Individualised cognitive functional therapy compared with a combined exercise and pain education class for patients with non-specific chronic low back pain: study protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial

O’Keeffe, Mary; Purtill, Helen; Kennedy, Norelee; O’Sullivan, Peter; Dankaerts, Wim; Tighe, Aidan; Allworthy, Lars; Dolan, Louise; Bargary, Norma; O’Sullivan, Kieran

doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2014-007156

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Individualised cognitive functional therapy compared with a combined exercise and pain education class for patients with non-specific chronic low back pain: study protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial

Published in BMJ Open • May 1, 2015

Authors:

Mary O’Keeffe

Helen Purtill

Norelee Kennedy

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Non-specific chronic low back pain (NSCLBP) is a very common and costly musculoskeletal disorder associated with a complex interplay of biopsychosocial factors. Cognitive functional therapy (CFT) represents a novel, patient-centred intervention which directly challenges pain-related be...

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Medicine

Biopsychosocial model

Physical therapy

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