Personalized Multimodal Lifestyle Intervention as the Best-Evidenced Treatment for Chronic Pain
Journal of Clinical Medicine · 2024 · Nijs J, Malfliet A, Roose E, et al.
Study type
State-of-the-Art Clinical Perspective
This clinical perspective discusses how clinicians can integrate multiple lifestyle factors together — physical activity, stress, sleep, and nutrition — into one personalized plan for people with chronic pain, rather than addressing each factor in isolation.
What the research suggests
That interventions addressing several lifestyle factors at once, tailored to the individual, have stronger evidence than focusing on a single factor alone — particularly in the context of chronic pain.
What it does not prove
The paper focuses specifically on chronic pain, not a generalisation to every health condition. It is also a clinical perspective synthesising existing evidence, not a new clinical trial in itself.
Full citation
Nijs J, Malfliet A, Roose E, Lahousse A, Van Bogaert W, Johansson E, Runge N, Goossens Z, Labie C, Bilterys T, Van Campenhout J, Polli A, Wyns A, Hendrix J, Xiong HY, Ahmed I, De Baets L, Huysmans E. Personalized Multimodal Lifestyle Intervention as the Best-Evidenced Treatment for Chronic Pain: State-of-the-Art Clinical Perspective. J Clin Med. 2024 Jan 23;13(3):644. doi:10.3390/jcm13030644
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