The effect of pain neuroscience education on chronic postsurgical pain after total knee arthroplasty: a randomized controlled trial.

Dominique C BaasJohanna C Van Aalderen-WichersTjeerd H Van der GootRonald J Verhagen

Published in: Acta orthopaedica (2024)

This RCT showed that PNE was not superior to usual care in terms of reducing pain at 3 months after TKA. Attention to pain, as a secondary outcome, was significantly lower in the PNE group compared with usual care. Other secondary outcome measures showed no significant differences.

Keyphrases

pain management
chronic pain
healthcare
neuropathic pain
quality improvement
palliative care
spinal cord injury
working memory
total knee arthroplasty
spinal cord
affordable care act
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