ArticlePhysical therapy2010
Individual expectation: an overlooked, but pertinent, factor in the treatment of individuals experiencing musculoskeletal pain.
Article in Physical therapy, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04822493 (Improving Pain Perceptions After Initiating a Delivery Application), which is not on this map. Cited by 72 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Improving Pain Perceptions After Initiating a Delivery Application
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72 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Exploring the Beliefs, Perceptions, and Experiences of Individuals With Tendinopathy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Ethnography of Qualitative Studies.Physical therapy · 2025Pooled it
- Patient-related barriers and enablers to the implementation of high-value physiotherapy for chronic pain: a systematic review.Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) · 2024Pooled it
- Impact of contextual factors on patient outcomes following conservative low back pain treatment: systematic review.Chiropractic & manual therapies · 2022Pooled it
- Systematic review: do patient expectations influence treatment outcomes in total knee and total hip arthroplasty?Health and quality of life outcomes · 2012Pooled it
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- Cluster-Randomised Controlled Trial of At-Home Virtual Reality for People With Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain on the Waiting List.European journal of pain (London, England) · 2025Trial
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- Potential treatment effect modifiers for manipulative therapy for children complaining of spinal pain.Secondary analyses of a randomised controlled trial.Chiropractic & manual therapies · 2019Trial
- Expectations of pain and functioning in patients with musculoskeletal disorders: a cross-sectional study.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2017Trial
- Identifying Treatment Effect Modifiers in the STarT Back Trial: A Secondary Analysis.The journal of pain · 2017Trial
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- Can we predict response to the McKenzie method in patients with acute low back pain? A secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2012Trial
- Specialist Rehabilitation Providers' Experiences With an Online Self-Compassion Course: Reflexive Thematic Analysis.JMIR rehabilitation and assistive technologies · 2026Article
- Improved Chronic Low Back Pain, Radiographic Alignment, and Patient Reported Outcomes Following Postural Rehabilitation Protocols: A Case Series of Two Patients with 18- and 26-Months Follow-Up.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- The effect of physiotherapists' explanation of therapeutic virtual reality on treatment expectations in healthy people and people with chronic musculoskeletal pain: Two online RCTs.PEC innovation · 2026Article
- External Validation of a Clinical Prediction Tool for the Use of Manual Therapy in Patients With Temporomandibular Disorders.Journal of oral rehabilitation · 2026Observational
- The effectiveness of telemedicine in chronic pain management compared with in-person visits: a 23-month database-audit.Pain reports · 2025Article
- Patient-Reported Outcomes With Immediate-Loaded Zygomatic Implant Fixed Rehabilitation in Patients With Edentulous Atrophic Maxilla: A Retrospective Practice-Based Clinical Study.Clinical oral implants research · 2025Article
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Abstract
Physical therapists consider many factors in the treatment of patients with musculoskeletal pain. The current literature suggests expectation is an influential component of clinical outcomes related to musculoskeletal pain for which physical therapists frequently do not account. The purpose of this clinical perspective is to highlight the potential role of expectation in the clinical outcomes associated with the rehabilitation of individuals experiencing musculoskeletal pain. The discussion focuses on the definition and measurement of expectation, the relationship between expectation and outcomes related to musculoskeletal pain conditions, the mechanisms through which expectation may alter musculoskeletal pain conditions, and suggested ways in which clinicians may integrate the current literature regarding expectation into clinical practice.
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