Association of Early Physical Therapy With Long-term Opioid Use Among Opioid-Naive Patients With Musculoskeletal Pain.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Nonpharmacologic methods of reducing the risk of new chronic opioid use among patients with musculoskeletal pain are important given the burden of the opioid epidemic in the United States.

Objective

To determine the association between early physical therapy and subsequent opioid use in patients with new musculoskeletal pain diagnosis.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional analysis of health care insurance claims data between January 1, 2007, and December 31, 2015, included privately insured patients who presented with musculoskeletal pain to an outpatient physician office or an emergency department at various US facilities from January 1, 2008, to December 31, 2014. The sample comprised 88 985 opioid-naive patients aged 18 to 64 years with

SUBMITTER: Sun E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6324326 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature