education (PNE) has been the focus of extensive research in the scientific literature in the field of physical therapy, but the results obtained are controversial and its clinical application remains unclear. The main aim of this umbrella review was to assess the effectiveness of PNE in patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain (CMP).

Methods

We searched systematically in PubMed (Medline), PEDro, EMBASE, CINAHL and PsycINFO. Methodological quality was analyzed using AMSTAR-2 scale and overlapping analysis using GROOVE tool.

Results

16 systematic reviews were included. A qualitative synthesis was performed for the following sets of patients with CMP: overall CMP, chronic spinal pain, patients with fibromyalgia and patien

SUBMITTER: Cuenca-Martinez F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10704151 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature