Regional vs global physical therapy interventions to treat chronic pain in survivors of trauma: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A history of traumatic life events is associated with chronic pain in later life. Physical therapists utilize a variety of methods to treat pain, however, they have struggled to find effective interventions to improve patient outcomes.

Objective

To compare impairment-based, regional (REGION-PT) physical therapy (PT) to a global (GLOBAL-PT) model consisting of pain neuroscience education, graded motor imagery, and exercise for adults with chronic pain and history of trauma.

Design

Randomized Controlled Trial.

Methods

Adults ≥ 18 years of age with chronic pain and a history of ≥1 trauma identified through the Life Events Checklist received the allocated intervention once a week for six weeks. Treatment effects were assessed using linear mixed models.

SUBMITTER: Dee JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10566413 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature