Modern pain neuroscience in clinical practice: applied to post-cancer, paediatric and sports-related pain.
Anneleen Malfliet, Laurence Leysen, Roselien Pas, Kevin Kuppens, Jo Nijs, Paul Van Wilgen, Eva Huysmans, Lisa Goudman, Kelly Ickmans
PMID 28579013WHAT IT FOUND
No original methods or results are reported.
This masterclass narrative review gives a literature-based rationale for applying pain neuroscience to post-cancer, paediatric and sports pain.
What this paper is
This is a masterclass narrative review about modern pain neuroscience applied to post-cancer, paediatric and sports-related pain. It has no original methods or results, only a literature-based rationale for clinicians. There is no finding here to change your practice.
Declared interests
The funders had no role in preparing the manuscript. The authors declared no financial disclosure and no conflicts of interest.
The easy way to misread this
Do not treat the suggested pain neuroscience approaches as proven effective for these three populations. The paper gives a rationale, not original trial results.