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| Intervention | Direction | Endpoint | Type | Population | Dosage | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heartfulness meditation (HM) | Decreases - substantial decrease | pain intensity | Human | patients affected with RAUs | Not specified | Effectiveness of heartfulness meditation in the management of recurrent aphthous ulcers. |
| meditation alongside tetracycline treatment | Decreases - exhibited the lowest pain scores | pain scores | Human | patients affected with RAUs | Not specified | Effectiveness of heartfulness meditation in the management of recurrent aphthous ulcers. |
| guided meditation | Decreases - can significantly reduce | pain and anxiety during percutaneous biopsy | Human | — | Not specified | A brief mind-body intervention to reduce pain and anxiety during prostate needle biopsy: a clinically integrated randomized controlled trial with 2-staged consent.cited 5× |
| transcendental meditation | Decreases - suggestive of a possible value for treating | pain | Human | youth | Not specified | Meditation and mindfulness in clinical practice.cited 51× |
| yoga meditation | Decreases - suggestive of a possible value for treating | pain | Human | youth | Not specified | Meditation and mindfulness in clinical practice.cited 51× |
| mindfulness meditation and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)-based intervention | Decreases - decreased | pain sensitivity to thermal stimuli | Human | Adults with CLBP, prescribed ≥30 mg/day of morphine-equivalent dose (MED) for at least 3 months | Eight weekly group sessions plus 30 minutes/day, 6 days/week of at-home practice. | Mindfulness Meditation and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Intervention Reduces Pain Severity and Sensitivity in Opioid-Treated Chronic Low Back Pain: Pilot Findings from a Randomized Controlled Trial.cited 69× |
| mindfulness meditation and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)-based intervention | Decreases - reduced | pain severity ratings | Human | Adults with CLBP, prescribed ≥30 mg/day of morphine-equivalent dose (MED) for at least 3 months | Eight weekly group sessions plus 30 minutes/day, 6 days/week of at-home practice. | Mindfulness Meditation and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Intervention Reduces Pain Severity and Sensitivity in Opioid-Treated Chronic Low Back Pain: Pilot Findings from a Randomized Controlled Trial.cited 69× |
| mindfulness meditation interventions | Decreases - is associated with a small decrease | pain | Human | adults with chronic pain | Not specified | Mindfulness Meditation for Chronic Pain: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.cited 497× |
| mindfulness meditation | Decreases - improves | pain | Human | adults with chronic pain | Not specified | Mindfulness Meditation for Chronic Pain: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.cited 497× |
| short-term meditation intervention | Increases - can lead to greater tolerance and lower pain or distress ratings | tolerance and pain or distress ratings of experimentally induced pain | Human | — | Not specified | Effect of brief mindfulness intervention on tolerance and distress of pain induced by cold-pressor task.cited 50× |
| transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) combined with mindfulness-based meditation (MBM) | Decreases - significantly relieved pain | pain | Human | older adults with knee OA | 10-day active tDCS and MBM regimen (specific dosage not detailed). | Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy to Assess Central Pain Responses in a Nonpharmacologic Treatment Trial of Osteoarthritis.cited 18× |
| spiritual meditation (either Christian or Islamic) | No effect - aims to test the effects | physiology: pain tolerance, pain intensity, stress reactivity assessed via heart rate (HR) and heart rate variability (HRV) | Human | Christian and Muslim samples | Daily 20-minute guided meditation sessions. | Interpersonal and individual effects of an app-based Christian and Islamic heart meditation intervention in healthy adults: protocol of a stratified randomised controlled trial.cited 1× |
| mindfulness meditation-based interventions (MMIs) | Increases - improved | pain acceptance and coping | Human | populations with physical conditions | Not specified | Overview of Systematic Reviews of Mindfulness Meditation-based Interventions for People With Long-term Conditions.cited 8× |
| clinical meditation and imagery (CMI) | Decreases - showed changes consistent with more favorable outcomes | belief in pain as a sign of harm | Human | adults with chronic SCI (>1 year) and a >3 month history of pain rated ≥4/10 on average over the last week | Once-weekly 2-hour group classes for 4 weeks. | Pilot clinical trial of a clinical meditation and imagery intervention for chronic pain after spinal cord injury.cited 9× |
| clinical meditation and imagery (CMI) | Decreases - decreased to a greater extent in the control group | Pain interference | Human | adults with chronic SCI (>1 year) and a >3 month history of pain rated ≥4/10 on average over the last week | Once-weekly 2-hour group classes for 4 weeks. | Pilot clinical trial of a clinical meditation and imagery intervention for chronic pain after spinal cord injury.cited 9× |
| clinical meditation and imagery (CMI) | Increases - showed changes consistent with more favorable outcomes | perceived control over pain | Human | adults with chronic SCI (>1 year) and a >3 month history of pain rated ≥4/10 on average over the last week | Once-weekly 2-hour group classes for 4 weeks. | Pilot clinical trial of a clinical meditation and imagery intervention for chronic pain after spinal cord injury.cited 9× |
| clinical meditation and imagery (CMI) | Decreases - showed changes consistent with more favorable outcomes | worst pain intensity over the last week | Human | adults with chronic SCI (>1 year) and a >3 month history of pain rated ≥4/10 on average over the last week | Once-weekly 2-hour group classes for 4 weeks. | Pilot clinical trial of a clinical meditation and imagery intervention for chronic pain after spinal cord injury.cited 9× |
| daily meditation | Decreases - indicated improvement | affective pain scores | Human | older adults with postherpetic neuralgia | Daily meditation (specific duration or type not detailed). | Mindfulness meditation in older adults with postherpetic neuralgia: a randomized controlled pilot study.cited 13× |
| daily meditation | Decreases - indicated improvement | neuropathic pain scores | Human | older adults with postherpetic neuralgia | Daily meditation (specific duration or type not detailed). | Mindfulness meditation in older adults with postherpetic neuralgia: a randomized controlled pilot study.cited 13× |
| daily meditation | Decreases - indicated improvement | total pain scores | Human | older adults with postherpetic neuralgia | Daily meditation (specific duration or type not detailed). | Mindfulness meditation in older adults with postherpetic neuralgia: a randomized controlled pilot study.cited 13× |
| mindfulness meditation program (mindfulness-based stress reduction [MBSR]) | Increases - significant medium to large size effects | feeling in control of the pain | Human | patients with nonspecific chronic pain | Not specified | Effects of mindfulness meditation on chronic pain: a randomized controlled trial.cited 81× |
| mindfulness meditation program (mindfulness-based stress reduction [MBSR]) | Increases - significant medium to large size effects | pain acceptance | Human | patients with nonspecific chronic pain | Not specified | Effects of mindfulness meditation on chronic pain: a randomized controlled trial.cited 81× |
| mindfulness meditation program (mindfulness-based stress reduction [MBSR]) | No effect - Small (nonsignificant) effect sizes | pain measures | Human | patients with nonspecific chronic pain | Not specified | Effects of mindfulness meditation on chronic pain: a randomized controlled trial.cited 81× |
| mindfulness meditation program | Decreases - reducing | pain | Human | older adults with CLBP | Not specified | The design and methods of the aging successfully with pain study.cited 12× |
| meditation-based therapy | Decreases - had a lower standardized mean difference (SMD) score | neuropathic pain severity score | Human | individuals with chronic neuropathy of various etiologies | Not specified | Meditation-Based Therapies for Chronic Neuropathy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. |
| meditation-based therapy | Decreases - had significantly lower pain (at 1 to 1.5 months follow-up) | pain | Human | individuals with chronic neuropathy of various etiologies | Not specified | Meditation-Based Therapies for Chronic Neuropathy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. |
| meditation-based therapy | Decreases - had lower pain severity | pain severity at 1 to 1.5 follow up | Human | individuals with chronic neuropathy of various etiologies | Not specified | Meditation-Based Therapies for Chronic Neuropathy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. |
| sham mindfulness-meditation | Decreases - associated with significant reductions | back pain during naloxone infusion | Human | individuals with cLBP | Four sessions of 20 minutes each. | The role of endogenous opioids in mindfulness and sham mindfulness-meditation for the direct alleviation of evoked chronic low back pain: a randomized clinical trial.cited 3× |
| sham mindfulness-meditation | Decreases - associated with significant reductions | back pain during saline infusion | Human | individuals with cLBP | Four sessions of 20 minutes each. | The role of endogenous opioids in mindfulness and sham mindfulness-meditation for the direct alleviation of evoked chronic low back pain: a randomized clinical trial.cited 3× |
| sham mindfulness-meditation | Decreases - associated with significantly lower | Brief Pain Inventory interference scores | Human | individuals with cLBP | Four sessions of 20 minutes each. | The role of endogenous opioids in mindfulness and sham mindfulness-meditation for the direct alleviation of evoked chronic low back pain: a randomized clinical trial.cited 3× |
| sham mindfulness-meditation | Decreases - associated with significantly lower | Brief Pain Inventory severity scores | Human | individuals with cLBP | Four sessions of 20 minutes each. | The role of endogenous opioids in mindfulness and sham mindfulness-meditation for the direct alleviation of evoked chronic low back pain: a randomized clinical trial.cited 3× |
| mindfulness-meditation | Decreases - associated with significant reductions | back pain during naloxone infusion | Human | individuals with cLBP | Four sessions of 20 minutes each. | The role of endogenous opioids in mindfulness and sham mindfulness-meditation for the direct alleviation of evoked chronic low back pain: a randomized clinical trial.cited 3× |
| mindfulness-meditation | Decreases - associated with significant reductions | back pain during saline infusion | Human | individuals with cLBP | Four sessions of 20 minutes each. | The role of endogenous opioids in mindfulness and sham mindfulness-meditation for the direct alleviation of evoked chronic low back pain: a randomized clinical trial.cited 3× |
| mindfulness-meditation | Decreases - associated with significantly lower | Brief Pain Inventory interference scores | Human | individuals with cLBP | Four sessions of 20 minutes each. | The role of endogenous opioids in mindfulness and sham mindfulness-meditation for the direct alleviation of evoked chronic low back pain: a randomized clinical trial.cited 3× |
| mindfulness-meditation | Decreases - associated with significantly lower | Brief Pain Inventory severity scores | Human | individuals with cLBP | Four sessions of 20 minutes each. | The role of endogenous opioids in mindfulness and sham mindfulness-meditation for the direct alleviation of evoked chronic low back pain: a randomized clinical trial.cited 3× |
| mindfulness-meditation | Decreases - reported significantly lower | straight leg-raise induced pain | Human | mindfulness group | Four sessions of 20 minutes each. | The role of endogenous opioids in mindfulness and sham mindfulness-meditation for the direct alleviation of evoked chronic low back pain: a randomized clinical trial.cited 3× |
| sham mindfulness meditation | Decreases - significantly attenuated | pain intensity and unpleasantness ratings | Human | 75 healthy, human volunteers | 4 days of mindfulness meditation (specific duration per session not detailed) | Mindfulness Meditation-Based Pain Relief Employs Different Neural Mechanisms Than Placebo and Sham Mindfulness Meditation-Induced Analgesia.cited 205× |
| mindfulness-meditation-related pain relief | Increases - was associated with greater activation in | brain regions associated with the cognitive modulation of pain | Human | 75 healthy, human volunteers | 4 days of mindfulness meditation (specific duration per session not detailed) | Mindfulness Meditation-Based Pain Relief Employs Different Neural Mechanisms Than Placebo and Sham Mindfulness Meditation-Induced Analgesia.cited 205× |
| mindfulness meditation | Decreases - reduces pain | pain | Human | experimental and clinical settings | 4 days of mindfulness meditation (specific duration per session not detailed) | Mindfulness Meditation-Based Pain Relief Employs Different Neural Mechanisms Than Placebo and Sham Mindfulness Meditation-Induced Analgesia.cited 205× |
| mindfulness meditation | Decreases - reduces pain | pain | Human | 75 healthy, human volunteers | 4 days of mindfulness meditation (specific duration per session not detailed) | Mindfulness Meditation-Based Pain Relief Employs Different Neural Mechanisms Than Placebo and Sham Mindfulness Meditation-Induced Analgesia.cited 205× |
| mindfulness meditation | Decreases - significantly attenuated | pain intensity and unpleasantness ratings | Human | 75 healthy, human volunteers | 4 days of mindfulness meditation (specific duration per session not detailed) | Mindfulness Meditation-Based Pain Relief Employs Different Neural Mechanisms Than Placebo and Sham Mindfulness Meditation-Induced Analgesia.cited 205× |
| mindfulness meditation | Decreases - reduced | pain intensity ratings | Human | 75 healthy, human volunteers | 4 days of mindfulness meditation (specific duration per session not detailed) | Mindfulness Meditation-Based Pain Relief Employs Different Neural Mechanisms Than Placebo and Sham Mindfulness Meditation-Induced Analgesia.cited 205× |
| mindfulness meditation | Decreases - reduced pain intensity ratings more than | pain intensity ratings | Human | 75 healthy, human volunteers | 4 days of mindfulness meditation (specific duration per session not detailed) | Mindfulness Meditation-Based Pain Relief Employs Different Neural Mechanisms Than Placebo and Sham Mindfulness Meditation-Induced Analgesia.cited 205× |
| mindfulness meditation | Decreases - reduced pain intensity ratings more than | pain intensity ratings | Human | 75 healthy, human volunteers | 4 days of mindfulness meditation (specific duration per session not detailed) | Mindfulness Meditation-Based Pain Relief Employs Different Neural Mechanisms Than Placebo and Sham Mindfulness Meditation-Induced Analgesia.cited 205× |
| mindfulness meditation | Increases - produces greater pain relief | pain relief | Human | 75 healthy, human volunteers | 4 days of mindfulness meditation (specific duration per session not detailed) | Mindfulness Meditation-Based Pain Relief Employs Different Neural Mechanisms Than Placebo and Sham Mindfulness Meditation-Induced Analgesia.cited 205× |
| mindfulness meditation | Decreases - reduced | pain unpleasantness ratings | Human | 75 healthy, human volunteers | 4 days of mindfulness meditation (specific duration per session not detailed) | Mindfulness Meditation-Based Pain Relief Employs Different Neural Mechanisms Than Placebo and Sham Mindfulness Meditation-Induced Analgesia.cited 205× |
| mindfulness meditation | Decreases - reduced pain unpleasantness ratings more than | pain unpleasantness ratings | Human | 75 healthy, human volunteers | 4 days of mindfulness meditation (specific duration per session not detailed) | Mindfulness Meditation-Based Pain Relief Employs Different Neural Mechanisms Than Placebo and Sham Mindfulness Meditation-Induced Analgesia.cited 205× |
| mindfulness meditation | Decreases - reduced pain unpleasantness ratings more than | pain unpleasantness ratings | Human | 75 healthy, human volunteers | 4 days of mindfulness meditation (specific duration per session not detailed) | Mindfulness Meditation-Based Pain Relief Employs Different Neural Mechanisms Than Placebo and Sham Mindfulness Meditation-Induced Analgesia.cited 205× |
| Meditation as an adjuvant therapy | Decreases - relieving | pain | Human | cancer patients | Not specified | Global landscape and hotspot analysis of meditation research in cancer: a bibliometric study. |
| yogic relaxation, pranayama, and meditation | Decreases - reduction | pain scores | Human | GBS patients | 15 sessions over 3 weeks (1 hour/session, 5 days/week). | "Effect of pranayama and meditation as an add-on therapy in rehabilitation of patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome--a randomized control pilot study".cited 22× |
| Meditation awareness training (MAT) | Decreases - demonstrated significant and sustained improvements | pain perception | Human | Adults with FMS | Not specified (8-week program, daily meditation time was a predictor but exact frequency/duration not detailed). | Meditation awareness training for the treatment of fibromyalgia syndrome: A randomized controlled trial.cited 46× |
| Meditation awareness training (MAT) | No effect - non-attachment almost fully mediated treatment effects | pain perception | Human | Adults with FMS | Not specified (8-week program, daily meditation time was a predictor but exact frequency/duration not detailed). | Meditation awareness training for the treatment of fibromyalgia syndrome: A randomized controlled trial.cited 46× |
| progressive relaxation meditation | Decreases - significant reduction | average daily pain Brief Pain Inventory (BPI) modified for painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy | Human | older females with diabetes | Not specified | Mindfulness-Based Meditation Versus Progressive Relaxation Meditation: Impact on Chronic Pain in Older Female Patients With Diabetic Neuropathy.cited 28× |
| mindfulness meditation | Decreases - significant reduction | average daily pain Brief Pain Inventory (BPI) modified for painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy | Human | older females with diabetes | Not specified | Mindfulness-Based Meditation Versus Progressive Relaxation Meditation: Impact on Chronic Pain in Older Female Patients With Diabetic Neuropathy.cited 28× |
| mindfulness-based meditation (MBM) | Decreases - shows the potential analgesic effects | pain | Human | — | 20 minutes of active MBM paired with 2 mA tDCS, daily for 10 sessions. | Efficacy of combining home-based transcranial direct current stimulation with mindfulness-based meditation for pain in older adults with knee osteoarthritis: A randomized controlled pilot study.cited 46× |
| Mindfulness-based meditation | Decreases - effective in reducing | pain | Human | chronic pain patients | Not specified | Mindfulness Meditation in the Treatment of Chronic Pain.cited 7× |
| Mindfulness-based meditation | Decreases - effective in reducing | pain | Human | healthy participants | Not specified | Mindfulness Meditation in the Treatment of Chronic Pain.cited 7× |
| meditation training | Decreases - limited evidence for the potential efficacy | chronic pain | Human | patients with chronic pain | Not specified | Neuromodulatory treatments for chronic pain: efficacy and mechanisms.cited 111× |
| mindfulness meditation | No effect - has both immediate and long-term effects | cortical structures and activity involved in attention, emotional responding and pain | Human | — | Not specified | Neuromodulatory treatments for chronic pain: efficacy and mechanisms.cited 111× |
| meditation | Decreases - reduction | actual pain intensities | Human | — | Not specified | Meditation as an Adjunct to the Management of Acute Pain.cited 8× |
| meditation | Decreases - pain relief | pain | Human | — | Not specified | Meditation as an Adjunct to the Management of Acute Pain.cited 8× |
| meditation | No effect - induce | pain modulation | Human | — | Not specified | Meditation as an Adjunct to the Management of Acute Pain.cited 8× |
| meditation | Decreases - improve | cancer-related pain | Human | breast cancer patients | Not specified | Effect of complementary and alternative medicine interventions on cancer related pain among breast cancer patients: A systematic review.cited 23× |
| meditation | Decreases - is beneficial for | chronic pain | Human | — | Not specified | Global Meditation Practices: A Literature Review.cited 2× |
| meditation | Decreases - may be efficacious in reducing | chronic pain and/or the need for analgesics | Human | patients with chronic pain | Not specified | New Concepts of Chronic Pain and the Potential Role of Complementary Therapies.cited 6× |
| mindfulness meditation | Decreases - may be efficacious in reducing | chronic pain and/or the need for analgesics | Human | patients with chronic pain | Not specified | New Concepts of Chronic Pain and the Potential Role of Complementary Therapies.cited 6× |
| meditation | Decreases - help reduce | pain | Human | patients with rheumatic diseases | Not specified | An integrated approach to the treatment of Rheumatic diseases: the role of psychological interventions.cited 2× |
| meditation | Decreases - showed a significant positive effect | pain intensity | Human | LBP patients | Not specified | Effects of meditation on pain intensity, physical function, quality of life and depression in adults with low back pain - A systematic review with meta-analysis.cited 4× |
| meditation programme (12 weekly meditation sessions of 1.5 hours each) | Decreases - likely to promote better management | stress, pain and negative emotions | Human | people with cancer, medical staff and witnesses | 12 weekly meditation sessions of 1.5 hours each. | Meditation involving people with cancer, medical staff and witnesses: a pilot study exploring improvement in wellness and connectedness.cited 3× |
| Mindfulness Meditation training | Decreases - demonstrated noticeable improvement | pain | Human | Chronic pain patients who suffer with anxiety and depression | Three days a week for an hour of Mindfulness Meditation training, plus an hour daily home practice. | Observing the Effects of Mindfulness-Based Meditation on Anxiety and Depression in Chronic Pain Patients.cited 13× |
| loving-kindness meditation | Decreases - was effective in treating | chronic pain | Human | — | Not specified | Compassion and Loving-Kindness Meditation: An Overview and Prospects for the Application in Clinical Samples.cited 30× |
| loving-kindness meditation | Decreases - may be effective in treating | chronic pain | Human | — | Not specified | Compassion and Loving-Kindness Meditation: An Overview and Prospects for the Application in Clinical Samples.cited 30× |
| mindfulness meditation (MM) combined with the BrainLink intelligent biofeedback instrument | Decreases - can significantly mitigate | anxiety, pain severity, and brain fatigue relief degree | Human | PC patients under chemotherapy | Not specified | A Randomized Controlled Trial of Mindfulness Meditation Combined With BrainLink Intelligent Biofeedback Instrument on Pancreatic Cancer Patients Under Chemotherapy. |
| virtually delivered mind-body program integrating tai chi, qigong, and meditation (VDTQM) | Decreases - resulted in small to moderate improvements | pain intensity | Human | adults with LBP | 60-minute live online group classes, twice weekly for 12 weeks. | A Tai chi and qigong mind-body program for low back pain: A virtually delivered randomized control trial.cited 1× |
| virtually delivered mind-body program integrating tai chi, qigong, and meditation (VDTQM) | Decreases - experienced statistically significant improvement | pain intensity | Human | adults with LBP | 60-minute live online group classes, twice weekly for 12 weeks. | A Tai chi and qigong mind-body program for low back pain: A virtually delivered randomized control trial.cited 1× |
| virtually delivered mind-body program integrating tai chi, qigong, and meditation (VDTQM) | Decreases - resulted in small to moderate improvements | pain-related disability | Human | adults with LBP | 60-minute live online group classes, twice weekly for 12 weeks. | A Tai chi and qigong mind-body program for low back pain: A virtually delivered randomized control trial.cited 1× |
| standard care plus meditation and yoga | Increases - had superior beneficial change | pain scores | Human | women with interstitial cystitis-bladder pain syndrome | Commercially available meditation application and standardized yoga tutorial video (specific dosage not detailed). | Augmentation of Interstitial Cystitis-Bladder Pain Syndrome Treatment With Meditation and Yoga: A Randomized Controlled Trial. |
| Mindfulness meditation | Decreases - a trend towards benefit | affective pain | Human | chronic pain | Not specified | Does mindfulness meditation improve chronic pain? A systematic review.cited 60× |
| Mindfulness meditation | Decreases - a trend towards benefit | sensory pain | Human | chronic pain | Not specified | Does mindfulness meditation improve chronic pain? A systematic review.cited 60× |
| mindfulness meditation (MM) | Decreases - greater decreases | average pain intensity (API) | Human | Veterans | 8 manualized, group-based, in-person sessions. | Effects of hypnosis vs mindfulness meditation vs education on chronic pain intensity and secondary outcomes in veterans: a randomized clinical trial.cited 20× |
| mindfulness meditation (MM) | Decreases - improvements | average pain intensity (API) | Human | Veterans | 8 manualized, group-based, in-person sessions. | Effects of hypnosis vs mindfulness meditation vs education on chronic pain intensity and secondary outcomes in veterans: a randomized clinical trial.cited 20× |
| mindfulness meditation (MM) | Decreases - greater decreases | pain interference | Human | Veterans | 8 manualized, group-based, in-person sessions. | Effects of hypnosis vs mindfulness meditation vs education on chronic pain intensity and secondary outcomes in veterans: a randomized clinical trial.cited 20× |
| Mindfulness Meditation (MM) | No effect - compare the effectiveness | average pain intensity | Human | Veterans with chronic pain | Not specified | The chronic pain skills study: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial comparing hypnosis, mindfulness meditation and pain education in Veterans.cited 18× |
| Mindfulness Meditation (MM) | No effect - explore the effectiveness | pain interference | Human | Veterans with chronic pain | Not specified | The chronic pain skills study: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial comparing hypnosis, mindfulness meditation and pain education in Veterans.cited 18× |
| mindfulness meditation | Decreases - significantly reduced | behavioral and neural pain responses | Human | 40 participants | 4-session mindfulness meditation regimen (specific duration per session not detailed). | Disentangling self from pain: mindfulness meditation-induced pain relief is driven by thalamic-default mode network decoupling.cited 21× |
| mindfulness meditation | Decreases - associated with a novel self-referential nociceptive gating mechanism | pain | Human | — | 4-session mindfulness meditation regimen (specific duration per session not detailed). | Disentangling self from pain: mindfulness meditation-induced pain relief is driven by thalamic-default mode network decoupling.cited 21× |
| mindfulness meditation | Decreases - associated with weaker contralateral thalamic connectivity with the prefrontal cortex | pain relief | Human | — | 4-session mindfulness meditation regimen (specific duration per session not detailed). | Disentangling self from pain: mindfulness meditation-induced pain relief is driven by thalamic-default mode network decoupling.cited 21× |
| mindfulness meditation | Decreases - associated with weaker contralateral thalamic connectivity with the primary somatosensory cortex | pain relief | Human | — | 4-session mindfulness meditation regimen (specific duration per session not detailed). | Disentangling self from pain: mindfulness meditation-induced pain relief is driven by thalamic-default mode network decoupling.cited 21× |
| mindfulness meditation | Decreases - reviewed efficacious applications | chronic pain | Human | — | Not specified | Mindfulness Meditation and Psychopathology.cited 169× |
| mindfulness meditation | Decreases - integrated into chronic pain management | chronic pain | Human | patients with chronic pain conditions | Not specified | Chronic Pain Psychology in Neurology Practice.cited 3× |
| mindfulness meditation | Decreases - had a positive impact on providing pain relief | diabetic peripheral neuropathic pain (DPNP) | Human | patients with DPNP | 20 minutes daily | Progressive Muscle Relaxation and Mindfulness Meditation on Neuropathic Pain, Fatigue, and Quality of Life in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: A Randomized Clinical Trial.cited 33× |
| mindfulness meditation | Decreases - reliably reduces | experimentally induced and clinical pain | Human | — | Not specified | Neurophysiological Mechanisms Supporting Mindfulness Meditation-Based Pain Relief: an Updated Review.cited 38× |
| mindfulness meditation | Decreases - produced significantly greater reductions | negative affective pain signatures | Human | healthy participants | 4 sessions | Mindfulness Meditation and Placebo Modulate Distinct Multivariate Neural Signatures to Reduce Pain.cited 3× |
| mindfulness meditation | Decreases - produced significantly greater reductions | nociceptive-specific pain signatures | Human | healthy participants | 4 sessions | Mindfulness Meditation and Placebo Modulate Distinct Multivariate Neural Signatures to Reduce Pain.cited 3× |
| mindfulness meditation | Decreases - produced significantly greater reductions | pain intensity ratings | Human | healthy participants | 4 sessions | Mindfulness Meditation and Placebo Modulate Distinct Multivariate Neural Signatures to Reduce Pain.cited 3× |
| mindfulness meditation | Decreases - produced significantly greater reductions | pain unpleasantness ratings | Human | healthy participants | 4 sessions | Mindfulness Meditation and Placebo Modulate Distinct Multivariate Neural Signatures to Reduce Pain.cited 3× |
| mindfulness meditation | Decreases - revealed both statistical and clinical significance | neuropathic pain severity | Human | older adults | Not specified | Non-pharmacological management of neuropathic pain in older adults: a systematic review.cited 1× |
| mindfulness meditation | Decreases - being investigated | paediatric functional pain | Human | children with functional abdominal pain disorders (FAPDs) | Not specified | New advances in the treatment of paediatric functional abdominal pain disorders.cited 24× |
| mindfulness meditation | Decreases - beneficial effects | pain | Human | — | Not specified | Mindfulness Meditation Modulates Pain Through Endogenous Opioids.cited 25× |
| mindfulness meditation | Decreases - significantly reduced | pain scores | Human | fifteen healthy experienced mindfulness meditation practitioners | Not specified | Mindfulness Meditation Modulates Pain Through Endogenous Opioids.cited 25× |
| mindfulness meditation | No effect - may not reduce | pain | Human | cancer patients | Not specified | Integrative Medicine Therapies for Pain Management in Cancer Patients.cited 82× |
| Mindfulness meditation | Decreases - reliably attenuates | pain | Human | — | Not specified | Mindfulness-Meditation-Based Pain Relief Is Not Mediated by Endogenous Opioids.cited 77× |
| Mindfulness meditation | Decreases - significantly reduced | pain intensity and unpleasantness ratings | Human | healthy human volunteers | Not specified | Mindfulness-Meditation-Based Pain Relief Is Not Mediated by Endogenous Opioids.cited 77× |
| Mindfulness meditation during naloxone | Decreases - produced significantly greater reductions | pain intensity and unpleasantness | Human | healthy human volunteers | Not specified | Mindfulness-Meditation-Based Pain Relief Is Not Mediated by Endogenous Opioids.cited 77× |
| mindfulness meditation | Decreases - significantly reduce | pain | Human | experimental and clinical settings | Not specified | Mindfulness meditation-based pain relief: a mechanistic account.cited 161× |
| mindfulness meditation | Decreases - significantly attenuates | pain | Human | chronic pain patients | Not specified | Mindfulness meditation-based pain relief: a mechanistic account.cited 161× |
| mindfulness meditation | Decreases - attenuates | pain | Human | — | Not specified | Mindfulness Meditation for Fibromyalgia: Mechanistic and Clinical Considerations.cited 28× |
| mindfulness meditation | Decreases - significantly lowered | pain | Human | 78 pain-free participants | Four-session mindfulness meditation regimen (specific duration per session not detailed). | The Role of Expectations and Endogenous Opioids in Mindfulness-Based Relief of Experimentally Induced Acute Pain.cited 12× |
| mindfulness meditation | Decreases - significantly lowered | pain | Human | — | Four-session mindfulness meditation regimen (specific duration per session not detailed). | The Role of Expectations and Endogenous Opioids in Mindfulness-Based Relief of Experimentally Induced Acute Pain.cited 12× |
| mindfulness meditation | Decreases - higher expected pain relief predicted lower pain intensity | pain intensity | Human | — | Four-session mindfulness meditation regimen (specific duration per session not detailed). | The Role of Expectations and Endogenous Opioids in Mindfulness-Based Relief of Experimentally Induced Acute Pain.cited 12× |
| mindfulness meditation | Decreases - relationship between meditation-related expectations and pain intensity reductions was exhibited | pain intensity reductions | Human | — | Four-session mindfulness meditation regimen (specific duration per session not detailed). | The Role of Expectations and Endogenous Opioids in Mindfulness-Based Relief of Experimentally Induced Acute Pain.cited 12× |
| mindfulness meditation | No effect - relationship between meditation-related expectations and pain intensity reductions was not exhibited | pain intensity reductions | Human | — | Four-session mindfulness meditation regimen (specific duration per session not detailed). | The Role of Expectations and Endogenous Opioids in Mindfulness-Based Relief of Experimentally Induced Acute Pain.cited 12× |
| mindfulness meditation | Decreases - induced significant improvement | pain intensity | Human | patients with primary headache pain | Not specified | Mindfulness Meditation for Primary Headache Pain: A Meta-Analysis.cited 64× |
| mindfulness meditation | Decreases - may reduce | pain intensity | Human | patients | Not specified | Mindfulness Meditation for Primary Headache Pain: A Meta-Analysis.cited 64× |
| mindfulness-meditation (MM) | Decreases - was associated with greater improvement | pain intensity | Human | Adult participants with chronic low back pain (CLBP) | Not specified | Moderators of Mindfulness Meditation, Cognitive Therapy, and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Chronic Low Back Pain: A Test of the Limit, Activate, and Enhance Model.cited 16× |
| mindfulness meditation (MM) | No effect - will evaluate the mechanisms | pain interference | Human | 300 individuals with chronic pain (with low back pain as a primary or secondary condition) | Eight, 1.5-hour telehealth group sessions. | A randomized trial to examine the mechanisms of cognitive, behavioral and mindfulness-based psychosocial treatments for chronic pain: Study protocol.cited 11× |
| mindfulness meditation (MM) | No effect - will determine the extent to which late-treatment improvement is predicted by early-treatment changes | pain interference | Human | 300 individuals with chronic pain (with low back pain as a primary or secondary condition) | Eight, 1.5-hour telehealth group sessions. | A randomized trial to examine the mechanisms of cognitive, behavioral and mindfulness-based psychosocial treatments for chronic pain: Study protocol.cited 11× |
| mindfulness meditation (MM) | No effect - will determine the temporal sequence of lagged mediation effects to evaluate rates of change | pain interference | Human | 300 individuals with chronic pain (with low back pain as a primary or secondary condition) | Eight, 1.5-hour telehealth group sessions. | A randomized trial to examine the mechanisms of cognitive, behavioral and mindfulness-based psychosocial treatments for chronic pain: Study protocol.cited 11× |
| mindfulness meditation (MM) | No effect - will provide an empirical basis for enhancing and streamlining | psychosocial chronic pain interventions | Human | 300 individuals with chronic pain (with low back pain as a primary or secondary condition) | Eight, 1.5-hour telehealth group sessions. | A randomized trial to examine the mechanisms of cognitive, behavioral and mindfulness-based psychosocial treatments for chronic pain: Study protocol.cited 11× |
| mindfulness meditation (MM) | Decreases - Medium-to-large effect size reductions | pain interference | Human | adults with CLBP | Not specified | The effects of telehealth-delivered mindfulness meditation, cognitive therapy, and behavioral activation for chronic low back pain: a randomized clinical trial.cited 3× |
| mindfulness meditation (MM) | No effect - affects | pain perception | Human | — | Brief MM training (specific dosage not detailed) | A Brief Mindfulness Meditation Training Increases Pain Threshold and Accelerates Modulation of Response to Tonic Pain in an Experimental Study.cited 16× |
| mindfulness meditation (MM) | Decreases - reduced | pain sensitivity to heat stimuli | Human | adults with opioid-treated chronic low back pain (CLBP) | Eight weekly therapist-led MM sessions and at-home practice (specific duration/frequency not detailed). | Cost of opioid-treated chronic low back pain: Findings from a pilot randomized controlled trial of mindfulness meditation-based intervention.cited 7× |
| mindfulness meditation (MM) | Decreases - reduced | pain severity ratings | Human | adults with opioid-treated chronic low back pain (CLBP) | Eight weekly therapist-led MM sessions and at-home practice (specific duration/frequency not detailed). | Cost of opioid-treated chronic low back pain: Findings from a pilot randomized controlled trial of mindfulness meditation-based intervention.cited 7× |
| Mindfulness meditation | Decreases - can be helpful in improving | pain symptoms and pain perception | Human | — | Not specified | Evidence-Based Non-Pharmacological Therapies for Fibromyalgia.cited 40× |
| Mindfulness meditation (MM) | Decreases - led to significantly less | pain unpleasantness | Human | Total joint arthroplasty patients | Single 15-minute group session. | Brief preoperative mind-body therapies for total joint arthroplasty patients: a randomized controlled trial.cited 40× |
| Mindfulness meditation (MM) | Decreases - led to significantly less | preoperative pain intensity | Human | Total joint arthroplasty patients | Single 15-minute group session. | Brief preoperative mind-body therapies for total joint arthroplasty patients: a randomized controlled trial.cited 40× |
| Mindfulness meditation (MM) | Decreases - decreased | preoperative pain medication desire | Human | Total joint arthroplasty patients | Single 15-minute group session. | Brief preoperative mind-body therapies for total joint arthroplasty patients: a randomized controlled trial.cited 40× |
| neuro-meditation | Increases - improves | muscle and joint pain | Human | long COVID patients | Ten 30-minute sessions over five weeks. | Positive Impacts of a Four-Week Neuro-Meditation Program on Cognitive Function in Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19 Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial.cited 29× |
| mindfulness meditation app | No effect - consistent with no benefit | pain acceptance scores | Human | women with chronic pelvic pain | Daily mindfulness meditation via app (specific duration/frequency not detailed beyond 60-day intervention). | MEMPHIS: a smartphone app using psychological approaches for women with chronic pelvic pain presenting to gynaecology clinics: a randomised feasibility trial.cited 23× |
| mindfulness meditation app | No effect - consistent with no benefit | pain acceptance scores | Human | women with chronic pelvic pain | Daily mindfulness meditation via app (specific duration/frequency not detailed beyond 60-day intervention). | MEMPHIS: a smartphone app using psychological approaches for women with chronic pelvic pain presenting to gynaecology clinics: a randomised feasibility trial.cited 23× |
| meditation-based therapies | Decreases - significantly reduced | CLBP pain intensity | Human | patients with CLBP | Not specified | Meditation-Based Therapy for Chronic Low Back Pain Management: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.cited 12× |
| meditation interventions | Decreases - have shown therapeutic efficacy | pain | Human | clinical populations | Not specified | ENIGMA-Meditation: Worldwide Consortium for Neuroscientific Investigations of Meditation Practices.cited 2× |
| meditation programs | Decreases - moderate evidence of improved | pain | Human | diverse adult clinical populations | Not specified. | Meditation programs for psychological stress and well-being: a systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 1,019× |
| iRest meditation training | Decreases - promising trends in improvements | pain severity | Human | older adults | 2-day retreat followed by 20 minutes of daily home practice (guided meditations for iRest, music for vacation) for 6 weeks. | iRest Meditation for Older Adults with Depression Symptoms: A Pilot Study.cited 16× |
| guided imagery meditation | Decreases - reduced | postoperative pain | Human | patients after laparoscopic cholecystectomy surgery | Not specified | Effect of Guided Imagery Meditation During Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy on Reducing Anxiety: A Randomized Controlled Trial.cited 7× |