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Auricular Point Acupressure Smartphone Application To Manage Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: A Longitudinal, One-Group, Open Pilot Trial, Jennifer Kawi, Chao Hsing Yeh, Mengchi Li, Keenan Caswell, Maurice Mazraani, Nada Lukkahatai, Sylvanus Mensah, Janiece Taylor, Chakra Budhathoki, Paul Christo
Auricular Point Acupressure Smartphone Application To Manage Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: A Longitudinal, One-Group, Open Pilot Trial, Jennifer Kawi, Chao Hsing Yeh, Mengchi Li, Keenan Caswell, Maurice Mazraani, Nada Lukkahatai, Sylvanus Mensah, Janiece Taylor, Chakra Budhathoki, Paul Christo
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Background: Chronic musculoskeletal pain (CMP) is the most common self-reported chronic pain condition. Current treatment for CMP is limited. Methods: This was a two-phase study. In Phase 1, three auricular point acupressure (APA)-naïve participants were recruited to explore their experiences of APA and a smartphone app was developed based on their feedback. In Phase 2, a prospective longitudinal study was used to examine the effectiveness of the smartphone app to self-manage CMP. Results: Phase 1 resulted in the successful development of the APA smartphone app. In Phase 2, after four weeks of APA, participants reported reduced pain intensity (30%), pain …