Pain Management
In December 2007, the National Multiple Sclerosis Society (NMSS) awarded a grant to the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine to examine the effect of self-hypnosis training and cognitive behavioral interventions on helping persons with multiple sclerosis (MS) manage their chronic pain. Dr. Mark Jensen, Ph.D. is the Principal Investigator on this project.
This research study is intended to find out if treatments that include components of self-hypnosis training and cognitive behavioral therapy, individually and together, will benefit persons with MS and chronic pain. Subjects will attend sixteen 60-minute treatment sessions conducted by one of the study’s psychologists. Primary and secondary outcome measures will be collected via the telephone by research personnel blind to the treatment condition before treatment, immediately after treatment ends and one month after treatment ends.
For further information on this project please contact Kevin Gertz, Research Study Supervisor, 206-616-9058 or 800-377-9707 or at painstdy@u.washington.edu.
A Program Project to study the nature and scope of pain in persons with disabilities is currently being funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) at the National Institutes of Health. The Program Project consists of three subprojects.
Project I, will use survey research to examine chronic pain and quality of life in persons with spinal cord injury, cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, acquired amputation, post-polio syndrome and neuromuscular disease.
Project II, is a clinical trial that will evaluate the efficacy of group cognitive therapy in reducing pain, disability, and distress in persons with chronic pain secondary to multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injury, or acquired amputation.
Project III, is the first known large-scale study trying to reduce pain in children with disability. This study will use biofeedback assisted relaxation training with a sample of children with cerebral palsy, limb deficiency and spinal cord injury to help reduce pain associated with their disability.
For further information on any of these projects please contact Kevin Gertz, Research Study Supervisor, at 206-616-9058 or 800-377-9707 or at painstdy@u.washington.edu.
In July 2002, the NIH awarded a grant to the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine to examine the effect of hypnosis and relaxation therapy on reducing chronic pain in persons with disabilities. Dr. Mark Jensen, Ph.D. is the Principal Investigator on this project and is working in conjunction with researchers in the Department of Anesthesiology and the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.
This research study is intended to find out if relaxation treatments that include hypnosis and relaxation components will help reduce the pain of persons with disabilities, such as spinal cord injury, multiple sclerosis, amputations, neuromuscular disease, post-polio syndrome, and cerebral palsy.
For further information on this project please contact Kevin Gertz, Research Study Supervisor, 206-616-9058 or 800-377-9707 or at painstdy@u.washington.edu.
Dr. Dawn Ehde, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine is the Principal Investigator on a CDC funded grant examining social support in acquired amputation. The primary aim is to increase our scientific and theoretical understanding of the nature of social support following amputation, including its relationship to physical and psychological health outcomes (positive and adverse). This will be accomplished through a longitudinal study of adults with a new onset of limb loss. Participants are interviewed in person and over the phone throughout the first year after amputation.
For further information on this project please contact Kevin Gertz, Research Study Supervisor, 206-616-9058 or 800-377-9707 or at painstdy@u.washington.edu.
Publications:
Ehde, D.M., Osborne, T.L., Hanley, M.A., Jensen, M.P., & Kraft, G.H. (2006). The scope and nature of pain in persons with multiple sclerosis. Multiple Sclerosis, 12, 629-638.
Engel, J.M., Jensen, M.P., & Schwartz, L. (2006). Coping with pain associated with cerebral palsy. Occupational Therapy International, 13, 224-233.
Hanley, M.A., Jensen, M.P., Smith, D.G., Ehde, D.M., Edwards, W.T., Robinson, L.R. (2007). Pre-amputation pain and acute pain predict chronic pain after lower extremity amputation. Journal of Pain, 8, 102-109.
Jensen, M.P., Kuehn, C.M., Amtmann, D., & Cardenas, D.D. (2007). Symptom burden in persons with spinal cord injury. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 88, 638-645.
Jensen, M.P., McArthur K.D., Barber, J., Hanley, M.A., Engel, J.M., Romano, J.M., Cardenas, D.D., Kraft, G.H., Hoffman, A.J., & Patterson, D.R. (2006). Satisfaction with, and the beneficial side effects of, hypnosis analgesia. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 54, 432-447.
Jensen, M.P., Hanley, M.A., Engel, J.M., Romano, J.M., Barber, J., Cardenas, D.D., Kraft, G.H., Hoffman, A.J., & Patterson, D.R. (2005). Hypnotic analgesia for chronic pain in persons with disabilities: A case series. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 53, 198-228.
Washington, L. A., Wilson, S., Engel, J. M., & Jensen, M. P. (2007). Development and preliminary evaluation of a pediatric measure of community integration: The Pediatric Community Participation Questionnaire (PCPQ). Rehabilitation Psychology, 52, 241-245.
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