Consideration of Psychosocial Factors in Acute Low Back Pain by Physical Therapists.

ABSTRACT: Clinical guidelines consistently recommend screening psychosocial (PS) factors in patients with low back pain (LBP), regardless of its mechanical nature, as recognized contributors to pain chronicity. However, the ability of physiotherapists (PTs) in identifying these factors remains controversial. This study aimed to assess the current identification of psychosocial risk factors by physical therapists (PTs) and which characteristics of PTs are associated with the identification of the main risk for chronicity (physical or psychosocial). A cross-sectional descriptive study surveying Spanish PTs in public and private health services was conducted, including questions on PT characteristics and three low back pain (LBP) patient vignettes with different biopsychosocial (BPS) clinical presentat

SUBMITTER: Otero-Ketterer E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10253485 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature