Pain science education plus exercise therapy in chronic nonspecific spinal pain: a systematic review and meta-analyses of randomized clinical trials

Chronic nonspecific spinal pain (CNSP) is defined as a chronic pain experienced in musculoskeletal structures of the spine. CNSP is characterized by a significant emotional distress or functional disability which cannot be attributed directly to a known disease or damage process 38. CNSP represents the leading worldwide cause of years lived with disability 47 and it is responsible for a high social and financial burden in developed countries 11,19. Findings from literature accounted that one-fifth of overall workers with CNSP takes some absence over a period of six months 50.
Source: The Journal of Pain - Category: Materials Science Authors: Source Type: research