Brain-computer interface technology for chronic pain management
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Study at a glance
- Area
- Pain & Headache
- Study type
- Review & meta-analysis
- Authors
- Rustamov N
- Journal
- Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics
- Year
- 2026
- Population
- Adults
Key findings
- Covers EEG, infraslow and fMRI neurofeedback for pain
- Evidence is early and mostly feasibility-level
- Calls for sham-controlled trials and patient stratification
This review surveys brain-computer interface approaches to chronic pain, including EEG neurofeedback, infraslow neurofeedback and fMRI neurofeedback. It concludes evidence supports feasibility but properly powered sham-controlled trials are still needed.