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Review
. 2019 Mar;160(3):529-534.
doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001423.

Improving pain and sleep in middle-aged and older adults: the promise of behavioral sleep interventions

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Review

Improving pain and sleep in middle-aged and older adults: the promise of behavioral sleep interventions

Erin Koffel et al. Pain. 2019 Mar.
No abstract available

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Figure 1.
CBT-I disrupts the negative cycle of chronic pain and insomnia, improving both pain and sleep functioning [1,37,52]

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