Open Access<p>Properties of Thermal Analgesia in a Human Chronic Low Back Pain Model</p>
Author(s) -
Charles Chabal,
Peter J. Dunbar,
Ian Painter,
Douglas Young,
Darah C Chabal
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of pain research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.888
H-Index - 49
ISSN - 1178-7090
DOI - 10.2147/jpr.s260967
Subject(s) - medicine , chronic pain , low back pain , anesthesia , pharmacology , physical therapy , alternative medicine , pathology
For years, heat has been used for comfort and analgesia is recommended as a first-line therapy in many clinical guidelines. Yet, there are questions that remain about the actual effectiveness of heat for a condition as common as chronic low back pain, and factors such as time of onset, optimal temperature, and duration of effect.