Compared with education alone, telephone-based cognitive behavioral therapy did not significantly improve functional or pain outcomes for patients with traumatic lower extremity injuries, according to published results.
Researchers from the Major Extremity Trauma Research Consortium performed a multicenter, randomized controlled trial of 325 patients (mean age, 36.9 years) who presented to a level-1 trauma center for at least one acute traumatic injury to the lower extremity, pelvis or acetabulum and required operative fixation.
Researchers randomly assigned 165 patients to receive remote