Many of us have the humble paracetamol pill in the cupboard at home, and reach for it when we experience pain. But recent research shows that paracetamol does not provide more pain relief than a ...
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Paracetamol for acute low back pain – a cheap fix or a waste of health resources?
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Opening the “black box” of interventions
The importance of accounting for change over time when investigating how our treatments work Whenever we test a treatment or intervention in the form of a randomised clinical trial (RCT), we should be interested in ...
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Changing pain thresholds with classical conditioning
Our previous post about a classical conditioning model for pain generated some lively discussion. Some argued vehemently that pain cannot be a classically conditioned response, and others argued vehemently that of course it can and ...
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Classification of patients with low back-related leg pain: a systematic review
“Can clinically relevant subgroups of low back pain be identified?” Amongst other very important questions this was highlighted by an international panel of leading low back pain (LBP) researchers in primary care, as a relevant ...
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Boosting the Brain’s Natural Cannabinoids: A Better Way Towards Pain Relief?
Research shows the promise of a new approach to treating pain that avoids the side effects common to marijuana.