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. 2026 Jan 13;15:e80542. doi: 10.2196/80542

Table 2.

The gamified pain management intervention components.

Session Clue components
1
  • Exercise: three 6-minute balancing exercises

  • Educational information: pain mechanisms

  • Relaxation audio: breathing exercises

  • Quiz and puzzle

2
  • Exercise: three 6-minute stretching exercises for different pain sites

  • Educational information: etiology of pain

  • Relaxation audio: breathing exercises

  • Quiz and puzzle

3
  • Exercise: three 6-minute core strengthening exercises

  • Educational information: neurobiology and neurophysiology of pain

  • Relaxation audio: muscle relaxation

  • Quiz and puzzle

4
  • Exercise: three 6-minute stretching exercises for different pain sites

  • Educational information: biopsychosocial model of chronic pain

  • Relaxation audio: muscle relaxation

  • Quiz and puzzle

5
  • Exercise: three 6-minute core strengthening exercises

  • Educational information: attention system and pain and distraction from pain

  • Relaxation audio: body scan

  • Quiz and puzzle

6
  • Exercise: three 6-minute balancing exercises for different pain sites

  • Educational information: medication use and drug abuse

  • Relaxation audio: body scan

  • Quiz and puzzle

7
  • Exercise: three 6-minute core strengthening exercises

  • Educational information: physical activity for chronic pain

  • Relaxation audio: relaxation music

  • Quiz and puzzle

8
  • Exercise: three 6-minute resistance exercises

  • Educational information: nonpharmacological strategies

  • Relaxation audio: outdoor relaxation

  • Quiz

Four hidden sessions
  • Exercise: three 20-minute stretching and resistance exercises