- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies
- Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research
- Myofascial pain diagnosis and treatment
- Pain Management and Placebo Effect
University Center Augusto Motta
2018-2022
Abstract Cognitive functional therapy (CFT) is a physiotherapy-led intervention that has evolved from an integration of foundational behavioral psychology and neuroscience within the physiotherapist practice directed at multidimensional nature chronic low back pain (CLBP). The current evidence about comparative effectiveness CFT for CLBP still scarce. We aimed to investigate whether more effective than core training exercise manual (CORE-MT) in disability patients with CLBP. A total 148...
Chronic low back pain is a public health problem, and there strong evidence that it associated with complex interaction of biopsychosocial factors. Cognitive functional therapy an intervention deals potentially modifiable multidimensional aspects (eg, provocative cognitive, movement lifestyle behaviours). There (from single randomised, controlled trial) cognitive better than combined manual motor control exercise. However, this study had significant methodological shortcomings including the...