EP02 EN – Chronic Pain: An Occupational Therapy Perspective
In this episode of Bench to Bedside Rehabilitation, we explore the role of Occupational Therapy in chronic pain management.
What if chronic pain isn’t just a tissue problem, but rather a matter of how the body perceives and interprets it?
EP01 – Clinical and neuroimaging evidence on physiotherapy for non-specific chronic low back pain
We have built a report and clinical tools that function as an evidence-based clinical guide meant to help rehabilitation professionals translate complex scientific data into effective management strategies for Non-Specific Chronic Low Back Pain (NS-CLBP). It incorporates high-level evidence from systematic reviews and meta-analyses to support a biopsychosocial approach.
Limited evidence exists on determinants of physiotherapists’ adherence to high value interventions in nonspecific low back pain management: A scoping review
(2021)”Examining the emerging body of evidence investigating what drives physiotherapist’s clinical decisions in the management of low back pain can guide future research into identifying barriers and facilitators of their adherence to evidence recommended interventions.”
Development and Acceptability of a Patient Decision Aid for Pain Management in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: The JIA Option Map
(2021) “Youths with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) often feel pain and try many pain treatments such as medications and physical or psychological treatments. Choosing treatments can be hard for families, and health care providers do not always provide information on pain treatments. Our team is developing the JIA Option Map, a tool that presents information on pain treatments based on personal preferences. The tool takes patients through a five-step process where they describe their pain, express their preferences, and learn about more than 30 pain treatments. Patients can then choose treatments and make a plan to use them. This paper explains how a paper-based version of the tool was developed and whether it is suitable for youths, parents, and health care providers. The tool was developed by holding meetings with youths with JIA, health care providers, and researchers to agree on the content and format. We also interviewed youths with JIA, parents, and health care providers to test whether it was suitable. All participants felt that the tool was suitable and that it would be useful for making decisions about pain treatments. Participants liked the idea of using a web-based tool with coaching by health care providers. Work is underway to develop this improved version of the JIA Option Map.”