Report of the NIH Task Force on Research Standards for Chronic Low Back Pain

2014126 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

Richard A. Deyo · Oregon Health & Science University

Samuel F. Dworkin · University of Washington

Dagmar Amtmann · University of Washington

Gunnar Andersson · Rush University Medical Center

David Borenstein · George Washington University

Eugene J. Carragee · National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health

John A. Carrino

Abstract

A task force was convened by the NIH Pain Consortium with the goal of developing research standards for chronic low back pain. The results included recommendations for definitions, a minimum dataset, reporting outcomes, and future research. Greater consistency in reporting should facilitate comparisons among studies and the development of phenotypes.

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Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research Pain Management and Placebo Effect

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Published in: Pain Medicine

Volume 15, Issue 8, pp. 1249-1267

DOI: 10.1111/pme.12538

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 8.36

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