Background: Low back pain is the main cause of disability worldwide. Individuals with chronic conditions have been widely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. In this context, mobile health (m-Health) has become popular, mostly due…
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By Shania Kennedy
October 31, 2023 – Mount Sinai researchers have demonstrated that publicly trained large language models (LLMs) can identify the pain location and pain location of musculoskeletal conditions like shoulder, knee, and lower back…
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The World Health Organization revealed that over 619 million people globally had low back pain and that number has only increased over the past couple of years. Lower back pain is also cited as…
FlexifyMe expanding beyond India with $1M seed fundingFlexifyMe, a health tech platform for chronic musculoskeletal pain management, has raised $1 million in a seed funding round led by Flipkart Ventures. This round also drew participation…
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Patients seeking neurologic care can face physical, geographical and financial challenges as they deal with chronic and disabling conditions.Telehealth is offering one way forward. In one of the largest studies of outpatient general teleneurology…
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Background: Nonspecific low back pain (NSLBP) carries significant socioeconomic relevance and leads to substantial difficulties for those who are affected by it. The effectiveness of app-based treatments has been confirmed, and clinicians are recommended…
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Background: Clinical guidelines for non-specific low back pain (LBP) recommend self-management tailored to individual needs and capabilities as a first-line treatment. mHealth solutions are a promising method for delivering tailored self-management interventions to patients…
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Nevro, a medtech company based in California, has developed the HFX iQ spinal cord stimulation system, which is intended to treat chronic pain. While spinal cord stimulators can be very useful in controlling certain…
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