Digital Therapeutics in the Management of Chronic Pain

Abstract

Digital therapeutics are a much-needed addition to the available treatments necessary to curb today's chronic pain epidemic. Having evolved in the past several years and now being clinically validated and able to readily connect to clinical dashboards, these treatments represent an alternative option to help patients and clinicians alike address chronic pain and its most common comorbidities. This chapter provides a broad overview of digital therapeutics, a discussion of several types of digital treatments available, and a detailed review of clinical data demonstrating the promise and potential of digital therapeutics that address the interpretation of pain via a neural systems approach.