Flotation Restricted Environmental Stimulation Therapy for Chronic Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Flotation restricted environmental stimulation therapy (REST) is an emerging therapeutic intervention that, to our knowledge, has never been directly compared with an indistinguishable placebo in patients with chronic pain.

Objective

To determine whether 5 flotation-REST sessions alleviate chronic pain.

Design, setting, and participants

This single-blind, randomized clinical trial compared flotation-REST as an intervention for the treatment of chronic pain with indistinguishable placebo and wait-list control conditions at Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany. Men and women aged 18 to 75 years who had been diagnosed with chronic pain disorder with psychological and somatic factors (International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health

SUBMITTER: Loose LF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8122226 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature