Mental Imagery Training Improves Pain In Patients with Spinal Cord Injury

How to Cite

OrthoEvidence. Mental Imagery Training Improves Pain In Patients with Spinal Cord Injury. ACE Report. 2020;9(12):16. Available from: https://myorthoevidene.com/AceReport/Report/12708

Study Type:Therapy

OE Level Evidence:1

Journal Level of Evidence:1

Mental Imagery as a Rehabilitative Therapy for Neuropathic Pain in People With Spinal Cord Injury: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Neurorehabil Neural Repair. 2020 Nov;34(11):1038-1049.

Contributing Authors: J Kaur S Ghosh AK Sahani JK Sinha

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Synopsis

Forty-four patients with spinal cord injury and subsequent neuropathic pain were randomized to receive mental imagery training (n=22) or control (n=22) for the improvement of neuropathic pain and quality of life. Outcomes of interest included pain on a Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) and Visual Analog Scale (VAS), the Brief Pain Inventory (BPI) total score and sub-scores, the Neuropathic Pain Symptom I...