Measuring Success Rates of Nonsurgical Treatment in Veterans With Chronic Low Back Pain and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Pilot Study

Agnes Wallbom, MD; David Benton, DO; Tara Victor, PhD; Alberto Miranda, MD; Anne Nastasi, MD; Shirley Chi, MD; and Chi-Hong Tseng, PhD

Drs. Wallbom, Miranda, and Nastasi are clinical assistant professors, Drs. Benton and Chi are physicians, and Dr. Tseng is a biostatistician, all at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles. In addition, Drs. Wallbom, Benton, Miranda, and Chi are physicians, Dr. Victor is a pain psychologist, and Dr. Nastasi is the spinal cord injury director, all at the Greater Los Angeles VA Healthcare System in California. Dr. Victor is also an assistant professor at California State University, Dominiguez Hills, in Carson.