Articles related toMusculoskeletal Medicine and Pain

In this pre-post study of 476 participants enrolled in a pain registry, the author measured changes in utilization of nonpharmacological and pharmacological treatments for chronic low back pain and related outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic to help quantify how the pandemic has impacted the delivery of health care services throughout the United States.

In this article, the authors evaluate search traffic information to assess public interest following athletic injuries in high profile National Basketball Association players, with an eye toward identifying an ideal time period after prominent injury during which sports medicine providers could offer patient education to increase awareness.