Professor, Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Internal Medicine
Dr. Debra L. Weiner, MD
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Debra Weiner works in the field of Internal Medicine. She studied medicine at University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine. She received awards:"CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification". Debra Weiner is a published doctor and has 77 publications published. The lastest was: 'Predictors of pain self-report in nursing home residents.'
Publications
- Deconstructing Chronic Low Back Pain in the Older Adult: Step by Step Evidence and Expert-Based Recommendations for Evaluation and Treatment: Part IV: Depression.
- Deconstructing Chronic Low Back Pain in the Older Adult-Step by Step Evidence and Expert-Based Recommendations for Evaluation and Treatment Part III: Fibromyalgia Synd...
- Report of the NIH Task Force on research standards for chronic low back pain.
- Associations between serum biomarkers and pain and pain-related function in older adults with low back pain: a pilot study.
- Focus article: report of the NIH task force on research standards for chronic low back pain.
- Focus Article Report of the NIH Task Force on Research Standards for Chronic Low Back Pain.
- Pain and Decreased Cognitive Function Negatively Impact Physical Functioning in Older Adults with Knee Osteoarthritis.
- Correlates of Gait Speed in Advanced Knee Osteoarthritis.
- E-Learning Module on Chronic Low Back Pain in Older Adults: Evidence of Effect on Medical Student Objective Structured Clinical Examination Performance.
- Correlation of pain with objective quantification of magnetic resonance images in older adults with chronic low back pain.
- Relationship between persistent pain and 5-year mortality: a population-based prospective cohort study.
- Pain as the fifth vital sign: exposing the vital need for pain education.
- Efficacy of periosteal stimulation for chronic pain associated with advanced knee osteoarthritis: a randomized, controlled clinical trial.
- White matter hyperintensity burden and disability in older adults: Is chronic pain a contributor?
- Pain adversely affects outcomes to a collaborative care intervention for anxiety in primary care.
- The Relationship of Pain and Cognitive Impairment with Social Vulnerability-An Analysis of the Canadian Study of Health and Aging.
- Persistent Pain and Frailty: A Case for Homeostenosis.
- The design and methods of the aging successfully with pain study.
- The multidimensional experience of noncancer pain: does cognitive status matter?
- The impact of pain and depression on recovery after coronary artery bypass grafting.
- Differences in brain structure and function in older adults with self-reported disabling and nondisabling chronic low back pain.
- The association between noncancer pain, cognitive impairment, and functional disability: an analysis of the Canadian study of health and aging.
- A mind-body program for older adults with chronic low back pain: results of a pilot study.
- Degenerative lumbar disc and facet disease in older adults: prevalence and clinical correlates.
- Impact of chronic musculoskeletal pathology on older adults: a study of differences between knee OA and low back pain.
- Older people's experiences of patient-centered treatment for chronic pain: a qualitative study.
- Methadone for chronic pain in older adults: blast from the past but are we ready for it to return to prime time?
- Pain interference impacts response to treatment for anxiety disorders.
- Validity of pain behaviors in persons with mild to moderate cognitive impairment.
- "I felt like a new person." the effects of mindfulness meditation on older adults with chronic pain: qualitative narrative analysis of diary entries.
- Persistent pain biases item response on the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS): preliminary evidence for validity of the GDS-PAIN.
- Efficacy of periosteal stimulation therapy for the treatment of osteoarthritis-associated chronic knee pain: an initial controlled clinical trial.
- Pain in persons with dementia: complex, common, and challenging.
- Office management of chronic pain in the elderly.
- An interdisciplinary expert consensus statement on assessment of pain in older persons.
- Chronic low back pain in older adults: What physicians know, what they think they know, and what they should be taught.
- The relationship between pain and mental flexibility in older adult pain clinic patients.
- Postherpetic pain: more than sensory neuralgia?
- Low back pain in older adults: are we utilizing healthcare resources wisely?
- Chronic low back pain in older adults: prevalence, reliability, and validity of physical examination findings.
- The relationship between pain, neuropsychological performance, and physical function in community-dwelling older adults with chronic low back pain.
- Pain and aging: a call to those with the power of inquiry, the skills to teach, and the desire to heal.
- Trunk muscle composition as a predictor of reduced functional capacity in the health, aging and body composition study: the moderating role of back pain.
- The state of chronic pain education in geriatric medicine fellowship training programs: results of a national survey.
- Cross-sectional associations between trunk muscle composition, back pain, and physical function in the health, aging and body composition study.
- Complementary and alternative approaches to the treatment of persistent musculoskeletal pain.
- Pain in nursing home residents: what does it really mean, and how can we help?
- Is chronic nonmalignant pain associated with decreased appetite in older adults? Preliminary evidence.
- Efficacy of percutaneous electrical nerve stimulation for the treatment of chronic low back pain in older adults.
- Attitudinal barriers to effective treatment of persistent pain in nursing home residents.
- Essential components of a medical student curriculum on chronic pain management in older adults: results of a modified delphi process.
- Goal Attainment Scaling (GAS) in geriatric primary care: A feasibility study.
- Efficacy of percutaneous electrical nerve stimulation and therapeutic exercise for older adults with chronic low back pain: a randomized controlled trial.
- Mindfulness meditation for the treatment of chronic low back pain in older adults: a randomized controlled pilot study.
- Duloxetine and care management treatment of older adults with comorbid major depressive disorder and chronic low back pain: results of an open-label pilot study.
- Do medical factors predict disability in older adults with persistent low back pain?
- The impact of chronic low back pain on older adults: a comparative study of patients and controls.
- How does low back pain impact physical function in independent, well-functioning older adults? Evidence from the Health ABC Cohort and implications for the future.
- Improving pain management for older adults: an urgent agenda for the educator, investigator, and practitioner.
- Chronic pain is associated with brain volume loss in older adults: preliminary evidence.
- Are all older adults with persistent pain created equal? Preliminary evidence for a multiaxial taxonomy.
- Advances in understanding the mechanisms and management of persistent pain in older adults.
- Pain in nursing home residents: management strategies.
- Evolving pharmacological management of persistent pain in older persons.
- Body pain and treatment response in late-life depression.
- Predictors of pain self-report in nursing home residents.
- When older adults face the chair-rise challenge. A study of chair height availability and height-modified chair-rise performance in the elderly.
- Nitric oxide for inhalation in the acute treatment of sickle cell pain crisis: a randomized controlled trial.
- Test-retest reliability of the Pittsburgh sleep quality index in nursing home residents.
- Religious coping in the nursing home: a biopsychosocial model.
- Functional reach: a marker of physical frailty.
- Effects of central nervous system polypharmacy on falls liability in community-dwelling elderly.
- Does radiographic osteoarthritis correlate with flexibility of the lumbar spine?
- Factors that disturb sleep in nursing home residents.
- Functional reach: a new clinical measure of balance.
- Does functional reach improve with rehabilitation?
Schools
University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine
University Of Colorado Health Science Center
Boston Children39s Hospital
Doctors Specialties
- Pediatric Emergency Medicine
- Internal Medicine
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
Education
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Duke University Hospital -
Barnes-Jewish Hospital -
Washington University - Barnes-Jewish Hospital -
University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine
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