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Psychologist

A Review of Noninvasive Nonpharmacological Forms of Treatment for Chronic Pain

2.00 - CE credit hours training

$12.00 - Cost of course

This page contains important information about the course, including training details, a comprehensive course description, learning objectives, and source references. We encourage you to review each section to gain a clear understanding of the course content, educational goals, and supporting materials before beginning your training and taking the POST TEST below.

Target audience and instructional level of this course: foundational
There is no known conflict of interest or commercial support related to this CE program.

A Review of Noninvasive Nonpharmacological Forms of Treatment for Chronic Pain

Link to course content

Course content includes Structured Abstract and Evidence Summary ES1-ES

1- Noninvasive Nonpharmacological Treatment for Chronic Pain: A Systematic Review Update: CER-227

12 Questions

1. What was the primary objective of the updated systematic review?
2. Which of the following was not one of the five forms of chronic pain discussed in the article?
3. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimated how many adults in the U.S. experienced chronic pain in 2016?
4. For chronic low back pain, which therapy showed moderate strength of evidence for improved function at short-term follow-up?
5. In the treatment of chronic neck pain, which intervention showed moderate strength of evidence for improving function in the short term?
6. For osteoarthritis pain, which treatment consistently showed improvements in function and/or pain across different follow-up periods?
7. Which therapy showed a short-term improvement in pain for fibromyalgia, with moderate strength of evidence?
8. For fibromyalgia, which treatment showed persistent functional improvement in the long term?
9. The evidence for nonpharmacological treatments of chronic tension headaches was:
10. What was a significant limitation of many of the included RCTs?
11. Was there evidence suggesting an increased risk of serious treatment-related harms for any intervention?
12. What did the study conclude was needed for future research?
This course explores a review of various noninvasive nonpharmacological forms of treatment for chronic pain. It focuses on five common chronic pain conditions in adults including chronic low back pain, chronic neck pain, osteoarthritis (knee, hip, hand), fibromyalgia, and chronic tension headaches. The course gives an overview of the benefits and harms of different types of noninvasive nonpharmacological forms of treatment. The types of treatment discussed include exercise, mind-body practices, psychological therapies, multidisciplinary rehabilitation, mindfulness practices, manual therapies, physical modalities and acupuncture.
  1. Describe the forms of noninvasive nonpharmacological treatment for chronic pain that are discussed in the article.
  2. Outline the evidence for various noninvasive nonpharmacological treatment for chronic pain.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services