Physiotherapists' assessment of patients' psychosocial status: Are we standing on thin ice? A qualitative descriptive study

Manipulating practices: A critical physiotherapy reader

“…Research demonstrates that physiotherapists find biopsychosocial and patient-centred approaches difficult to implement in practice (Mudge, Stretton, & Kayes, 2013;Sanders et al, 2013;Singla, Jones, Edwards, & Kumar, 2015). Studies have shown that physiotherapists recognise and acknowledge the need to incorporate patients' perspectives and psychosocial factors and understand broad features of both patient-centred and biopsychosocial approaches (Hiller, 2017;Sanders et al, 2013;Singla et al, 2015).…”

“…Studies have shown that physiotherapists recognise and acknowledge the need to incorporate patients' perspectives and psychosocial factors and understand broad features of both patient-centred and biopsychosocial approaches (Hiller, 2017;Sanders et al, 2013;Singla et al, 2015). Despite this awareness, however, how to practically integrate these elements remains elusive, and physiotherapists' "fall back" position is to focus on biomedical aspects of a patient's presenting condition (Mudge, Stretton, & Kayes, 2013;Singla et al, 2015).…”

“…This biomedical and "practitioner as expert" focus, has permeated physiotherapy communication research which demonstrates that physiotherapists predominantly practice in a practitioner-centred manner. It is possible that physiotherapists have neglected to consider strategies that might help them understand the individual patient perspective and achieve psychosocial aspects of communication (Sanders et al, 2013;Singla et al, 2015).…”

Cervico-cephalalgiaphobia: a subtype of phobia in patients with cervicogenic headache and neck pain? A pilot study

“…Despite the many articles published on the recognition and treatment of central sensitisation in groups with chronic musculoskeletal pain other than headache in relation to manual physical therapy, there are indications that many MPTs perform screening for (chronic) musculoskeletal pain mainly on the basis of biomedical and somatic features, and feel unprepared to treat patients with chronic pain patients by exploring the psychosocial factors that influence recovery. [91][92][93] Clinical management of patients with CEH needs to extend beyond the anatomical structures related to movement (facet joints) and expand beyond the confines of neuromusculoskeletal and movement-related function (mobility of facet joint functions).…”

Optimal Screening for Prediction of Referral and Outcome (OSPRO) for Musculoskeletal Pain Conditions: Results From the Validation Cohort

“…27 In musculoskeletal pain management two important components of almost every patient encounter are identification of symptoms that may indicate co-existing systemic pathology 15 and consideration of pain-associated distress and coping styles. 49 These components are important to consider because their results could alter a care episode by indicating the need for additional diagnostic testing before starting traditional non-pharmacological treatment 14, 28 alone or supplemented with principles of psychologically informed practice. 5, 31, 42 …”