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    • Treatment- and Cost-Effectiveness of Early Intervention for Acute Low Back Patients: A One-Year Prospective Study 

      Gatchel, Robert J.; Polatin, Peter B.; Noe, Carl (Springer Science & Business Media B.V.Department of Psychology, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2003-03)
      In an attempt to prevent acute low back pain from becoming a chronic disability problem, an earlier study developed a statistical algorithm which accurately identified those acute low back pain patients who were at high ...
    • Failed Back Surgery Syndrome 

      Gatchel, Robert J.; Miller, Brandy; Lou, Leland (PPM Communications, Inc.Department of Psychology, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2004)
      Back pain is a widespread public health problem, affecting a staggering 80% of Americans at some point in their lives. Each year, an estimated one out of every 14 people will seek medical care for back or neck pain, amounting ...
    • Development of a Self-Report Screening Instrument for Assessing Potential Opioid Medication Misuse in Chronic Pain Patients 

      Gatchel, Robert J.; Adams, Laura L.; Robinson, Richard C.; Polatin, Peter; Gajraj, Noor; Deschner, Martin; Noe, Carl (ElsevierDepartment of Psychology, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2004)
      This study comprised the first step in the psychometric development of a self-report screening instrument for risk of opioid medication misuse among chronic pain patients. A 26-item instrument, the Pain Medication Questionnaire ...
    • Musculoskeletal Disorders: Primary and Secondary Interventions 

      Gatchel, Robert J. (ElsevierDepartment of Psychology, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2004-02)
      In the United States alone, the annual cost associated with the diagnosis and care of musculoskeletal trauma amounts to tens of billions of dollars [Occupational Musculoskeletal Disorders: Function, Outcomes and Evidence. ...
    • Psychosocial Factors That Can Influence the Self-Assessment of Function 

      Gatchel, Robert J. (Springer NetherlandsDepartment of Psychology, The University of Texas at Arlington., 2004-09)
      What has plagued the evaluation process in this area has been the level of agreement in the wide variation in the measures used to document a construct such as pain, as well as changes in that construct as reflected in the ...
    • Failure to Complete a Functional Restoration Program for Chronic Musculoskeletal Disorders: A Prospective One-Year Outcome Study 

      Gatchel, Robert J.; Proctor, Timothy J.; Mayer, Tom G.; Theodore, Brian (The American Congress of Rehabilitation MedicineDepartment of Psychology, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2005-08)
      This large prospective study determined that noncompleters of interdisciplinary tertiary rehabilitation for CDOMDs had comparatively poor socioeconomic outcomes in the year after discharge from treatment, especially on ...
    • The Relationships Among Depression, Pain, and Masticatory Functioning in Temporomandibular Disorder Patients 

      Gatchel, Robert J.; Stowell, Anna W.; Buschang, Peter (Quintessence Publishing Co. Inc., Chicago, 2006)
      Aims: To evaluate the effect of comorbid depression and pain on an early biopsychosocial intervention for acute temporomandibular disorder (TMD) patients. Methods: Depressed (either - 3 - current or lifetime; n = 32) or ...
    • Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenocortical Axis Dysregulation in Acute Temporomandibular Disorder and Low Back Pain: A Marker for Chronicity? 

      Gatchel, Robert J.; Garofalo, John P.; Robinson, Richard C. (Wiley-BlackwellDepartment of Psychology, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2006-07)
      Dysregulation of the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenocortical (HPA) axis is believed to be a valid biological marker of stress. This study evaluating changes in patients with temporomandibular disorders (TMD) and low back ...
    • Decreases in Cortisol Variability Between Treated and Untreated Jaw Pain Patients 

      Gatchel, Robert J.; Garofalo, J.P.; Robinson, Richard C. (Wiley Periodicals, Inc.Department of Psychology, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2006-08)
      The study evaluated the impact of treatment on cortisol levels in acute pain patients at high risk for chronic jaw-related pain. Twenty-five patients with jaw pain or facial discomfort (< 6 months) participated in the ...
    • Emotional Distress and Medication Use in Two Acute Pain Populations: Jaw and Low Back 

      Gatchel, Robert J.; Edwards, Deirdre M.; Stowell, Anna W.; Adams, Laura L. (Wiley-BlackwellDepartment of Psychology, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2006-12)
      The present study was undertaken to compare emotional distress and functional ability between two common acute pain populations - - jaw pain (JAW; n = 135) and low back pain (LB; n=71). Patient groups were evaluated and ...
    • The Biopsychosocial Approach to Chronic Pain: Scientific Advances and Future Directions 

      Gatchel, Robert J.; Peng, Yuan Bo; Peters, Madelon L.; Fuchs, Perry N.; Turk, Dennis C. (American Psychological AssociationDepartment of Psychology, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2007-07)
      The prevalence and cost of chronic pain is a major physical and mental health care problem in the United States today. As a result, there has been a recent explosion of research on chronic pain, with significant advances ...
    • Methods for Monitoring Medication Use in Chronic Patients 

      Penson, John G.; Penson, Nancy P.; Gatchel, Robert J. (Remedica Medical Education and PublishingDepartment of Psychology, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2008)
      In this article, the best methods for assessing chronic pain patients who are potentially at risk of misuse or abuse of painreduction medications are highlighted. The author recommends that comprehensive biopsychosocial ...
    • Evidence-Based Review of the Efficacy of Functional Restoration for the Management of Chronic Low Back Pain 

      Gatchel, Robert J.; Mayer, Tom G. (ElsevierDepartment of Psychology, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2008-01)
      There are now almost 20 years of evidence-based clinical outcome data, from the United States as well as from other countries around the world, demonstrating the therapeutic effectiveness of functional restoration, a ...
    • The Biopsychosocial Approach to Pain Management 

      Gatchel, Robert J.; Kishino, Nancy D. (PPM Communications, Inc.Department of Psychology, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2008-05)
      Although pain research has traditionally focused on the sensory modalities and the neurological transmissions identified solely on a biological level, more recent theories (integrating the body, mind, and society) have ...
    • Criticisms of the Biopsychosocial Model in Spine Care: Creating and Then Attacking a Straw Person 

      Gatchel, Robert J.; Turk, Dennis C. (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc.Department of Psychology, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2008-12)
      A previous article in Spine provided an erroneous and illogical critique of the biopsychosocial model. Evidence is used to refute concerns raised. We describe an evolving literature demonstrating the heuristic value of the ...
    • Efficacy of a Patient-Educational Booklet for Neck Pain Patients with Workers' Compensation: A Randomized Controlled Trial 

      Gatchel, Robert J.; Derebery, Jane; Giang, Geneva M.; Erickson, Kent; Fogarty, W. Tom (Lippincott Williams & WilkinsDepartment of Psychology, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2009-01-15)
      Study Design. A randomized controlled trial of an educational booklet for patients with first-time neck pain. Objective. To assess the clinical impact of a novel educational book on patients‟ functional outcomes and beliefs ...
    • The Comprehensive Muscular Activity Profile (CMAP): Its High Sensitivity, Specificity and Overall Classification Rate for Detecting Submaximal Effort on Functional Capacity Testing 

      Gatchel, Robert J.; Ricard, Mark D.; Choksi, Dhruti N.; Mayank, Jain; Howard, Krista (Springer VerlagDepartment of Psychology, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2009-03)
      A traditional problem faced by clinicians attempting to objectively measure musculoskeletal disorders such as low back pain, where there is often primarily soft tissue involvement, is that psychosocial factors (e.g., ...
    • Comorbidity of Chronic Pain and Mental Health Disorders: The Biopsychosocial Perspective 

      Gatchel, Robert J. (American Psychological AssociationDepartment of Psychology, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2009-11-20)
      We are entering an exciting period in mental and physical health research, resulting from a paradigm shift away from an outdated biomedical reductionism approach, to a more comprehensive biopsychosocial model, which ...
    • Osteopathic Medicine Approach to Pain Management 

      Gatchel, Robert J.; Minotti, D; Licciardone, J. C.; Kearns, C. (PPM Communications, Inc., 2010-09)
      With a holistic approach to patient care—encompassing the integration of structure and function, emotional and social aspects of health and healing, and a more heuristic biopsychosocial approach to pain assessment and ...
    • Back Surgery That Does Not Relieve Pain: An Update 

      Gatchel, Robert J.; Brede, Emily; Worzer, Whitney (PPM Communications, Inc., 2011-01)