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FMTIPS

TENS

Fibromyalgia

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FMTIPS Study Abstracts, Presentations, Manuscripts


Presentations                                                                                                                                                                         

Bayman EO, Ecklund D,  Sluka KA, Berardi, G, Dailey, D. Increasing the Generalizability of Pain Study Results; Society for Clinical Trials (SCT); May 2022.                                                                                                                                             

Neill-Hudson T, Feld J, Gladden C, Diltz C, Koepp M; Using a Single IRB for NIH Funded Multisite Trials; Society for Clinical Trials (SCT); San Diego, CA; May 15-18, 2022.                                                                                                                                                        

Vance CGT, Dailey DL.  ‘To Treat or Not to Treat?’ Which Clients Would You Consider for Electrical Stimulation? APTA Combined Sections Meeting February 2023, San Diego, California, APTS CSM, Session ID Number: 1442, February 24, 2023  11:00am-1:00pm                                                                                                                                                                                

Van Gorp  BJ, Sluka KA, Zimney K, Kral L, Chimenti  R, Session 6: Jump on Board the "Pain Train" (A. Neuroanatomy and Neuropsychology of Pain – basic science B. Helping Patients Understand Why They Hurt. Pharmacologic management of pain D. Injections for pain relief E. TENS for pain management F. Exercise as treatment for chronic pain G. Virtual Reality for Acute and Chronic Pain ); of Iowa and Carver College of Medicine 38th Annual Sports Medicine Symposium,  December 8 & 9, 2022, 10:00am – 12:00 pm (presentation) Moderator Barbara Van Gorp, PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS

Manuscipt                                                                                                                                                                               

Post A, Dailey DL, Baymen EO, Chimenti RL, Costigan M, Franck C, Huff T, Johnson E, Koepp M, Lafontant DE, McCabe M, Neill-Hudson T, Vance CGT, Van Gorp B, Zimmerman BM, Ecklund D, Crofford LJ, Sluka KA; The Fibromyalga Trancutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation in Physical Therapy Study (FM-TIPS) Protocol: A Multi-Site Embedded Pragmatic Trial;  Physical Therapy in Press, publications; pzac116. doi: 10.1093/ptj/pzac116, Aug 29 2022                                                                                                                                                                                                   

Vance CGT, Dailey DL, Chimenti RL, Van Gorp BJ, Crofford LJ, Sluka KA. Using TENS for Pain Control: Update on the State of the Evidence. Medicina (Kaunas). 2022;58(10):1332. Published 2022 Sep 22. doi:10.3390/medicina58101332 

Abstracts                                                                                                                                                                                                          

Bayman EO, Dailey D, Ecklund D, Johnson E, Vance CGT, Van Gorp B, Lafontant D-E, McCabe M,  Zimmerman B, Koepp M, Costigan M, Chimenti R, Spencer M, Post AA, Huff T, Archer KR, Neill-Hudson T, Peters R, Nye G, Franck C, Crofford L, Sluka K. Impact of COVID-19 on the Patient Enrollment for a Pragmatic, Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial for Fibromyalgia. USASP Conference; Cincinnati, OH; May 18-21, 2022                                                                            

Bayman EO, Dailey DL, Ecklund D, Johnson E, Vance CG, Zimmerman B, Costigan M, Chimenti R, Spencer M, Post A, Huff T, Koepp M, Archer KR, Peters R, Nye G, Franck C, Neill-Hudson T, Crofford L, Sluka KA. Impact of COVID-19 on a Pragmatic, Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial for Fibromyalgia;  Inaugural Meeting of the US Association for the Study of Pain (USAP), US Association for the Study of Pain, United States, November 2020                                                                                                              

Bayman EO, Dailey DL, Ecklund D, Johnson E, Vance CG, Zimmerman B, Costigan M, Chimenti R, Spencer M, Post A, Huff T, Koepp M, Archer KR, Peters R, Nye G, Franck C, Neill-Hudson T, Crofford L, Sluka KA. Impact of COVID-19 on a Pragmatic, Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial for Fibromyalgia; USAPS, Virtual Conference, May-21                                                                                                                                                   

Dailey DL, Vance CGT, Chimenti R, Franck C,  Post A,  Johnson E, Costigan M, Koepp M, Huff T,  Van Gorp B, Ecklund D, Bayman EO, Archer KR,  Zimmerman MB, Crofford LJ, Sluka KA. Physical Therapist Training Challenges for an Embedded Pragmatic Trial: Fibromyalgia TENS in Physical Therapy Study; The Journal of Pain, online 4 May 2022; Volume 23, Issue 5, Supplement, May 2022, Pages 33-34                                                                                                                                                                                              

Dailey DL, Vance CGT, Chimenti RL, Franck C, Post A, Johnson E, Costigan M, Koepp M, Huff T, Van Gorp B, Ecklund D, Bayman EO, Zimmerman B, Archer K, Crofford LJ, Sluka KA. Characteristics of Individuals with Fibromyalgia Presenting to Physical Therapy Care: Fibromyalgia Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) In Physical Therapy Study (FM-TIPS). Physical Therapist Training Challenges for an Embedded Pragmatic Trial: Fibromyalgia TENS in Physical Therapy Study. United States Association for the Study of Pain Conference Cincinnati, Ohio. May 2022.                                                                                                                                                                                                   

Dailey DL, Vance CGT, Chimenti R, Franck C, Mostaert S, Ecklund D, Bayman E, Zimmerman MB, Coffey C, Crofford LJ, Sluka KA. Fibromyalgia Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation in Physical Therapy Study (FM TIPS): an embedded pragmatic clinical trial in physical therapy clinics. 2021 IASP Virtual World Congress of Pain, Virtual Conference. June 9-11 and 16-18, 2021.                                                                                                                                                                                           

Dailey DL, Vance CGT, Chimenti R, Franck C, Post A, Johnson E, Costigan M, Koepp M, Huff T, VanGorp B, Ecklund D, Bayman EO, Zimmerman MB, Archer KR, Crofford LJ, Sluka KA.  Fibromyalgia Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation in Physical Therapy Study (FM TIPS): an embedded pragmatic clinical trial in physical therapy (PT) clinics. United States Association for the Study of Pain, Virtual Conference. December 9-11, 2020                                                                                                                                            

Dailey, DL, Vance, CGT, Chimenti, R, Franck C, Post A, Johnson E, Costigan M , Koepp M, Huff T,  Van Gorp B, Ecklund D, Bayman EO, Zimmerman B, Archer KR, Crofford LJ, Sluka KA. Qualitative Description of Methods for Implementing a Pragmatic Clinical Trial in Physical Therapy. American Physical Therapy Association Combined Sections Meeting. San Antonio, Texas, Feb 2022                                                                                                                                                                                                   

Post AA, Dailey DL, Bayman EO, Chimenti RL, Costigan M, Franck C, Huff T, Johnson E, Koepp M, Lafontant DE, McCabe ME, Neill-Hudson T, Vance CGT, Van Gorp B, Zimmerman BM, Ecklund D, Crofford LJ, Sluka KA. Movement-evoked and Resting Pain Are Each Associated with Disease Impact in Individuals with Fibromyalgia. Poster, USASP, 2023                                                                                                                                                                                                               

VanGorp BJ, Vance CGT, Bayman EO, Chimenti R, Costigan M, Dailey DL, Johnson E, Ecklund D, Neill-Hudson T, Post AA, Archer KR, Crofford LJ, Sluka KA. Facilitators and barriers to implementation of a TENS intervention in a pragmatic trial; USAPS, Cincinnati OH, Poster Presentation Friday, May 20, 2022 330-500pm                                                                                                                                                                                                      

VanGorp BJ, Vance CGT, Bayman EO, Chimenti R, Costigan M, Dailey DL, Johnson E, Ecklund D, Neill-Hudson T, Post A, Archer KR, Crofford LJ, Sluka KA. Facilitators and barriers to implementation of a TENS intervention in a pragmatic trial. PT, PhD; APTA, Saturday February 24, 2023, San Diego, CA, Orthopedic Section, Research, Poster Presentation 1-3pm

TENS Study Abstracts, Presentations, Manuscripts


Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation Reduces Movement-Evoked Pain and Fatigue: A Randomized, Controlled Trial. Dailey DL, Vance CGT,  Rakel BA, Zimmerman MB, Embree J,  Merriwether EN,  Geasland KM, Chimenti R, Williams JM, Golchha M, Crofford LJ, Sluka KA. Dec 2020; Arthritis Rheumatol. 2020;72(5):824-836

Using TENS for pain control: the state of the evidence. Vance CGT, Dailey DL, Rakel BA, Sluka KA. Pain Manag. 2014;4(3):197-209.

What Makes Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation Work? Making Sense of the Mixed Results in the Clinical Literature. Sluka KA, Bjordal JM, Serge Marchand S, Rakel BA. 2013 Oct;  Phys Ther. 2013;93(10):1397-402.

Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation for the control of pain during rehabilitation after total knee arthroplasty: A randomized, blinded, placebo-controlled trial. Rakel BA, Zimmerman MB, Geasland K, Embree J, Clark CR, Noiseux NO, Callaghan JJ, Herr K, Walsh D, Sluka KA. 2014 Dec; Pain. 2014;155(12):2599-611.

Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation reduces pain, fatigue and hyperalgesia while restoring central inhibition in primary fibromyalgia. Dailey DL, Rakel BA, Vance CG, Liebano RE, Amrit AS, Bush HM, Lee KS, Lee JE, Sluka KA. Pain. 2013;154(11):2554-62.

Reduction in movement-evoked pain and fatigue during initial 30-minute transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation treatment predicts transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation responders in women with fibromyalgia. Vance CGT, Zimmerman MB, Daily DL, Rakel BA, Geasland KM, Chimenti RL, Williams JM, Golcha M, Crofford LJ, Sluka KA. 2021 May 1;162(5):1545-1555.

Impact of COVID-19 on a Pragmatic, Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial for Fibromyalgia. Bayman E, Dailey DL, Ecklund D, Johnson E, Vance CGT, Zimmerman MB, Costigan M, Chimenti R, Spencer M, Post A, Huff T, Koepp M, Archer K, Peters R, Nye G, Franck C, Neill-Hudson T, Crofford LJ, Sluka KA. US Association for the Study of Pain; 2020. Abstract

The Influence of Opioids on Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation Effects in Women With Fibromyalgia. Dailey DL, Vance CGT, Chimenti R, Rakel BA, Zimmerman MB, Williams JM, Crofford LJ, Sluka KA. ScienceDirect; March 12, 2022. Abstract

Using TENS for Pain Control: Update on the State of the Evidence. Vance CGT, Dailey DL, Chimenti RL, Van Gorp BJ, Crofford LJ, Sluka KA. Medicina (Kaunas). 2022;58(10):1332. Published 2022 Sep 22. doi:10.3390/medicina58101332 

The Fibromyalga Trancutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation in Physical Therapy Study (FM-TIPS) Protocol: A Multi-Site Embedded Pragmatic Trial;  Post A, Dailey DL, Baymen EO, Chimenti RL, Costigan M, Franck C, Huff T, Johnson E, Koepp M, Lafontant DE, McCabe M, Neill-Hudson T, Vance CGT, Van Gorp B, Zimmerman BM, Ecklund D, Crofford LJ, Sluka KA; Physical Therapy in Press, publications; pzac116. doi: 10.1093/ptj/pzac116, Aug 29 2022                                                                                                                                                                                                   

Learn more about Dr. Kaltheen Sluka and Dr. Leslie Crofford’s research on TENS

Fibromyalgia Study Abstracts, Presentations, Manuscripts


Neurobiology of fibromyalgia and chronic widespread pain. Sluka KA, Clauw DJ. 2016 Dec 3; Neuroscience. 2016;338:114-129.

Psychological aspects of chronic musculoskeletal pain. Crofford LJ. 2015 Feb 29; Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol. 2015;29(1):147-55.

Perceived function and physical performance are associated with pain and fatigue in women with fibromyalgia. Dailey DL, Frey-Law LA, Vance CGT, Rakel B, Merriwether EN, Darghosian L, Golchha M, Geasland KM, Spitz R, Crofford LJ, Sluka KA. Arthritis Res Ther. 2016;18:68.

Reliability and Construct Validity of the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Instruments in Women with Fibromyalgia. Merriwether EN, Frey-Law, LA, Rakel BA, Zimmerman MB, Dailey DL, Vance CGT, Darghonsian L, Golchha M, Geasland KM, Chimenti R, Crofford LJ , Sluka KA. Pain Med. 2017;18(8):1485-1495.

Physical activity is related to function and fatigue but not pain in women with fibromyalgia: baseline analyses from the Fibromyalgia Activity Study with TENS (FAST). Merriwether EN, Frey-Law, LA, Rakel BA, Zimmerman MB, Dailey DL, Vance CGT, Golchha M, Geasland KM, Chimenti R, Crofford LJ, Sluka KA. Arthritis Res Ther. 2018;20(1):199.

Impact of COVID-19 on a Pragmatic, Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial for Fibromyalgia. Bayman E, Dailey DL, Ecklund D, Johnson E, Vance CGT, Zimmerman MB, Costigan M, Chimenti R, Spencer M, Post A, Huff T, Koepp M, Archer K, Peters R, Nye G, Franck C, Neill-Hudson T, Crofford LJ, Sluka KA. US Association for the Study of Pain; 2020. Abstract

Learn more about Dr. Leslie Crofford’s research on Fibromyalgia

Learn more about Dr. Kathleen Sluka’s research on Fibromyalgia

Additional Resources

Fibromyalgia: a clinical review. Clauw DJ. 2014 Apr 16; JAMA

Physical Therapy Guide to Fibromyalgia. APTA ChoosePT Guide

Enhancing the use of EHR systems for pragmatic embedded research: lessons from the NIH Health Care Systems Research Collaboratory. Rachel L Richesson, Keith S Marsolo, Brian J Douthit, Karen Staman, P Michael Ho, Dana Dailey, Andrew D Boyd, Kathleen M McTigue, Miriam O Ezenwa, Judith M Schlaeger, Crystal L Patil, Keturah R Faurot, Leah Tuzzio, Eric B Larson, Emily C O’Brien, Christina K Zigler, Joshua R Lakin, Alice R Pressman, Jordan M Braciszewski, Corita Grudzen, Guilherme Del Fiol. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 2021; ocab202

Mechanisms and Management of Pain for the Physical Therapist 2nd Edition

by Kathleen A. Sluka PT PhD (Author)