4 articles in this issue
Antony Porcino, PhD, HSI
Increasingly, international teams are creating evidence-informed, consensus-based guidelines to increase the transparency and consistency of research reporting and thoroughness of design. It is important that researchers and authors remember to begin with... see more
Ann Blair Kennedy LMT, DrPH(c),Jennifer L. Trilk PhD
Background and Purpose: Evidence suggests that para-athletes are injured more often than able-bodied athletes. The benefits of massage therapy for these disabled athletes are yet to be explored. This paper documents the process followed for creating a mas... see more
Adam Perlman, MD, MPH,Mark Dreusicke, MD,Teresa Keever, BSN, RN,Ather Ali, ND, MPH, MHS
Background: Clinical practice and randomized trials often have disparate aims, despite involving similar interventions. Attitudes and expectancies of practitioners influence patient outcomes, and there is growing emphasis on optimizing provider–patient re... see more
Richard A. Deyo, MD, MPH,Samuel F. Dworkin, DDS, PhD,Dagmar Amtmann, PhD,Gunnar Andersson, MD, PhD,David Borenstein, MD,Eugene Carragee, MD,John Carrino, MD, MPH,Roger Chou MD,Karon Cook PhD,Anthony DeLitto, PT, PhD,Christine Goertz, DC, PhD,Partap Khalsa, DC, PhD,John Loeser, MD,Sean Mackey, MD, PhD,James Panagis, MD,James Rainville, MD,Tor Tosteson, ScD,Dennis Turk, PhD,Michael Von Korff, ScD,Debra K. Weiner, MD
Despite rapidly increasing intervention, functional disability due to chronic low back pain (cLBP) has increased in recent decades. We often cannot identify mechanisms to explain the major negative impact cLBP has on patients’ lives. Such cLBP is often te... see more