A Mobile Intervention to Reduce Pain and Improve Health: MORPH-III
Are you interested in managing your pain with a physical activity & healthy eating
program delivered 100% at home?
Wake Forest University, Atrium Health and Wake Forest University School of Medicine researchers are conducting a research study called the Mobile Intervention to Reduce Chronic Pain and Improve Health-Ill (MORPH-Ill).
We are looking for ways to help people with chronic pain due to knee or hip
osteoarthritis find a drug-free way to better manage their symptoms through
movement and healthy eating.
Participants may receive an in-home group and individual coaching sessions using study-provided technology plus a free Fitbit activity monitoring watch.
Investigators & Funding
Principal Investigators: Jason Fanning, PhD; Amber Brooks, MD
Co-investigators: Megan Irby, PhD; Jack Rejeski, PhD; Francis Keefe, PhD; Iris Leng, PhD.
Funding source: National Institute on Aging
How to Participate
You may qualify to participate if you are:
- Are at least 65 years of age years of age
- Have pain due to hip or knee osteoarthritis
- Are willing to attend five virtual study visits and to use the MORPH smartphone app, a Fitbit monitor, and a scale once a week at home
- Are not taking medications for weight loss, osteoporosis, growth hormones, or oral steroids
- Have had little-to-no physical activity for the past six months
- Have a smartphone or tablet computer or are willing to use one if provided to you
Feel free to contact us to learn more:
Phone: (336) 758-6677
Email: MORPH@wfu.edu