Does brain entrainment using binaural auditory beats affect pain perception in acute and chronic pain?: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pain is a major clinical problem across all ages with serious social and economic consequences and a great negative impact on quality of life. Brain entrainment using binaural beats is a non-pharmaceutical intervention that is claimed to have analgesic effects in acute and chronic pain. We aimed to systematically review the available randomized clinical trials on the efficacy of binaural auditory beats in reducing adults' pain perception in acute and chronic pain. A systematic search in electronic databases including Medline (via PubMed), Web of Science, Scopus, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), and Embase was performed. The search was completed through Google Scholar and a manual search of the reference lists of all included studies. Randomized c

SUBMITTER: Shamsi F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10785528 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature