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Treatment Mediators of Improvement in Functional Disability
Treatment Mediators of Improvement in Functional Disability
Junghans-Rutelonis, A. N., Craner, J. R., Ale, C. M., Harbeck-Weber, C., Fischer, P. R., &
Weiss, K. E. (2018). Youth with chronic pain and postural orthostatic tachycardia
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10880-018-9558-7
The main focus of the study was to analyze the effectiveness of chronic pain treatments
overlapping chronic pain symptoms. The study also researched how chronic pain
published research projects. Dr. Julia R. Craner is a clinical psychologist, Chelsea M. Ale
has a Ph. D in psychiatry and psychology, Cynthia Harbeck-Weber research chronic pain
illnesses under Mayo Clinic, Philip R. Fischer researches pediatric autoimmune diseases
with Mayo Clinic, and Karen E. Weiss specializes in POTS with the Mayo Clinic. This
alternative POTS treatments. This research explain correlating factors between POTS and
other conditions that can be used to develop my prototype better. A special feature that
way unique was the inclusion of depression research in the data; this added another factor
to be considered into the study, especially because the sample group is adolescent
teenagers. The research concluded that treating the conditions together can be more
effective than looking at them as two separate conditions. From my readings I concluded
that mood factors such as depression play a bigger factor in chronic pain and POTS
treatment. Since POTS primarily targets adolescents, depressive factors are major