Does Coordinated, Multidisciplinary Treatment Limit Medical Disability and Attrition Related to Spine Conditions in the US Navy?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Musculoskeletal conditions account for the largest proportion of cases resulting in early separation from the US Navy. This study evaluates the impact of the Spine Team, a multidisciplinary care group that included physicians, physical therapists, and a clinical psychologist, for the treatment of active-duty service members with work-disabling, nonspecific low back pain at the Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth, VA, USA. We compared the impact of the introduction of the Spine Team in limiting disability and attrition from work-disabling spine conditions with the experience of the Naval Medical Center, San Diego, CA, USA, where there is no comparable spine team.

Questions/purposes

Is a multidisciplinary spine team effective in limiting disability and attrition relate

SUBMITTER: Ziemke G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4523524 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature