Pain Management Research

KEY FINDING: A combination of nerve blocks and rehabilitation during opioid reduction can prevent worsening pain.

KEY FINDING: CVS induced a statistically significant pain reduction compared to an ice pack control procedure. Pain reduced from baseline by an average of 24.8% within 30 min after CVS, compared to 6.4% after the ice pack intervention.

KEY FINDING: CILESIs should be performed at C6-C7 or below to minimize the risk of spinal cord injury.

KEY FINDING: A 40-year-old male with long-standing intercostal neuralgia experienced significant pain relief with a permanent PNS implant after failing multiple other treatments.

KEY FINDING: The patient experienced immediate loss of consciousness and quadriplegia following ICESI, indicating spinal intracord injection damage.

KEY FINDING: Temporal summation of pain (TSP) in response to the foot CPT was higher in subacute compared to chronic incomplete SCI-NP, while TSP to the hand CPT was significantly higher in chronic compared to the subacute complete SCI-NP group.

KEY FINDING: DREZ microcoagulation resulted in short-term (12 days) and long-term (1+ year) pain relief for participants with SCI below-level neuropathic pain, especially when lesioning both cephalad and caudal to the injury.

KEY FINDING: Neuropathic pain following SCI involves alterations in normal sensory signals at peripheral, spinal cord, and supraspinal levels, leading to amplified pain perception.

KEY FINDING: Both rTMS and TENS effectively ameliorated CCI-induced NP, with rTMS of the PFC showing superior performance.

KEY FINDING: More pain now can result in more physical activity later, influenced by pain catastrophic thoughts and fatigue.