To introduce and evaluate the short-term outcome of a three-week intensive multidisciplinary outpatient program for patients with back pain and sciatica, measured according to decrease of functional impairment and pain.
To examine the difficulties men with chronic LBP experienced in the maintenance of their leisure activities and to explore the connection between leisure and social networks and the potential barriers to resuming leisure occupations due to chronic LBP.
To describe the essential elements of an intensive 8-week interdisciplinary pain rehabilitation programme with a cognitive-behavioral emphasis and the results that can be expected in treating patients with chronic pain conditions.
To evaluate the efficiency of an intensive, dynamic, and multidisciplinary functional restoration program in patients with chronic LBP, during 6-month follow-up and 12-month follow-up.
To evaluate the efficacy of a semi-intensive multidisciplinary outpatient program complying with the requirements of the Belgian National Institute for Health and Disability Insurance and intended for patients with chronic LBP.
To identify factors associated with decreased disability and lower pain scores 6 months after a multimodal treatment program for FM and to determine whether adherence influenced outcomes.
This chapter describes the basic rationale behind an interdisciplinary approach, the interdisciplinary program framework, and the role that this approach plays when considering disability in the workplace.
To describe how mindfulness is used in physical rehabilitation, identify implications for OT practice, and guide future research on clinical mindfulness interventions.
To examine how women experience occupations as they live with CP and more specifically to gain detailed knowledge regarding the meaning of important occupations in their life.
To evaluate the effectiveness of cognitive behaviour group therapy in respect to pain tolerance and disability apart from the effects on somatization in general and additional to the effects of a multimodal inpatient orthopedic rehabilitation program.
patients (53 patients with chronic LBP and 50 controls)
To review the pacing literature; describe the use of pacing in a specialty headache clinic; and provide client feedback regarding the effectiveness of pacing in headache self-management.
To propose a multidisciplinary pain treatment program that aims to reduce the pain and improve the functioning of the patient, as well as to improve the communication between specialists to facilitate patient progress.
To apply the OT framework along with an evidence-based approach and an occupation-based intervention with a population of workers with chronic LBP to help them return to work and maintain their work status.
To evaluate the differences in cognitive skills between women with FM and healthy women, and the correlations between functional independence and cognitive limitations.
To describe everyday occupational problems among patients with musculoskeletal pain enrolled in a pain rehabilitation programme, and to compare subgroups based on participant characteristics.
To update the evidence for the multidisciplinary treatment of chronic LBP to improve employment outcomes and to assess what knowledge supports OT as contributing to a multidisciplinary approach in the treatment of chronic LBP.
To critically analyse OT services for people with CP and identify significant factors influencing the future development of OT services for people with CP.
To discuss contemporary OT for people with CP with reference to a broad range of literature from many disciplines, and to examine the success of OT services in meeting the occupational needs of people with CP.
To evaluate the ability of artificial neural networks to predict, on the basis of clinical variables, the response of persons with FM syndrome to a standard, 4-week interdisciplinary pain program.
To determine the efficacy of a lifestyle Redesign® intervention for people living with CP on quality of life, function, self-efficacy, and pain levels.
To examine components of interdisciplinary pain rehabilitation programs, to discuss desirable features of successful programs and teams, and to review four established outpatient pain programs in the United States.
To offer perspectives from life care planners, an occupational therapist, rehabilitation counsellors, and a pain management specialist on CP treatment.
To identify frequently reported ADL skill deficits of significance in subgroups of women with FM who have decreased ADL motor ability in combination with decreased or competent ADL process ability.
patients
FM
Cross-sectional study
Note. ADL = activities of daily living; COPM = Canadian occupational performance measure; CP = chronic pain; CRPS = complex regional pain syndrome; FM = fibromyalgia; LBP = low back pain; OT = occupational therapy.
