Digital pain relief pilot yields positive results

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Pilot using AI and motion-tracking technology to help individuals with back pain relief coincides with recent NICE comments that medication can do more harm than good

US based health services provider Harvard Pilgrim Health Care recently announced preliminary data out of its pilot program with Kaia Health, a digital therapeutics company whose app uses AI and motion-tracking technology to help individuals with back pain relief. It revealed a 35% decrease in pain level and 59% increase in quality of sleep across all users. The pilot offers Kaia Health's app which provides hundreds of customised exercises for pain management to employees.  Emily Tims, specialist chartered physiotherapist at Vitality360 - a provider of rehabilitation programmes for peo...

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