TY - JOUR
T1 - Effect of Guided Imagery on Pain and Health-Related Quality of Life in Musculoskeletal Medicine
T2 - a Comprehensive Narrative Review
AU - Kaplun, Anat
AU - Alperovitch-Najenson, Deborah
AU - Kalichman, Leonid
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors thank Mrs. Phyllis Curchack Kornspan for her editorial services.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2021/12/1
Y1 - 2021/12/1
N2 - Purpose of Review: Guided imagery (GI) is a non-pharmacological method used to reduce pain, stress, and anxiety. No comprehensive review has yet investigated the application of GI in musculoskeletal medicine, its various types, and potential mechanisms. The aim of this comprehensive narrative review was to examine the types of GI used in musculoskeletal medicine and GI effect on pain and health-related quality of life. Recent Findings: A comprehensive narrative review of the English language scientific literature. PubMed, Google Scholar, ProQuest, and PEDro databases were searched from inception until August 2020 using keywords related to GI, musculoskeletal disorders, pain, and health-related quality of life. The search results generated 133 articles. After a critical analysis, 12 publications were included in this review. GI characteristics and protocols varied significantly between studies. Summary: Based on the reviewed studies, we advocate GI as a safe, non-invasive technique that can assist in managing pain, depression, stress, fatigue, anxiety, reducing medication use, improving general well-being, wellness, and quality of life in patients with musculoskeletal disorders. We recommend further investigations of GI mechanisms.
AB - Purpose of Review: Guided imagery (GI) is a non-pharmacological method used to reduce pain, stress, and anxiety. No comprehensive review has yet investigated the application of GI in musculoskeletal medicine, its various types, and potential mechanisms. The aim of this comprehensive narrative review was to examine the types of GI used in musculoskeletal medicine and GI effect on pain and health-related quality of life. Recent Findings: A comprehensive narrative review of the English language scientific literature. PubMed, Google Scholar, ProQuest, and PEDro databases were searched from inception until August 2020 using keywords related to GI, musculoskeletal disorders, pain, and health-related quality of life. The search results generated 133 articles. After a critical analysis, 12 publications were included in this review. GI characteristics and protocols varied significantly between studies. Summary: Based on the reviewed studies, we advocate GI as a safe, non-invasive technique that can assist in managing pain, depression, stress, fatigue, anxiety, reducing medication use, improving general well-being, wellness, and quality of life in patients with musculoskeletal disorders. We recommend further investigations of GI mechanisms.
KW - Guided imagery
KW - Health-related quality of life
KW - Musculoskeletal disorders
KW - Narrative review
KW - Pain
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U2 - 10.1007/s11916-021-00991-y
DO - 10.1007/s11916-021-00991-y
M3 - Review article
C2 - 34894311
AN - SCOPUS:85120982136
SN - 1531-3433
VL - 25
JO - Current Pain and Headache Reports
JF - Current Pain and Headache Reports
IS - 12
M1 - 76
ER -