Occupational Rehabilitation Relevant Research

Whilst not featuring as part of the short-term intervention, we have onsite Occupational Therapy and Dietetic providers which may be suitable to incorporate into specific interdisciplinary services devised for certain candidates throughout the post-clinic period on an individualised basis.

This integration of providers and combination of group/individual interventions was developed in accordance with best practice evidence based guidelines, including the following research:

Beeston L. Long term follow-up of the cognitive-behavioural program ADAPT, 2001. Masters Thesis.

Burton AK, Waddell G, Tillotson M, Summerton N. Information and Advice to Patients with Back Pain can have a Positive Effect. Spine (1999). Vol 24; No 23: 2484-2491

Falla D, Bilenkij G, Jull G. Patients with chronic neck pain demonstrate altered patterns of muscle activation during performance of a functional upper limb task. Spine (2004a).Vol 29; #13:1436 - 1440

Flor H, Fydrich T, Turk DC. Efficacy of multidisciplinary pain treatment centres: a meta-analytic review, Pain 1992; 49: 221-230.

Guzman J, Esmail R, Karjalainen K et al. Multidisciplinary rehabilitation for chronic low back pain: systematic review. Br Med J 2001; 322:1511-1516.

Haldorsen EM, Grasdal AL, Skouen JS, Risa AE, Kronholm K, Ursin H. Is there a right treatment for a particular patient group? Comparison of ordinary treatment, light multidisciplinary treatment, and extensive multidisciplinary treatment for long-term sick-listed employees with musculoskeletal pain. Pain 2002; 95: 49-63.

Hlobil H. The management of occupational low back pain and its cost-effectiveness; Promotor: Prof. W. van Mechelen, MD, PhD; Prof. T. Smid, PhD). (Cat. A).

Hodges P. Changes in motor planning of feedforward postural responses of the trunk muscles in low back pain. Experimental Brain Research Nov 2001. 141 (2): 261-6.

Holzman AD, Turk DC, Kerns RD. The cognitive-behavioral approach to the management of chronic pain. In Holzman AD, Turk DC (eds). Pain Management: A handbook of psychological treatment approaches. New York: Pergamon Press, 1986, pp. 31-50.

Lindstrom I, Ohlund C, Eek C, Wallin L, Peterson L-E, Nachemson A. Mobility, strength, and fitness after a graded activitiy programme for patients with subacute low back pain: A randomized prospective clinical study with a behavioral therapy approach. Spine 1992; 17: 641-651.

Linton S. Why does chronic pain develop? A behavioural approach. New Avenues for the Prevention of Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain and Disability. Pain Research and Clinical Management, Vol 12. Edited by S.J.Linton (2002)

Loeser, JD, Seres, JL and Newman, RI. (1990). Interdisciplinary, multimodal management of chronic pain, in The Management of Pain. (2nd edn), (Ed. J.J. Bonica), pp. 2107-2120, Lea and Febiger, Philadelphia.

McCracken LM, Eccleston C. Coping or acceptance: what to do about chronic pain? Pain 2003; 105: 197-204.

Morley S, Eccleston C, Williams A. Systematic review and meta analysis of randomised control trials of cognitive behavioural therapy for chronic pain in adults, excluding headache. Pain 1999; 80:1-13.

Moseley G L. Evidence for a direct relationship between cognitive and physical change during an education intervention in people with chronic low back pain. Euro Journal Pain (2004b); 8:39 - 45

Nicholas MK. Compliance: A barrier to occupational rehabilitation? J Occup Rehab 5, 271-282, 1995.

Nicholas MK. When to refer to a pain clinic. Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology 2004; 18 (4): 613-629.

Nicholas MK, Tonkin LE. Application of cognitive-behavioural principles to activity-based pain management programs. In K. Refshauge and E. Gaff (eds). Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy: Clinical Science and Evidence Based Practice, Elsevier, Oxford, pp. 277-293, 2004.

Nicholas MK, Wilson PH, Goyen J. Comparison of Cognitive-behavioural group treatment and an alternative non-psychological treatment for chronic low back pain. Pain 48, 339-347, 1992

Polatin PB, Gajraj NM. Integration of pharmacotherapy with psychological treatment of chronic pain. In: DC, Turk and RJ, Gatchel (eds.). Psychological approaches to pain management. Second edition, New York: Guilford, pp. 276-300, 2002.

Schonstein E, Kenny D, Koes BT. Work conditioning programs, work hardening and functional restoration for workers with back and neck pain. The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2003; Issue 1.

The Pain Society (of UK and Ireland). Desirable Criteria For Pain Management Programmes (1997).

Turk DC. Customizing Rx for chronic pain patients: who, what, & why. Clin J Pain 1990; 6(4):255-70.

Turk DC. Combining somatic and psychosocial treatment for chronic pain patients: perhaps 1+1 does = 3. Clin J Pain 2001; 17: 281-283.

Verbunt J, Seelen H, Vlaeyen J, van de Heijden G, Heuts P, Pons K, Knottnerus A. Disuse and deconditioning in chronic low back pain: concepts and hypotheses on contributing mechanisms. European Journal of Pain 2003: 7; 9-21.

Watson P, Booker C, Main C. Evidence for the role of psychological factors in abnormal paraspinal activity in patients with chronic low back pain. Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain. Vol 5 (4) 1997: pp 41-57

Watson P, Booker C, Moores L, Main C. Returning the chronically unemployed with low back pain to employment. European Journal of Pain 8. (2004) 359 – 369.

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