Duration, Cost, and Escalation of Care Events for Physical Therapy Management of Low Back Pain in Service Members With Limb Loss
This study suggests that service members with limb loss and LBP received higher quantities and longer durations of PT than those without limb loss, yielding a nearly 4 times higher cost of PT.
Authors
- Shawn Farrokhi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9732-7429)
- Brad D. Hendershot (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5400-9551)
- Christopher L. Dearth (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3701-0950)
- Joseph Kakyomya
- Brittney Mazzone Gunterstockman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7564-8093)
- Charity G. Patterson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0060-0124)
Institutions
- Naval Medical Center San Diego (US)
- Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (US)
- Lincoln Memorial University (US)
- University of Pittsburgh (US)
- Chapman University (US)
- Defense Health Agency (US)
- Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Military Medicine
- Published
- 2024-10-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usae455
- Primary Topic
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- U.S. Department of Defense
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- National Institutes of Health