Enhancing chronic low back pain management: an initial neuroimaging study of a mobile interoceptive attention training.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Chronic low back pain (cLBP) poses significant challenges, often addressed through avoidance or distraction. Emerging evidence suggests that mind-body interventions, like our novel Mind Your Pain (MyP) smartphone mobile application, may offer relief. We conducted a single-arm, mixed-methods neuroimaging study to assess the degree to which treatment response to our 8-week intervention, as measured by the reduction in the Pain, Enjoyment of Life and General Activity Scale (PEG), was associated with enhanced pain-related insula activation over time.

Methods

Twenty-nine individuals with cLBP completed patient-reported assessments, qualitative sensory testing (QST) measures, and neuroimaging pre- and post-MyP. Functional MRI data during experimental heat pain on the

SUBMITTER: Strigo IA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11471628 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature