89 Musculoskeletal
Alshelh, Z., Albrecht, D. S., Bergan, C., Akeju, O., Clauw, D. J., Conboy, L., Edwards, R. R., Kim, M., Lee, Y. C., Protsenko, E., Napadow, V., Sullivan, K., & Loggia, M. L. (2020). In-vivo imaging of neuroinflammation in veterans with Gulf War illness. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 87, 498–507. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2020.01.020
Aspinall, S. L., Springer, S. P., Zhao, X., Cunningham, F. E., Thorpe, C. T., Semla, T. P., Shorr, R. I., & Hanlon, J. T. (2019). Central nervous system medication burden and risk of recurrent serious falls and hip fractures in Veterans Affairs nursing home residents: CNS medication burden and risk of falls. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 67(1), 74–80. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.15603
Bair, M. J., Outcalt, S. D., Ang, D., Wu, J., & Yu, Z. (2020). Pain and psychological outcomes among Iraq and Afghanistan veterans with chronic pain and PTSD: ESCAPE trial longitudinal results. Pain Medicine, 21(7), 1369–1376. https://doi.org/10.1093/pm/pnaa007
Erhart‐Hledik, J. C., Chu, C. R., Asay, J. L., & Andriacchi, T. P. (2018). Longitudinal changes in knee gait mechanics between 2 and 8 years after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. Journal of Orthopaedic Research, 36(5), 1478–1486. https://doi.org/10.1002/jor.23770
Fenton, B. T., Goulet, J. L., Bair, M. J., Cowley, T., & Kerns, R. D. (2018). Relationships between temporomandibular disorders, MSD conditions, and mental health comorbidities: Findings from the veterans musculoskeletal disorders cohort. Pain Medicine, 19(suppl_1), S61–S68. https://doi.org/10.1093/pm/pny145
Gromisch, E. S., Kulas, J. F., Altalib, H., Kerns, R. D., Mattocks, K. M., Brandt, C. A., & Haskell, S. (2020). Neuropsychological assessments and psychotherapeutic services in veterans with multiple sclerosis: Rates of utilization and their associations with socio-demographics and clinical characteristics using Veterans Health Administration-based data. Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders, 43, 102220. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msard.2020.102220
Hadlandsmyth, K., Vander Weg, M. W., McCoy, K. D., Mosher, H. J., Vaughan-Sarrazin, M. S., & Lund, B. C. (2018). Risk for prolonged opioid use following total knee arthroplasty in veterans. Journal of Arthroplasty, 33(1), 119–123. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arth.2017.08.022
Haskell, S. G., Brandt, C., Bastian, L., Driscoll, M., Bathulapalli, H., & Dziura, J. (2020). Incident musculoskeletal conditions among men and women veterans returning from deployment. Medical Care, 58(12), 1082–1090. https://doi.org/10.1097/MLR.0000000000001403
Higgins, D. M., Buta, E., Heapy, A. A., Driscoll, M. A., Kerns, R. D., Masheb, R., Becker, W. C., Hausmann, L. R. M., Bair, M. J., Wandner, L., Janke, E. A., Brandt, C. A., & Goulet, J. L. (2020). The relationship between body mass index and pain intensity among veterans with musculoskeletal disorders: Findings from the MSD cohort study. Pain Medicine, 21(10), 2563–2572. https://doi.org/10.1093/pm/pnaa043
Kiskaddon, E. M., Lee, J. H., Meeks, B. D., Barnhill, S. W., Froehle, A. W., & Krishnamurthy, A. (2018). Hospital discharge within 1 day after total joint arthroplasty from a Veterans Affairs hospital does not increase complication and readmission rates. The Journal of Arthroplasty, 33(5), 1337–1342. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arth.2017.11.059
Li, M., Yao, W., & Sundahl, C. (2018). Motor unit number estimate and isometric hand grip strength in military veterans with or without muscular complaints: Reference values for longitudinal follow-up. Military Medicine, 183(9–10). https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usy025
Martino, S., Lazar, C., Sellinger, J., Gilstad-Hayden, K., Fenton, B., Barnett, P. G., Brummett, B. R., Higgins, D. M., Holtzheimer, P., Mattocks, K., Ngo, T., Reznik, T. E., Semiatin, A. M., Stapley, T., & Rosen, M. I. (2020). Screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment for pain management for veterans seeking service-connection payments for musculoskeletal disorders: SBIRT-PM study protocol. Pain Medicine, 21(S2), S110–S117. https://doi.org/10.1093/pm/pnaa334
Ogunwale, A. N., Colon‐Emeric, C. S., Sloane, R., Adler, R. A., Lyles, K. W., & Lee, R. H. (2020). Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors are associated with reduced fracture risk among older veterans with dementia. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 35(3), 440–445. https://doi.org/10.1002/jbmr.3916
Singh, J. A., Richman, J., Yang, S., Bridges, S. L., & Saag, K. (2020). Allopurinol adherence and its predictors in gout: A national cohort study in US veterans. The Lancet Rheumatology, 2(5), e281–e291. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2665-9913(20)30029-1
Singh, J. A., Yang, S., & Saag, K. G. (2020). Factors influencing the effectiveness of allopurinol in achieving and sustaining target serum urate in a US Veterans Affairs gout cohort. The Journal of Rheumatology, 47(3), 449–460. https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.190522
Wandner, L. D., Fenton, B. T., Goulet, J. L., Carroll, C. M., Heapy, A., Higgins, D. M., Bair, M. J., Sandbrink, F., & Kerns, R. D. (2020). Treatment of a large cohort of veterans experiencing musculoskeletal disorders with spinal cord stimulation in the Veterans Health Administration: Veteran characteristics and outcomes. Journal of Pain Research, 13, 1687–1697. https://doi.org/10.2147/JPR.S241567
Arthritis
Chu, C. R., Sheth, S., Erhart‐Hledik, J. C., Do, B., Titchenal, M. R., & Andriacchi, T. P. (2018). Mechanically stimulated biomarkers signal cartilage changes over 5 years consistent with disease progression in medial knee osteoarthritis patients. Journal of Orthopaedic Research, 36(3), 891–897. https://doi.org/10.1002/jor.23720
England, B. R., Sayles, H., Michaud, K., Thiele, G. M., Poole, J. A., Caplan, L., … Mikuls, T. R. (2018). Chronic lung disease in U.S. Veterans with rheumatoid arthritis and the impact on survival. Clinical Rheumatology, 37(11), 2907–2915. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10067-018-4314-9
Taylor, S. S., Hughes, J. M., Coffman, C. J., Jeffreys, A. S., Ulmer, C. S., Oddone, E. Z., … Allen, K. D. (2018). Prevalence of and characteristics associated with insomnia and obstructive sleep apnea among veterans with knee and hip osteoarthritis. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 19(1), 79. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-018-1993-y
Wood, P. R., Manning, E., Baker, J. F., England, B., Davis, L., Cannon, G. W., … Caplan, L. (2018). Blood glucose changes surrounding initiation of tumor-necrosis factor inhibitors and conventional disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs in veterans with rheumatoid arthritis. World Journal of Diabetes, 9(2), 53–58. https://doi.org/10.4239/wjd.v9.i2.53
Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain
Allami, M., Faraji, E., Mohammadzadeh, F., & Soroush, M. R. (2019). Chronic musculoskeletal pain, phantom sensation, phantom and stump pain in veterans with unilateral below-knee amputation. Scandinavian Journal of Pain, 19(4), 779–787. https://doi.org/10.1515/sjpain-2019-0045
Herman, P. M., Yuan, A. H., Cefalu, M. S., Chu, K., Zeng, Q., Marshall, N., Lorenz, K. A., & Taylor, S. L. (2019). The use of complementary and integrative health approaches for chronic musculoskeletal pain in younger US Veterans: An economic evaluation. PLOS ONE, 14(6), e0217831. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0217831
Kroenke, K., Krebs, E. E., Turk, D., Von Korff, M., Bair, M. J., Allen, K. D., Sandbrink, F., Cheville, A. L., DeBar, L., Lorenz, K. A., & Kerns, R. D. (2019). Core outcome measures for chronic musculoskeletal pain research: Recommendations from a Veterans Health Administration work group. Pain Medicine, 20(8), 1500–1508. https://doi.org/10.1093/pm/pny279
Lindheimer, J. B., Stegner, A. J., Ellingson‐Sayen, L. D., Van Riper, S. M., Dougherty, R. J., Falvo, M. J., & Cook, D. B. (2019). Influence of pain anticipation on brain activity and pain perception in Gulf War Veterans with chronic musculoskeletal pain. Psychophysiology, 56(12). https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.13452
Taylor, S. L., Herman, P. M., Marshall, N. J., Zeng, Q., Yuan, A., Chu, K., Shao, Y., Morioka, C., & Lorenz, K. A. (2019). Use of complementary and integrated health: A retrospective analysis of U.S. veterans with chronic musculoskeletal pain nationally. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 25(1), 32–39. https://doi.org/10.1089/acm.2018.0276
Fibromyalgia
Arout, C. A., Sofuoglu, M., Bastian, L. A., & Rosenheck, R. A. (2018). Gender differences in the prevalence of fibromyalgia and in concomitant medical and psychiatric disorders: A national Veterans Health Administration study. Journal of Women’s Health, 27(8), 1035–1044. https://doi.org/10.1089/jwh.2017.6622
Multiple Sclerosis
Wallin, M. T., Culpepper, W. J., Maloni, H., & Kurtzke, J. F. (2018). The Gulf War era multiple sclerosis cohort: 3. Early clinical features. Acta Neurologica Scandinavica, 137(1), 76–84. https://doi.org/10.1111/ane.12810
Osteoporosis
Brinton, D. L., Simpson, A. N., Fominaya, C. E., & LaRue, A. C. (2019). Impact of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors in the veteran population: 10-year risk outcomes. Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research, 8(6), 431–440. https://doi.org/10.2217/cer-2018-0085
El-Gabalawy, R., Blaney, C., Tsai, J., Sumner, J. A., & Pietrzak, R. H. (2018). Physical health conditions associated with full and subthreshold PTSD in U.S. military veterans: Results from the National Health and Resilience in Veterans study. Journal of Affective Disorders, 227, 849–853. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2017.11.058
Spinal Cord Injury
Coleman, B. C., Fodeh, S., Lisi, A. J., Goulet, J. L., Corcoran, K. L., Bathulapalli, H., & Brandt, C. A. (2020). Exploring supervised machine learning approaches to predicting Veterans Health Administration chiropractic service utilization. Chiropractic & Manual Therapies, 28(1), 47. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12998-020-00335-4
Daniels, C. J., Gliedt, J. A., Suri, P., Bednarz, E. M., & Lisi, A. J. (2020). Management of patients with prior lumbar fusion: A cross-sectional survey of Veterans Affairs chiropractors’ attitudes, beliefs, and practices. Chiropractic & Manual Therapies, 28(1), 29. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12998-020-00322-9
Evans, C. T., Fitzpatrick, M., Ramanathan, S., Kralovic, S. M., Burns, S. P., Goldstein, B., Smith, B., Gerding, D. N., & Johnson, S. (2020). Healthcare facility-onset, healthcare facility-associated clostridioides difficile infection in veterans with spinal cord injury and disorder. The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 43(5), 642–652. https://doi.org/10.1080/10790268.2019.1672953
Fitzpatrick, M. A., Suda, K. J., Safdar, N., Burns, S. P., Jones, M. M., Poggensee, L., … Evans, C. T. (2018). Changes in bacterial epidemiology and antibiotic resistance among veterans with spinal cord injury/disorder over the past 9 years. The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 41(2), 199–207. https://doi.org/10.1080/10790268.2017.1281373
Gary, K. W., Cao, Y., Burns, S. P., McDonald, S. D., & Krause, J. S. (2020). Employment, health outcomes, and life satisfaction after spinal cord injury: Comparison of veterans and nonveterans. Spinal Cord, 58(1), 3–10. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41393-019-0334-9
Gater, Jr., D. R., Farkas, G. J., Berg, A. S., & Castillo, C. (2019). Prevalence of metabolic syndrome in veterans with spinal cord injury. The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 42(1), 86–93. https://doi.org/10.1080/10790268.2017.1423266
Goetz, L. L., Ottomanelli, L., Burnett, S. D., Sutton, B., & Njoh, E. (2018). Relationship between comorbidities and employment among veterans with spinal cord injury. Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation, 24(1), 44–53. https://doi.org/10.1310/sci16-00047
Martinez, R. N., Smith, B. M., French, D. D., Hogan, T. P., Gonzalez, B., Osteen, C. M., Hatch, M., Anderson, V., Tarlov, E., Silva, A., Goldstein, B., & Stroupe, K. T. (2020). Effect of the Affordable Care Act on healthcare utilization for veterans with spinal cord injuries and disorders. The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1080/10790268.2020.1829419
McDonald, S. D., Mickens, M. N., Goldberg-Looney, L. D., Mutchler, B. J., Ellwood, M. S., & Castillo, T. A. (2018). Mental disorder prevalence among U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs outpatients with spinal cord injuries. The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 41(6), 691–702. https://doi.org/10.1080/10790268.2017.1293868
Moehl, K., Newman, D., Perera, S., Toto, P. E., & Weiner, D. K. (2020). Validating goal attainment in veterans undergoing decompressive laminectomy: A preliminary study. Pain Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1093/pm/pnaa406
Ottomanelli, L., Goetz, L. L., Barnett, S. D., Njoh, E., & Fishalow, J. (2020). Factors associated with past and current employment of veterans with spinal cord injury. The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1080/10790268.2020.1769950
Russell, M., Ames, H., Dunn, C., Beckwith, S., & Holmes, S. A. (2020). Appraisals of disability and psychological adjustment in veterans with spinal cord injuries. The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1080/10790268.2020.1754650
Sedghi Goyaghaj, N., Pishgooie, A. H., Aliyari, S., & Zareiyan, A. (2019). The effect of self-care program training on self-efficacy in veteran with spinal cord injury: A randomized clinical trial study. Archives of Neuroscience, 6(3).
Wandner, L. D., Fenton, B. T., Goulet, J. L., Carroll, C. M., Heapy, A., Higgins, D. M., Bair, M. J., Sandbrink, F., & Kerns, R. D. (2020). Treatment of a large cohort of veterans experiencing musculoskeletal disorders with spinal cord stimulation in the Veterans Health Administration: Veteran characteristics and outcomes. Journal of Pain Research, 13, 1687–1697. https://doi.org/10.2147/JPR.S241567