Complementary and Alternative Medicine SIG
Purpose
The APS Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) SIG will provide a venue that enables APS members to contribute and shape an ongoing discussion of CAM pain management practices and research within the APS core areas of research, education, treatment and advocacy. The aim of the APS CAM SIG is to develop a community of activity which emerges to forward the APS core areas of research, education, treatment and advocacy as they relate to CAM pain management practices.
Leadership
Cochair: Norman Kettner, DC, DACBR, FICC
Chair, Department of Radiology
Logan University
Cochair: Lucy Chen, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital
MGH Pain Center
APS 2018 Scientific Summit
Mark your Calendars: 2018 Scientific Summit
March 4-6, 2018
Anaheim, CA
Additional Resources
IASP Clinical Updates: Integrative Pain Medicine
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) Consumer Health Information
NCCAM Continuing Medical Education Lectures
- Neural Basis of Mind-Body Pain Therapies
- International Perspectives on Acupuncture Research
- Manipulating the Pain: Chiropractic and Other "Alternative" Treatments for Back Pain
APS Clinical Practice Guidelines
Low Back Pain: Clinical Practice Guidelines Linked to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (Journal of Orthropaedic and Sports Physical Therapy)
Migraine Headaches in Children and Adolescents (Journal of Pediatric Health Care)
Osteoarthritis of the Hip and Knee (Osteoarthritis Cartilage)
Osteoarthritis of the Knee (The Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)
Chronic Pain Management (Anesthesiology)
Diagnosis and Treatment of Low-Back Pain (Annals of Internal Medicine)
Management of the Acute Migraine Headache (American Family Physician)
Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment for Low-Back Pain (Journal of the American Osteopathic Association)
Pain Management Task Force Final Report (Office of The Army Surgeon General)
Practice Parameter: Evidence-based Guidelines for Migraine Headache (Neurology)
NCCAM Division of Intramural Research Pain Seminar Series (Bethesda, MD)
To join this SIG, contact the APS national office at list@americanpainsociety.org.
Basic Science | Clinical Trials | Complementary and Alternative Medicine | Ethics | Genetics and Pain | Geriatric Pain | Measurement of Pain and Its Impact | Military/Veterans | Nursing | Pain and Disparities | Pain Education | Pain in Infants, Children, and Adolescents | Pain Rehabilitation | Palliative Care | Pharmacotherapy | Primary Care | Psychosocial Research | Pain in Sickle Cell Disease