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An Umbrella Review Of Self-Management Interventions For Health Conditions With Symptom Overlap With Traumatic Brain Injury, Angelle Sander, Monique Pappadis, Tamara Bushnik, Nancy Chiaravalloti, Simon Driver, Robin Hanks, Kirk Lercher, Dawn Neumann, Amanda Rabinowitz, Ronald T Seel, Erica Weber, Rick Ralston, John Corrigan, Kurt Kroenke, Flora Hammond
An Umbrella Review Of Self-Management Interventions For Health Conditions With Symptom Overlap With Traumatic Brain Injury, Angelle Sander, Monique Pappadis, Tamara Bushnik, Nancy Chiaravalloti, Simon Driver, Robin Hanks, Kirk Lercher, Dawn Neumann, Amanda Rabinowitz, Ronald T Seel, Erica Weber, Rick Ralston, John Corrigan, Kurt Kroenke, Flora Hammond
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine Faculty Papers
OBJECTIVE: To synthesize evidence for the effectiveness of self-management interventions for chronic health conditions that have symptom overlap with traumatic brain injury (TBI) in order to extract recommendations for self-management intervention in persons with TBI.
DESIGN: An umbrella review of existing systematic reviews and/or meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials or nonrandomized studies targeting self-management of chronic conditions and specific outcomes relevant to persons with TBI.
METHOD: A comprehensive literature search of 5 databases was conducted using PRISMA guidelines. Two independent reviewers conducted screening and data extraction using the Covidence web-based review platform. Quality assessment was conducted using criteria adapted from …
The Appropriateness Of Long-Term Opioids To Treat Chronic Back Pain, Thomas Watanabe, Michael Salino, Adam Schreiber
The Appropriateness Of Long-Term Opioids To Treat Chronic Back Pain, Thomas Watanabe, Michael Salino, Adam Schreiber
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine Faculty Papers
Point/Counterpoint Case Scenario: A 55-year old man presents to a pain clinic upon referral from his primary care physician. His symptom is axial low back pain. His pain started approximately 1 year earlier without a specific inciting event. He denies radiation of pain into the lower extremities. There is no bowel or bladder involvement. There is no directional preference. He reports pain "all the time," with minimal specific exacerbating or relieving factors. There is no medical-legal involvement. His medical history is significant for hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, obesity, and sleep apnea. He is a divorced father of 2 adult children. He is …