A Research Agenda for Advancing Non-pharmacological Management of Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: Findings from a VHA State-of-the-art Conference
Becker WC, DeBar LL, Heapy AA, Higgins D, Krein SL, Lisi A, Makris UE, Allen KD. A Research Agenda for Advancing Non-pharmacological Management of Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: Findings from a VHA State-of-the-art Conference. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2018, 33: 11-15. PMID: 29633136, PMCID: PMC5902349, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-018-4345-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-pharmacological managementChronic musculoskeletal painVeterans Health AdministrationMusculoskeletal painConsensus recommendationsExercise/movement therapiesQuality of lifeChronic painPain careOutcome ascertainmentManual therapyFunctional statusArt ConferenceClinical practiceHealth AdministrationResearch prioritiesBehavioral therapyPainMovement therapyStudy designTherapyDissemination researchAreas of focusSerious negative consequencesAdministrationClinical Policy Recommendations from the VHA State-of-the-Art Conference on Non-Pharmacological Approaches to Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain
Kligler B, Bair MJ, Banerjea R, DeBar L, Ezeji-Okoye S, Lisi A, Murphy JL, Sandbrink F, Cherkin DC. Clinical Policy Recommendations from the VHA State-of-the-Art Conference on Non-Pharmacological Approaches to Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2018, 33: 16-23. PMID: 29633133, PMCID: PMC5902342, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-018-4323-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-pharmacological approachesVeterans Health AdministrationChronic musculoskeletal painPain careMusculoskeletal painChronic musculoskeletal pain conditionsLarge national healthcare systemMultimodal pain careMusculoskeletal pain managementVHA primary careMusculoskeletal pain conditionsNon-pharmacological strategiesNon-pharmacological therapiesStepped-care approachExercise/movement therapiesMental health settingsFrequency of treatmentHealth services researchSelf-management approachTeam-based approachVHA leadershipVHA OfficeMultimodal careOpioid usePain conditions