
Principal Investigator
M_FCM-FamMed-Core-Programs
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Dr. Wolf Mehling specializes in family and community medicine as well as integrative medicine.
Mehling earned his medical degree and completed his residency at the University of Hamburg in Germany. He worked in private practice in Germany for 12 years before moving to the United States, where he completed a residency in family practice at Sutter Health. He then completed a clinical research fellowship in family medicine at UCSF.
Mehling has studied manual therapy, psychotherapy and various techniques of bodywork, such as breath therapy, Feldenkrais Method, yoga, massage and Rolfing. He also has instructed German physicians and physical therapists in manual therapy. Currently, he is professor emeritus on recall for research.
Publications
Baseline characteristics of participants in the Biomarkers for Evaluating Spine Treatments clinical trial: a sequential multiple assignment randomized trial for chronic low back pain†.
Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.)
Biobehavioral Phenotypes of Chronic Low Back Pain: Psychosocial Subgroup Identification Using Latent Profile Analysis.
Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.)
Minding the Body: A Meta-analysis of the Effects of Mindfulness Meditation Training on Self-reported Interoception.
Research square
The Science of Tai Chi and Qigong as Whole Person Health- Part II: Evidence Gaps and Opportunities for Future Research and Implementation.
Journal of integrative and complementary medicine
The Design and Rationale of the Biomarkers for Evaluating Spine Treatments (BEST) Trial: A Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomized Trial.
Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.)
The Science of Tai Chi and Qigong and Whole Person Health Part I: Rationale and State of the Science.
Journal of integrative and complementary medicine
Group integrated exercise versus recovery class for veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder: a randomized clinical trial.
BMC psychiatry
Development and Initial Validation of Mindfulness-Based Pain Reduction (MBPR) in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain.
Journal of pain research
Chronic Low Back Pain Causal Risk Factors Identified by Mendelian Randomization: a Cross-Sectional Cohort Analysis.
The spine journal : official journal of the North American Spine Society
Multi-domain Online Therapeutic Investigation Of Neurocognition (MOTION) - A randomized comparative-effectiveness study of two remotely delivered mind-body interventions for older adults with cognitive decline.
Contemporary clinical trials
Exploring Individual Differences in Interoception Among Athletes Based on a Three-Dimensional Construct of Interoception.
Psychophysiology
How Bud Craig's Insights Reshape the Research on Pain and Mind-Body Therapies.
Current topics in behavioral neurosciences
Enhancing chronic low back pain management: an initial neuroimaging study of a mobile interoceptive attention training.
Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland)
Chronic Low Back Pain Causal Risk Factors Identified by Mendelian Randomization: a Cross-Sectional Cohort Analysis.
medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences
Livestream, group movement program for people living with cognitive impairment and care partners: A randomized clinical trial.
Alzheimer's & dementia (New York, N. Y.)
Interoceptive bodily awareness in patients seeking pain relief with osteopathic manipulative treatment: an observational cohort pilot study.
Journal of osteopathic medicine
Design of the COMEBACK and BACKHOME Studies, Longitudinal Cohorts for Comprehensive Deep Phenotyping of Adults with Chronic Low-Back Pain (cLBP): a part of the BACPAC Research Program.
medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences
[Evidence-based interventions to treat chronic low back pain: treatment selection for a personalized medicine approach : German version].
Schmerz (Berlin, Germany)
Adaptation of an In-Person Mind-Body Movement Program for People with Cognitive Impairment or Dementia and Care Partners for Online Delivery: Feasibility, Satisfaction and Participant-Reported Outcomes.
Global advances in integrative medicine and health
Biobehavioral Assessments in BACPAC: Recommendations, Rationale, and Methods.
Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.)
The BACPAC Research Program Data Harmonization: Rationale for Data Elements and Standards.
Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.)
Theoretical Schemas to Guide BACPAC Chronic Low Back Pain Clinical Research.
Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.)
CAPER: Patient Preferences to Inform Non-Surgical Treatment of Chronic Low Back Pain (cLBP): A Discrete Choice Experiment.
Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.)
The multidimensional assessment of interoceptive awareness, version 2: Translation and psychometric properties of the Chinese version.
Frontiers in psychiatry
Yoga for firefighters: Evaluation of a quality improvement program in California fire departments.
Journal of bodywork and movement therapies
Qigong Training Positively Impacts Both Posture and Mood in Breast Cancer Survivors With Persistent Post-surgical Pain: Support for an Embodied Cognition Paradigm.
Frontiers in psychology
Capnometric feedback training decreases 24-h blood pressure in hypertensive postmenopausal women.
BMC cardiovascular disorders
Guys and dolls: Two case reports of spontaneous interactions with dolls in male veterans with dementia.
Psychological services
Similarities and Differences in Interoceptive Bodily Awareness Between US-American and Japanese Cultures: A Focus-Group Study in Bicultural Japanese-Americans.
Culture, medicine and psychiatry
Preventing Loss of Independence through Exercise (PLIÉ): A Pilot Trial in Older Adults with Subjective Memory Decline and Mild Cognitive Impairment.
Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD
Adaptive and Maladaptive Bodily Awareness: Distinguishing Interoceptive Sensibility and Interoceptive Attention from Anxiety-Induced Somatization in Autism and Alexithymia.
Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research
Exploring the Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness in youth aged 7-17 years.
Journal of clinical psychology
Students' response to a Massage & Meditation medical school course elective.
MedEdPublish (2016)
Dyadic Group Exercises for Persons with Memory Deficits and Care Partners: Mixed-Method Findings from the Paired Preventing Loss of Independence through Exercise (PLIÉ) Randomized Trial.
Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD
Exercise treatment effect modifiers in persistent low back pain: an individual participant data meta-analysis of 3514 participants from 27 randomised controlled trials.
British journal of sports medicine
An integrative group movement program for people with dementia and care partners together (Paired PLIÉ): initial process evaluation.
Aging & mental health
Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness: Psychometric Properties of the Portuguese Version.
Perceptual and motor skills
Investigating Multidimensional Interoceptive Awareness in a Japanese Population: Validation of the Japanese MAIA-J.
Frontiers in psychology
Postural awareness and its relation to pain: validation of an innovative instrument measuring awareness of body posture in patients with chronic pain.
BMC musculoskeletal disorders
Interoception and Mental Health: A Roadmap.
Biological psychiatry. Cognitive neuroscience and neuroimaging
Veterans Group Exercise: A randomized pilot trial of an Integrative Exercise program for veterans with posttraumatic stress.
Journal of affective disorders
A 12-week integrative exercise program improves self-reported mindfulness and interoceptive awareness in war veterans with posttraumatic stress symptoms.
Journal of clinical psychology
Holding the body in mind: Interoceptive awareness, dispositional mindfulness and psychological well-being.
Journal of psychosomatic research
Translation and Psychometric Testing of the Chinese Version of the Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness.
The journal of nursing research : JNR
Editorial: Interoception, Contemplative Practice, and Health.
Frontiers in psychology
Differentiating attention styles and regulatory aspects of self-reported interoceptive sensibility.
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences
Effects of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy on Body Awareness in Patients with Chronic Pain and Comorbid Depression.
Frontiers in psychology
Training in ChiRunning to reduce blood pressure: a randomized controlled pilot study.
BMC complementary and alternative medicine
Investigating the relationship between interoceptive accuracy, interoceptive awareness, and emotional susceptibility.
Frontiers in psychology
Low back pain has a poor prognosis for recovery among seniors.
Evidence-based medicine
Interoception, contemplative practice, and health.
Frontiers in psychology
Clinical decision rule for primary care patient with acute low back pain at risk of developing chronic pain.
The spine journal : official journal of the North American Spine Society
Can a back pain screening tool help classify patients with acute pain into risk levels for chronic pain?
European journal of pain (London, England)
Differential changes in self-reported aspects of interoceptive awareness through 3 months of contemplative training.
Frontiers in psychology
Preventing Loss of Independence through Exercise (PLIÉ): qualitative analysis of a clinical trial in older adults with dementia.
Aging & mental health
Self-reported interoceptive awareness in primary care patients with past or current low back pain.
Journal of pain research
Massage for children undergoing hematopoietic cell transplantation: a qualitative report.
Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM
Hematopoietic cell transplant and use of massage for improved symptom management: results from a pilot randomized control trial.
Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM
Body Awareness: a phenomenological inquiry into the common ground of mind-body therapies.
Philosophy, ethics, and humanities in medicine : PEHM
Yoga in heart failure patients: a pilot study.
Journal of cardiac failure
Book chapter in Jacobs B, Gundling K (edits): The ACP Evidence-Based Guide to Complementary and Alternative Medicine, American College of Physicians publications
Complementary and Alternative Therapies for Musculoskeletal Disorders
Alexithymia and 7.5-year incidence of compensated low back pain in 1207 urban public transit operators.
Journal of psychosomatic research
Symptom management with massage and acupuncture in postoperative cancer patients: a randomized controlled trial.
Journal of pain and symptom management
Valerian for sleep: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
The American journal of medicine
Randomized, controlled trial of breath therapy for patients with chronic low-back pain.
Alternative therapies in health and medicine
Bias control in trials of bodywork: a review of methodological issues.
Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.)
Are difficulties perceiving and expressing emotions associated with low-back pain? The relationship between lack of emotional awareness (alexithymia) and 12-month prevalence of low-back pain in 1180 urban public transit operators.
Journal of psychosomatic research
Feasibility of conducting a clinical trial on Hatha yoga for chronic low back pain: methodological lessons.
Alternative therapies in health and medicine
The experience of breath as a therapeutic intervention - psychosomatic forms of breath therapy. A descriptive study about the actual situation of breath therapy in Germany, its relation to medicine, and its application in patients with back pain.
Forschende Komplementarmedizin und klassische Naturheilkunde = Research in complementary and natural classical medicine