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Editorial
. 2021 May 28:2:696783.
doi: 10.3389/fpain.2021.696783. eCollection 2021.

Non-pharmacological Treatment of Pain: Grand Challenge and Future Opportunities

Mary Catherine Bushnell  1 , Eleni Frangos  1 , Nicholas Madian  1
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Editorial

Non-pharmacological Treatment of Pain: Grand Challenge and Future Opportunities

Mary Catherine Bushnell et al. Front Pain Res (Lausanne). .
No abstract available

Keywords: acupuncture; complementary medicine; exercise; mediation; pain; yoga.

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The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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