This is a Project Grant awarded by the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) under the Research and Training in Complementary and Integrative Health program (CFDA 93.213). The $639,882 grant will fund a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy of online yoga ("teleyoga") compared to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for treating chronic musculoskeletal pain in veterans. The 5-year project, conducted by the Palo Alto Veterans Institute for...
The $890,826 federal Project Grant award from the Defense Health Agency under the Military Medical Research and Development (CFDA 12.420) program will support a study by the Denver Research Institute (DRI) to evaluate the comparative efficacy and implementation factors of Pain Reprocessing Therapy for veterans with chronic back pain. The four-year project, starting on September 30, 2024, will conduct research to assess the clinical effectiveness of this novel pain management approach and...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH), under the Research and Training in Complementary and Integrative Health program (CFDA 93.213), provides $578,491 to Northwestern University to conduct a multi-site feasibility trial of an embedded emergency department physical therapy intervention for low back pain. The goal of the project is to evaluate whether placing a dedicated physical therapist on the primary emergency department...
This three-year, $1,497,516 Project Grant from the Department of the Army Medical Command through its Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) supports research aimed at improving upper extremity function for individuals with cervical spinal cord injuries. The Washington University is the primary awardee and has enlisted several sub-awardees, including the Palo Alto Veterans Institute for Research, the University of British Columbia, Craig Hospital, and the Veteran...
This Project Grant award of $1,683,225 from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) under the Research and Training in Complementary and Integrative Health program (CFDA 93.213) will fund a study by the Southern California University of Health Sciences to assess the impact of Medicare's recent decision to cover acupuncture for chronic low back pain in beneficiaries. The key objectives of this 3-year project are to: 1) Compare the safety, efficiency, and costs of...
This federal Project Grant award, totaling $1,012,894.00, was issued by the Defense Health Agency under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) to investigate pain reprocessing therapy for veterans with chronic back pain. The 4-year award, with a start date of September 30, 2024, will compare the efficacy of this therapy and examine facilitators and barriers to implementation. The University of Colorado-Denver is the prime awardee, with sub-awards going to Texas...
This federal Project Grant award from the Defense Health Agency under the Military Medical Research and Development (CFDA 12.420) program provides $360,116.00 to the Regents of the University of Michigan to conduct research on "BRIEF PAIN REPROCESSING THERAPY: AN OPTIMIZED INTEGRATIVE EXPOSURE INTERVENTION FOR VETERANS WITH CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN." The research project aims to develop and evaluate an innovative therapy to address chronic low back pain among veterans. The award has a...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award, with a total funding of $686,965.00, was provided by the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences under the Uniformed Services University Medical Research Projects program (CFDA 12.750). The award supports a randomized, comparative-effectiveness study to evaluate the use of intradiscal autologous bone marrow concentrate versus intradiscal corticosteroid for the treatment of chronic discogenic low back pain. The study will be conducted by the...
The University of Texas Health Science Center of San Antonio will receive $3 million in cooperative agreement funding from the Department of the Army Medical Command to conduct a randomized clinical trial combining stellate ganglion block with prolonged exposure therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The four-year award under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) aims to investigate medical solutions for traumatic battlefield injuries and transform...
The U.S. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) awarded a $1,643,228 Cooperative Agreement grant under the Drug Abuse and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279) to Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) to develop an Integrative Mindfulness-Based Predictive Approach for Chronic Low Back Pain Treatment (IMPACT). The key objectives of this 2-year IMPACT project are to: 1) Initiate a clinical trial of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) for chronic low back pain...