title: [Multimodal pain therapy for treatment of chronic pain syndrome. Consensus paper of the ad hoc commission on multimodal interdisciplinary pain management of the German Pain Society on treatment contents].
abstract: Multimodal pain management is a comprehensive treatment of complex chronic pain syndromes. In addition to medical therapy various other specialized therapeutic interventions based on the biopsychosocial model of pain origin and chronic pain development, are added. During the last few years treatment centers for chronic pain have been established throughout Germany. Multimodal pain management has been included in the official catalogue of the recognized medical procedures for day clinic units as well as for inpatient pain management. In daily practice there is, however, still a lack of clarity and of consistency about the components that multimodal pain management should contain. This is the reason for the ad hoc commission on multimodal interdisciplinary pain management of the German Pain Society to propose the following position paper that has been worked out in a multilevel and interdisciplinary consensus process. The paper describes the mandatory treatment measures in the four core disciplines of multimodal pain management, pain medicine, psychotherapy, exercise therapy including physiotherapy and assistant medical professions including nurses.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Schmerztherapie, Klinikum Dachau, Krankenhausstr. 15, 85221, Dachau, Deutschland, bernhard.arnold@helios-kliniken.de.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Arnold
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Brinkschmidt
authors.forename: H-R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Casser
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Diezemann
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gralow
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Irnich
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Kaiser
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Klasen
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Klimczyk
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lutz
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Nagel
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pfingsten
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sabatowski
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schesser
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schiltenwolf
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Seeger
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authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Söllner
mesh_terms: D059350:Chronic Pain / Q000628:therapy*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D018710:Pain Clinics; D059408:Pain Management / Q000379:methods*; D012955:Societies, Medical; D013577:Syndrome