UMMS Affiliation
Department of Family Medicine and Community Health
Publication Date
2020-10-18
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Alternative and Complementary Medicine | Pain Management | Physical Therapy | Therapeutics
Abstract
Chronic pain is prevalent in the United States, with impact on physical and psychological functioning as well as lost work productivity. Minority and lower socioeconomic populations have increased prevalence of chronic pain with less access to pain care, poorer outcomes, and higher risk of fatal opioid overdose. Acupuncture therapy is effective in treating chronic pain conditions including chronic low back pain, neck pain, shoulder pain, and knee pain from osteoarthritis. Acupuncture therapy, including group acupuncture, is feasible and effective, and specifically so for underserved and diverse populations at risk for health outcome disparities. Acupuncture therapy also encourages patient engagement and activation. As chronic pain improves, there is a natural progression to want and need to increase activity and movement recovery. Diverse movement approaches are important for improving range of motion, maintaining gains, strengthening, and promoting patient engagement and activation. Yoga therapy is an active therapy with proven benefit in musculoskeletal pain disorders and pain associated disability. The aim of this quasi-experimental pilot feasibility trial is to test the bundling of these 2 effective care options for chronic pain, to inform both the design for a larger randomized pragmatic effectiveness trial as well as implementation strategies across underserved settings.
Keywords
acupuncture therapy, nonpharmacologic pain care, underserved setting, yoga therapy
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DOI of Published Version
10.1177/2164956120964716
Source
Nielsen A, Teets R, Moonaz S, Anderson BJ, Walter E, Milanes M, Mah DM, Diane McKee M, Kligler B. Group Acupuncture Therapy With Yoga Therapy for Chronic Neck, Low Back, and Osteoarthritis Pain in Safety Net Setting for an Underserved Population: Design and Rationale for a Feasibility Pilot. Glob Adv Health Med. 2020 Oct 18;9:2164956120964716. doi: 10.1177/2164956120964716. PMID: 33150053; PMCID: PMC7580149. Link to article on publisher's site
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Global advances in health and medicine
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PubMed ID
33150053
Repository Citation
Nielsen A, Teets R, Moonaz S, Anderson BJ, Walter E, Milanes M, Mah DM, McKee MD, Kligler B. (2020). Group Acupuncture Therapy With Yoga Therapy for Chronic Neck, Low Back, and Osteoarthritis Pain in Safety Net Setting for an Underserved Population: Design and Rationale for a Feasibility Pilot. Open Access Publications by UMMS Authors. https://doi.org/10.1177/2164956120964716. Retrieved from https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/oapubs/4413
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