ArticleThe Journal of manual & manipulative therapy2017
An abbreviated therapeutic neuroscience education session improves pain knowledge in first-year physical therapy students but does not change attitudes or beliefs.
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A Study of the Effectiveness of Pain Neuroscience Education in the Elderly.
Effects of Traditional Pain Education and Pain Neuroscience Education on Pain Attitudes and Beliefs in Physiotherapy Assistant Students
Who cites it
18 citing papers in PubMed, 56 citations in OpenAlex.
- The effectiveness of training physical therapists in pain neuroscience education on patient reported outcomes for patients with chronic spinal pain: a study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2018Trial
- [Current level of knowledge about pain among German physiotherapy lecturers].Schmerz (Berlin, Germany) · 2026Article
- The impact of a brief online education intervention on the knowledge, attitudes and beliefs of qualified physiotherapists about chronic low back pain: Pre- and post-intervention survey.The South African journal of physiotherapy · 2026Article
- [Current knowledge of German physiotherapy trainees and students on pain and the influence of a teaching intervention].Schmerz (Berlin, Germany) · 2025Article
- The short-term and long-term influence of a single pain education session on knowledge, attitudes and beliefs of doctor of physical therapy students.BMC medical education · 2025Article
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- Keeping It Simple-Pain Science Education for Patients with Chronic Pain Referred to Community-Based Rehabilitation: Translation, Adaptation, and Clinical Feasibility Testing of PNE4Adults.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Exploring the Multifactorial Predictors of Pain in Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: A Regression-Based Study.Journal of pain research · 2025Article
- Assessment of back pain behaviors, attitudes, and beliefs of chiropractic research conference attendees after a biopsychosocial educational workshop.The Journal of chiropractic education · 2024Article
- Toward sleep health as a focus of physical therapy practice: one lecture can positively impact sleep knowledge and beliefs in entry-level students.BMC medical education · 2024Article
- Association of pain neurophysiology knowledge and application amongst UK chiropractic students: A cross-sectional study.The Journal of chiropractic education · 2023Article
- The clinical impact of pain neuroscience continuing education on physical therapy outcomes for patients with low back and neck pain.PloS one · 2022Article
- Pain knowledge, attitudes and beliefs of doctor of physical therapy students: changes across the curriculum and the role of an elective pain science course.The Journal of manual & manipulative therapy · 2021Article
- Current Understanding of Pain Neurophysiology among Physiotherapists Practicing in Saudi Arabia.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Evaluation of pain knowledge and attitudes and beliefs from a pre-licensure physical therapy curriculum and a stand-alone pain elective.BMC medical education · 2019Article
- Pain neurophysiology knowledge among physical therapy students in Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional study.BMC medical education · 2018Article
- Changes in pain knowledge, attitudes and beliefs of osteopathy students after completing a clinically focused pain education module.Chiropractic & manual therapies · 2018Article
- A clinical perspective on a pain neuroscience education approach to manual therapy.The Journal of manual & manipulative therapy · 2017Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo determine if a 3-hour therapeutic neuroscience education session alters physical therapy student's knowledge of pain and effects their attitudes and beliefs regarding treating chronic pain.
methodsSeventy-seven entry-level doctoral physical therapy students participated in the study. Following consent, demographic data were obtained and then the subjects completed the Neuroscience of Pain Questionnaire, the Health Care Provider's Pain and Impairment Relationship Scale and an additional questionnaire designed by the researchers. The subjects then received a 3-hour educational session developed by the researchers, focusing on the neurobiology and physiology of pain. The questionnaires were re-administered immediately after the educational session and at 6 months post-education.
resultsSeventy-seven subjects (mean age = 24.7 years, 57.1% female and 81.8% white) completed the questionnaires pre- and post-educational session with 75 completing the questionnaires at 6 months. To assess the effect of the education on the scores of the questionnaires, a repeated measures ANOVA was conducted. Students demonstrated significantly higher scores on the neuroscience of pain questionnaire ( DISCUSSION: An educational session on the neuroscience of pain is beneficial for educating entry-level doctoral physical therapy students immediately post-education and at 6 months. This educational session had no effect on the student's attitudes and beliefs regarding treating the chronic pain population. There were additional significant findings regarding individual questions posed to the subjects.
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