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Kennedi Childs

2 papers in the library · publishing 2025-2026

Papers

Treating Chronic Pain by Modulating Phenomenological and Psychophysiological Indices of Self-Transcendence: Single-Blind Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial Protocol.

JMIR Research Protocols April 23, 2026 Kennedi Childs, Carter Minnick, Geraldine Martorella et al.

Chronic musculoskeletal pain often becomes entangled with a person's sense of self, making treatment difficult. Mindfulness-based interventions may help by promoting self-transcendence, a potential mechanism for lasting pain relief. This protocol describes a three-arm randomized controlled trial with 173 adults who have chronic musculoskeletal pain. Participants will receive either traditional mindful breathing instruction, mindful breathing plus direct pointing instruction, or be placed on a waitlist. Self-transcendence will be measured using self-reports, EEG theta activity, and fNIRS default mode network activity. Pain intensity and functional interference will be tracked from baseline through a three-month follow-up. Data collection runs from October 2024 to May 2027; no results are yet available.

DOI: 10.2196/82362 (opens in new tab) Full text (opens in new tab) Chronic pain Mindfulness-based intervention Perception of pain Self-transcendence

Complementary therapies for chronic knee pain: A placebo-controlled RCT of Reiki and mindfulness.

Complementary Therapies in Medicine December 1, 2025 Adam W. Hanley, Yoshio Nakamura, Robert R Edwards et al.

Both Reiki and mindfulness meditation significantly reduced knee osteoarthritis symptoms compared to doing nothing, with over half of participants in those groups reporting a clinically meaningful reduction of more than 30% in symptoms after just four weekly 30-minute sessions. The improvements from mindfulness were significantly better than those from a sham Reiki procedure, while Reiki's effects were comparable to mindfulness. The study involved 164 adults with physician-confirmed knee osteoarthritis and had high retention and successful blinding, supporting the reliability of the results. These findings suggest that both therapies may be effective, well-tolerated, and time-efficient options for managing knee osteoarthritis pain.

DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2025.103278 (opens in new tab) Full text (opens in new tab) Mindfulness Chronic pain Consciousness-based therapy Knee osteoarthritis +1