NIH Workshop on Nonpharmacologic Management of Back Pain

This 1-day workshop identified clinical research questions related to nonpharmacologic interventions to treat back pain. This information will help inform future research directions.

This workshop was organized in three sessions that featured presentations and discussions focusing on:

1. The current understanding and complexity of chronic back pain
2. Promising questions associated with testable hypotheses
3. Relevant outcome measures

Date:

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Time:

8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. EDT

Location:

William H. Natcher Building, Conference Room D

Bethesda, MD

Webcast:

View the webcast here.

Agenda:

Workshop Agenda

Contact:

Please contact Edward Culhane (culhanee@mail.nih.gov; 301.594.3391) with questions about the workshop.

Sponsors

• National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
• National Institute on Aging (NIA)
• National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
• National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
• National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
• Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
• National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)