According to a national survey of patients with chronic pain, cost is one of several barriers to accessing multidisciplinary treatment, and many patients would like a wider choice of specialists and therapies. Full story.
Non-specific low back pain (LBP) is one of the leading causes of global disability. Multidisciplinary pain treatment (MPT) programs comprising educational, physical, and psychological interventions have shown positive treatment effects on LBP. Nonetheless, such programs [...]
Hospital program offers intensive physical and occupational therapy, relaxation techniques, stress-management training, and music and therapeutic art to help manage Amplified Pain Syndrome.Full story.
Researchers performed a systematic review to synthesize evidence on prognostic factors for physical functioning after multidisciplinary rehabilitation in patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain and used a tool, QUIPS, which was developed specifically for evaluation of [...]
AAPM President Tim Lamer, MD contributed to this HealthyWomen article about the benefits of multidisciplinary chronic pain treatment, saying "It's more of a patient-centered, goal-oriented, holistic approach."Full story.
Read articles about the latest pain research present at AAPM35 in Denver, March 6-10, 2019. View articles.
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