1 DOI: https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.3885 1 2 Digital technologies in management of chronic pain- a systematic review 3 4 Afshan Hussain 1 , Husna Haroon 2 , Ashfaq Ahmed 3 , Syed Amir Gilani 4 5 1 Department of Physical Therapy, University Institute of Physical Therapy, University of Lahore, 6 Lahore, Pakistan; 2 University Institute of Physical Therapy, University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan; 7 3 Department of Physiotherapy, University Institute of Physical Therapy, University of Lahore, 8 Lahore, Pakistan; 4 Department of Radiology, University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan. 9 Correspondence: Afshan Hussain. Email: afshanhussain.k@gmail.com 10 11 Abstract 12 Objective: To determine the effectiveness of digital health technologies in the 13 management of chronic pain. 14 Methods: The systematic review comprised search for randomised controlled trials and 15 controlled clinical trials involving patients with chronic pain published between 2010 and 16 2020. The search was conducted on PubMed, Google Scholar, MEDLINE, National 17 Centre for Biotechnology Information, and National Library of Medicine databases. 18 Risk bias tool was used to evaluate the biasness in the studies and Pedro scale was used 19 to assess the quality of the included articles. 20 Results: Of the 33 articles fully assessed, 14(42.42%) were analysed. All the studies 21 analysed were randomised controlled trials and scored 6-10 on the Pedro scale which 22 showed high quality of methodology. The studies typically reported statistically 23 significant benefits of digital health technologies in the management of chronic pain. 24 One of the main benefits was enhanced pain coping skills of the patients. Additionally, 25 majority of the studies included increased adherence to exercise as an essential 26 advantage. 27 Provisionally Accepted for Publication