Objective: Low back pain affects many individuals. It has profound effects on well-being and
is often the cause of significant physical and psychological health impairments. Low back …

Background: Chronic axial spinal pain is one of the major causes of significant disability and
health care costs, with facet joints as one of the proven causes of pain. Objective: To provide …

Background: Opioid use, abuse, and adverse consequences, including death, have
escalated at an alarming rate since the 1990s. In an attempt to control opioid abuse …

OBJECTIVE: To develop evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for interventional
techniques in the diagnosis and treatment of chronic spinal pain. METHODOLOGY …

Study Design. Retrospective analysis of an insurance claims database. Objective. To
examine the comorbidities, treatment patterns, health care resource utilization, and direct …

Persistent and disabling pain is the hallmark of osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis,
fibromyalgia, and various other rheumatologic conditions. However, disease severity (as …

BACKGROUND CONTEXT: The economic burden of low back pain (LBP) is very large and
appears to be growing. It is not possible to impact this burden without understanding the …

Persistent pain interfering with daily activities is common. Chronic pain has been defined in
many ways. Chronic pain syndrome is a separate entity from chronic pain. Chronic pain is …

Background: The evidence-based practice guidelines for the management of chronic spinal
pain with interventional techniques were developed to provide recommendations to …

Background: Comprehensive, evidence-based guidelines for interventional techniques in
the management of chronic spinal pain are described here to provide recommendations for …