Telehealth and virtual reality technologies in chronic pain management: a narrative review

IH Cerda, A Therond, S Moreau, K Studer… - Current Pain and …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review This review provides medical practitioners with an overview of
the present and emergent roles of telehealth and associated virtual reality (VR) applications …

An umbrella review of effectiveness and efficacy trials for app-based health interventions

SOK Chong, S Pedron, N Abdelmalak, M Laxy… - NPJ Digital …, 2023 - nature.com
Health interventions based on mobile phone or tablet applications (apps) are promising
tools to help patients manage their conditions more effectively. Evidence from randomized …

[HTML][HTML] The Web-Based Pain-at-Work Toolkit With Telephone Support for Employees With Chronic or Persistent Pain: Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Feasibility …

H Blake, WJ Chaplin, E Wainwright… - JMIR Research …, 2023 - researchprotocols.org
Background Chronic or persistent pain affects one's ability to work or be productive at work,
generating high societal and economic burden. However, the provision of work-related …

Finding new analgesics: Computational pharmacology faces drug discovery challenges

A Barakat, G Munro, AM Heegaard - Biochemical pharmacology, 2024 - Elsevier
Despite the worldwide prevalence and huge burden of pain, pain is an undertreated
phenomenon. Currently used analgesics have several limitations regarding their efficacy …

Remote mobile heath monitoring frameworks and mobile applications: Taxonomy, open challenges, motivation, and recommendations

SA Butt, M Naseer, A Ali, A Khalid, T Jamal… - … Applications of Artificial …, 2024 - Elsevier
Advancements in mobile technology have propelled the rapid progress of remote health
monitoring, particularly in the domain of mobile health (mHealth). This progress is …

[HTML][HTML] Mobile Health App and Web Platform (eDOL) for Medical Follow-Up of Patients With Chronic Pain: Cohort Study Involving the French eDOL National Cohort …

N Delage, N Cantagrel, S Soriot-Thomas… - JMIR mHealth and …, 2024 - mhealth.jmir.org
Background: Chronic pain affects approximately 30% of the general population, severely
degrades quality of life and professional life, and leads to additional health care costs …

[HTML][HTML] SOMAScience: A Novel Platform for Multidimensional, Longitudinal Pain Assessment

CZ Gunsilius, J Heffner, S Bruinsma… - JMIR mHealth and …, 2024 - mhealth.jmir.org
Chronic pain is one of the most significant health issues in the United States, affecting more
than 20% of the population. Despite its contribution to the increasing health crisis, reliable …

Fibromyalgia–are there any new approaches?

JE Martinez, I Guimarães - Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology, 2024 - Elsevier
Introduction Approaching patients with fibromyalgia (FM) is challenging due to the limited
availability of scientifically proven effective therapies. Objective Review the treatments in use …

Innovative Applications of Telemedicine and Other Digital Health Solutions in Pain Management: A Literature Review

SN El-Tallawy, JV Pergolizzi, I Vasiliu-Feltes… - Pain and Therapy, 2024 - Springer
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare systems are facing extraordinary challenges. Our
approaches to medicine have changed and created a whole new generation of people who …

Successes and pitfalls in orphan drug development for sickle cell disease

E Costa, A Isgrò, M de Montalembert… - Blood …, 2024 - ashpublications.org
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a hereditary red cell disorder with a large disease burden at a
global level. In the United States and Europe, medicines may qualify for orphan designation …