A pilot study on the effect of Basic Body Awareness Therapy in patients with eating disorders: a randomized controlled trial

Catalán-Matamoros, Daniel; Helvik-Skjaerven, Liv; Manzanares, María Teresa Labajos; Martínez-de-Salazar-Arboleas, Alma; Sánchez-Guerrero, Eduardo

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“…Body awareness is an approach often used within physiotherapy to promote health and well-being [1][2][3]. It has been defined as a treatment directed towards an awareness of how the body is used in terms of body function, behaviour, and interaction with self and others [4].…”

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“…It has many positive effects such as increased health, self-efficacy, increased use of functional coping strategies and a reduction of musculoskeletal symptoms [9,10]. It has also been shown to reduce posttraumatic stress disorders [11], anxiety, depression [3,12], eating disorders [2], and mental illness [11]. BBAT has also been used to improve movement awareness and movement quality [13,14] and to deepen the contact with the body and ones identity, the embodied identity [4].…”

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Clinical reasoning and clinical use of basic body awareness therapy in physiotherapy – a qualitative study?

Gard

Nyboe

Gyllensten

2019

European Journal of Physiotherapy

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Background: Clinical reasoning is the ability to integrate and apply different types of knowledge, weigh evidence critically and reflect upon the process to arrive at a diagnosis. Body awareness is an approach directed toward an awareness of how the body is used in terms of body function, behaviour, and interaction with self and others. Methods: In the present study, 36 physiotherapists (PTs) from 13 countries working with body awareness methods, mainly Basic Body Awareness Therapy (BBAT) in mental health were interviewed in six focus groups. Content analysis was used to analyse how the informants' reasoned around the concept of body awareness therapy, and how they use it in their clinical work with patients. Result: Body awareness was conceived as being in contact with sensations and emotions, to be able to control symptoms, such as pain, to find a balance and to develop one's identity by relating to oneself and others. BBAT was used as a whole body treatment, to promote balance and stability, to teach about body, movements, and coping strategies, to interact in a therapeutic approach and to be integrated with other methods and professionals. Conclusion: The present results can be used to improve the PTs clinical reasoning. ARTICLE HISTORY

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Clinical reasoning and clinical use of basic body awareness therapy in physiotherapy – a qualitative study?

Gard

Nyboe

Gyllensten

2019

European Journal of Physiotherapy

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“…Aerobic exercise combined with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) appears to be more effective in reducing BMI and depressive symptoms than CBT alone. A pilot RCT also found that BBAT may improve eating attitude and consequently help reduce the severity level of the EDs (Catalān‐Matamoros et al ., ).…”

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“…Because a distorted body image (identified as negative perceptions of one's weight, size or shape and the inability to integrate and perceive realistic bodily sensations; Catalān‐Matamoros et al ., ) and unregulated or unhealthy physical activity (identified as any bodily movement generated by the skeletal muscles that requires energy expenditure; Caspersen et al ., ) behaviour are central in the course of all EDs and patients perceive improving self‐esteem and body experience as core constructs that influence their treatment (Vanderlinden et al ., ), physical therapy (focusing on physical activity behaviour and body experience and insight) might be a treatment modality that has great potential. A recent systematic review including eight randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and involving 213 patients (age range: 16–36 years) (Vancampfort et al ., ) concluded that aerobic and resistance training results in significantly increased muscle strength, body mass index (BMI) and body fat percentage in patients with AN.…”

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Considering the Role of Physical Therapists Within the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Individuals With Eating Disorders: An International Survey of Expert Clinicians

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Stubbs

Probst

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Physiother. Res. Int.

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Purpose. Recent research has demonstrated that physical therapy may benefit the physical and mental health of people with eating disorders (EDs). Because this is a new and developing field, this study aimed to investigate the experience, practices and knowledge of international physical therapy experts to inform clinical practice, education and research. Methods. An international cross-sectional survey design was undertaken with experienced physical therapists within the field of EDs. Physical therapist responses were analysed with descriptive statistics and thematic analysis as appropriate. Results. Twenty-eight international physical therapists participated. On average, participants had 6.9 years (95% confidence interval: 3.1-10.7, n = 27) of clinical experience working in ED settings and devoted approximately 39.3% (95% confidence interval: 23.8-54.8, n = 27) of their time to treating individuals with EDs. Participants reported that physical therapy interventions have a diverse range of benefits on the physical, mental and disease-specific factors (e.g. binges) in people with EDs. The key role of physical therapists includes improving body awareness, especially during physical activity combined with psycho-education about healthy doses of physical activity. Physical therapists were able to identify a range of barriers and facilitators to physical activity in people with EDs. Discussion. This paper provides a first step towards understanding the role and value of physical therapists working with individuals with EDs.

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“…In patients with long-term pain, BBAT produced greater improvement in both physical and mental health compared with traditional physiotherapy treatment (Malmgren-Olsson et al, 2001). BBAT has also shown positive effects for patients with fibromyalgia, psychiatric diagnosis, osteoarthritis, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and eating disorders (Bravo et al, 2018;Catalan Matamoros et al, 2011;Eriksson et al, 2002;Gyllensten et al, 2003a;Olsen et al, 2017). In psychiatric care there has been a growing interest in the experience of BBAT.…”

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Pain requires processing – How the experience of pain is influenced by Basic Body Awareness Therapy in patients with long-term pain

Lundwall

Ryman

Sellius

et al. 2019

Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies

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a b s t r a c tBackground and purpose: Long-term pain is common and entails large costs to society. One physiotherapy treatment with documented positive effects for patients with long-term pain is Basic Body Awareness therapy (BBAT). However, studies are lacking about patients' experience of BBAT's influence on their pain. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate how patients experience BBAT's influence on their long-term pain. Methods: For this qualitative interview study, participants were selected from two supervised BBAT groups. To qualify for the study, participants had to meet two inclusion criteria: having pain for at least 6 months, and attending BBAT for at least 6 months. Six females between the ages of 25 and 61 years were included. Pain duration ranged from 9 to 20 years, and duration of practicing BBAT ranged from 8 to 120 months. Semi-structured interviews were conducted and qualitative content analysis was performed. Results: The analysis revealed four main categories of BBAT experience: increases motivation, requires processing, increases control over pain and changes attitude to oneself, body and pain. Discussion: Patients with long-term pain experienced BBAT as being helpful in processing their pain because they were forced to face the pain instead of trying to ignore it. Participants experienced a decrease in pain through development of an increased sense of control as well as a changed attitude to themselves, their bodies and their pain. It is important for physiotherapists to understand that pain can increase during BBAT and to support the patients in this process during the therapy.

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A pilot study on the effect of Basic Body Awareness Therapy in patients with eating disorders: a randomized controlled trial

Cited by 67 publications

References 23 publications

Clinical reasoning and clinical use of basic body awareness therapy in physiotherapy – a qualitative study?

Clinical reasoning and clinical use of basic body awareness therapy in physiotherapy – a qualitative study?

Considering the Role of Physical Therapists Within the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Individuals With Eating Disorders: An International Survey of Expert Clinicians

Pain requires processing – How the experience of pain is influenced by Basic Body Awareness Therapy in patients with long-term pain

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