Report of the NIH Task Force on Research Standards for Chronic Low Back Pain

Richard A. Deyo; Samuel F. Dworkin; Dagmar Amtmann; Gunnar Andersson; David Borenstein; Eugene Carragee; John Carrino; Roger Chou; Karon Cook; Anthony Delitto; Christine Goertz; Partap Khalsa; John Loeser; Sean Mackey; James Panagis; James Rainville; Tor Tosteson; Dennis Turk; Michael Von Korff; Debra K. Weiner

doi:10.2522/ptj.2015.95.2.e1

Report of the NIH Task Force on Research Standards for Chronic Low Back Pain

Richard A. Deyo, Samuel F. Dworkin, Dagmar Amtmann, Gunnar Andersson, David Borenstein, Eugene Carragee, John Carrino, Roger Chou, Karon Cook, Anthony Delitto, Christine Goertz, Partap Khalsa, John Loeser, Sean Mackey, James Panagis, James Rainville, Tor Tosteson, Dennis Turk, Michael Von Korff, Debra K. Weiner

DOI: 10.2522/ptj.2015.95.2.e1 Published 1 February 2015

Richard A. Deyo

R.A. Deyo, MD, MPH, Oregon Health and Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Rd, Mail Code FM, Portland, Oregon.

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Samuel F. Dworkin

S.F. Dworkin, DDS, PhD, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.

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Dagmar Amtmann

D. Amtmann, University of Washington.

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Gunnar Andersson

G. Andersson, MD, PhD, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois.

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David Borenstein

D. Borenstein, MD, George Washington University, Washington, DC.

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Eugene Carragee

E. Carragee, MD, Stanford University, Stanford, California.

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John Carrino

J. Carrino, MD, MPH, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.

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Roger Chou

R. Chou, MD, Oregon Health and Science University.

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Karon Cook

K. Cook, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.

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Anthony Delitto

A. Delitto, PT, PhD, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System and University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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Christine Goertz

C. Goertz, DC, PhD, Palmer College of Chiropractic, Davenport, Iowa.

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Partap Khalsa

P. Khalsa, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland.

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John Loeser

J. Loeser, MD, University of Washington.

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Sean Mackey

S. Mackey, MD, PhD, Stanford University.

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James Panagis

J. Panagis, National Institute for Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland.

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James Rainville

J. Rainville, MD, New England Baptist Hospital, Roxbury Crossing, Massachusetts.

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Tor Tosteson

T. Tosteson, ScD, Dartmouth University, Hanover, New Hampshire.

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Dennis Turk

D. Turk, PhD, University of Washington.

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Michael Von Korff

M. Von Korff, ScD, Group Health Research Institute, Seattle, Washington.

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Debra K. Weiner

D.K. Weiner, MD, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System and University of Pittsburgh.

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Table 1.

Task Force Members, Affiliations and Expertise

Table 2.

Key Principles Developed by the Task Force on Research Standards for Chronic Low Back Pain

Table 3.

Task Force Recommendations: Research Standards for Chronic Low Back Pain (cLBP)

Table 4.

Performance of the Research Task Force Impact Stratification Among 218 Subjects Undergoing Epidural Steroid Injections

NOTE. Three-month follow-up was available for 170 of these subjects (78%).

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