MUSC approved for $2.6 million by Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute

From The Moultrie News

Researchers to tackle lower back pain affecting millions of Americans

A research team at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC)’s College of Health Professions has been approved for a $2.6 million funding award by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to study interventions for chronic lower back pain.

David Morrisette, Ph.D., College of Health Professions professor and Physical Therapy program director, will serve as the lead principal investigator (PI) for the MUSC site, with support from co-PI Kit Simpson, Dr.PH., Health Care Leadership and Management and Public Health professor, and Howard Evert, M.D., MUSC Internal Medicine study co-investigator and Carolina Family Care president. The national, multi-site $14 million study will be led by Antony Delitto, Ph.D., vice president of education and research for the Centers for Rehab Services, associate dean for research in the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences and Physical Therapy professor at the University of Pittsburgh.

MUSC research will focus on targeted interventions to prevent chronic lower back pain in high risk patients. According to The American Academy of Pain Medicine, more than 100 million Americans suffer from some sort of chronic pain, and lower back pain is the leading cause of disability in Americans under 45 years old. More than 26 million Americans between the ages of 20-64 experience frequent back pain.

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