Studies from University of Valencia Describe New Findings in Pain (Pain neuroscience education in patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain: an umbrella review).

A recent study from the University of Valencia in Spain examined the effectiveness of pain neuroscience education (PNE) in patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain (CMP). The researchers conducted an umbrella review, analyzing 16 systematic reviews on the topic. The findings suggest that adding PNE-based interventions to other treatments, such as exercise-based interventions, may lead to greater clinical improvements, particularly in reducing the influence of psychosocial variables. However, studies testing the effectiveness of PNE in isolation did not show statistically significant improvements in pain intensity, disability levels, or psychosocial variables. The researchers concluded that there is a need for improvement in the studies before PNE can be applied clinically. [Extracted from the article]