Poster Session
Issue Date: August 2019
Published Online: August 01, 2019
Updated: April 30, 2020
Breaking the Pain Cycle: A Comprehensive Multidisciplinary Approach to Chronic Pain Management
Megan Colletti, MS, OTR/L; David Levine, PhD, DPT, PT, FAPTA, CCRP; Gregory Heath, PhD; James Choo, MD; Ted Jones, PhD; Thaddeus Mackiewicz, DPT
Author Affiliations & Notes
  • Pain Consultants of East Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA
  • University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN, USA
  • University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN, USA
  • Pain Consultants of East Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA
  • Behavior Medicine Institute, Knoxville, TN, USA
  • Pain Consultants of East Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA
Article Information
Evidence-Based Practice / Education of OTs and OTAs / Multidisciplinary Practice / Rehabilitation, Participation, and Disability / Work and Industry / Translational Research
Poster Session   |   August 01, 2019
Breaking the Pain Cycle: A Comprehensive Multidisciplinary Approach to Chronic Pain Management
American Journal of Occupational Therapy, August 2019, Vol. 73, 7311520413. https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2019.73S1-PO3030
American Journal of Occupational Therapy, August 2019, Vol. 73, 7311520413. https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2019.73S1-PO3030
Abstract

Date Presented 04/04/19

The purpose of this study was to quantify the impact of a comprehensive multidisciplinary biopsychosocial approach on chronic pain management and OT’s role therein. Fifty-eight chronic pain patients completed the function-focused chronic pain program. Results demonstrated statistically significant improvements (p < 0.05) in perceived functional participation, balance, strength, and decreased use of daily morphine equivalents.

Primary Author and Speaker: Megan Colletti

Additional Authors and Speakers: David Levine

Contributing Authors: Gregory Heath, James Choo, Ted Jones, Thaddeus Mackiewicz