Can Physical Therapists Deliver a Pain Coping Skills Program? An Examination of Training Processes and Outcomes
Author(s) -
Christina Bryant,
Prudence Lewis,
Kim L. Bennell,
Yasmin Ahamed,
Denae Crough,
Gwendolen Jull,
Justin Kenardy,
Michael K. Nicholas,
Francis J. Keefe
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
physical therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.998
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1538-6724
pISSN - 0031-9023
DOI - 10.2522/ptj.20130444
Subject(s) - psychosocial , physical therapy , randomized controlled trial , competence (human resources) , medicine , coping (psychology) , psychology , clinical psychology , psychiatry , social psychology , surgery
Physical therapists are well established as providers of treatments for common, painful, and disabling conditions, such as knee osteoarthritis (OA). Thus, they are well placed to deliver treatments that integrate physical and psychosocial elements. Attention is usually given to outcomes of such programs, but few studies have examined the processes and outcomes of training physical therapists to deliver such treatments.
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