Understanding the importance of therapeutic alliance during physiotherapy treatment for musculoskeletal pain in children: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Musculoskeletal pain affecting children is common. Rehabilitation and treatment effectiveness can be influenced by multiple individual and contextual factors. The need for more rigorous evaluation of physiotherapy treatment for children's pain, identification of the role of specific techniques, and exploration of the influence of the therapeutic alliance is needed. This scoping review of research aimed to examine: (1) What are the perceptions of children, parents, and physiotherapists about the importance of therapeutic alliance during musculoskeletal pain treatment? (2) What are the key characteristics of therapeutic alliance during a child's musculoskeletal pain treatment from the perspectives of children, parents, and physiotherapists? and (3) What are the perceived

SUBMITTER: Joslin R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11461466 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature