SOUTH KINGSTOWN – After four years leading an international team of researchers to better understand neck-pain diagnosis, prevention and treatment, University of Rhode Island physical therapy professor Peter Blanpied published his findings in the Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy in its July issue, according to an August release.
“Blanpied did a tremendous job,” Jeff Konin, chair of the URI physical therapy department, said in a statement, calling the 52-page article, entitled “Neck Pain Guidelines: Revision 2017, Using the Evidence to Guide Physical Therapist Practice,” a “significant contribution” to the field.
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The research brought together scientists and clinicians from universities and health care institutions in the U.S. and Canada on a volunteer basis, with input from member organizations from the International Federation of Orthopaedic Manipulative Physical Therapists, to refine guidelines for nonsurgical treatment recommendations.
Research began in 2013 with reviews of research literature on the treatment of neck pain starting in 2007 and stretching to 2016. Four thousand articles and 748 papers were screened by the team over its four-year tenure. Throughout its tenure the team was guided by the identification of leading practices and by the International Collaboration on Neck Pain.
Moving forward, the next set of revisions to Blanpied’s research will focus on changes in how to approach whiplash prognosis and treatment.
“The problem is in prognosis; how do you determine which group your individual patient falls into,” he said in a statement. “There is pretty exciting work going on around that and we hope to address it in the next set of revisions.”
Emily Gowdey-Backus is a staff writer for PBN. You can follow her on Twitter @FlashGowdey or contact her via email, gowdey-backus@pbn.com.
