A Patient and Clinician Focus Group Study to Inform the Design and Clinical Integration of a Wearable Activity Monitor to Support Chronic Low Back Pain Management
Remaining physically active is a recommended component of chronic low back pain (cLBP) management. In clinic, physical activity is typically assessed by retrospective self-evaluation, and may be supplemented by objective measures. However, due to technological burdens faced by patients and clinicians, current objective assessment methods of daily physical activity are not suitable for routine care. To address this, we are developing a discreet, single-use wrist-worn activity monitor to support cLBP clinical management. (Source: The Journal of Pain)
Source: The Journal of Pain - April 1, 2024 Category: Materials Science Authors: Daniel Whibley, Sonia Sharma, Kristi Pickup, Anna Kratz, Andrew Schrepf, Steven Harte, Grant Kruger Tags: Pain, Movement, and Rehabilitation Science Source Type: research
Patient Race and Gender Do Not Predict Opioid-Related Concerns or Problems in Diverse, Veteran, Chronic Pain Sample
Opioid-related risk assessment is recommended to assess the balance of harms and benefits of long-term opioid therapy (LTOT) for patients with chronic pain. As few concrete guidelines exist to assist providers in these assessments, there is ample room for providers ’ best judgment as well as inadvertent bias. Indeed, prior research has demonstrated that patient race and gender may impact physicians’ assessments of patients’ opioid-related problems. The present secondary analysis of data from a voluntary opioid tapering pilot study examined whether patien t race or gender predicted patient-reported opioid-related prob...
Source: The Journal of Pain - April 1, 2024 Category: Materials Science Authors: Alexis D. Grant, William C. Becker, Danielle M. Wesolowicz, Brent Moore, Sara Edmond Source Type: research
Computational Fluid Dynamics Modelling of the Effect of Outflow Graft Flow on Vessel Wall Deformation: Possible Implications for Aortic Regurgitation Development in Patients with Continuous-Flow LVAD
Purpose: Aortic regurgitation (AR), the diastolic reverse flow of blood from the ascending aorta into the left ventricle, is a common condition in patients with a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) that is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. We investigated the effect of the outflow graft (OG) flow on the aortic vessel wall and AR development in patients with LVAD. (Source: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation)
Source: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation - April 1, 2024 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: , S.W. Grant, S. Kore, A. Sharman, A. De Rosis, A. Keshmiri, R. Venkateswaran Source Type: research
Genomic Research Alliance for Transplantation GRAfT: A Model to Access Patients and Promote NHLBI DIR Research
Purpose: Mitigating the unusual high mortality from transplant rejection drives the NHLBI intramural research, however access is limited for populations currently not seen at the NIH Clinical Center. One approach to this limitation is the GRAfT study model: an intramural-extramural collaboration to grant access to those populations and to promote heart and lung transplant research. (Source: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation)
Source: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation - April 1, 2024 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: , S. Agbor-Enoh Source Type: research
NIH Funding Trends in Rehabilitation among Cancer Survivors: Gaps and Opportunities
To describe trends in National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded grants focused on cancer rehabilitation research and identify scientific gaps. (Source: Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation)
Source: Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - April 1, 2024 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Rachelle Brick, Gina Tesauro, Michelle Mollica, Emily Tonorezos, Theresa Cruz, Wendy Nelson, Paige Green Tags: Oral Presentation 2372312 Source Type: research
