CoE-Pain Center of Excellence (Army)

Abstract

The Pain Center of Excellence (Army) examines the relationship between acute and chronic pain and focuses on finding, implementing, and evaluating the most effective methods of relieving the acute pain caused by combat trauma and the effect this has throughout the continuum to rehabilitation and reintegration. The Pain Center of Excellence is an integral part of the Defense and Veterans Center for Integrative Pain Management (DVCIPM) whose mission is to become a referral center that supports world class clinical pain services, provides education on all aspects of pain management, coordinates and conducts Institutional Review Board approved clinical research and Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee approved basic laboratory and translational pain research, and serves as the advisory organization for developing enterprise-wide pain policy for the Military Health System.

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Document Details

Document Type
Project
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2014
Source ID
382A_0603115HP_2_0130_PB_2014

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Fields of Study

  • Medicine

Readers

  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Medical or Health Care Field.
  • Neurotrauma and Rehabilitation Medicine.

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