ArticlePhysical therapy2018
Cognitive Functional Therapy: An Integrated Behavioral Approach for the Targeted Management of Disabling Low Back Pain.
Article in Physical therapy, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 129 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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129 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 407 citations in OpenAlex.
- Cognitive Functional Therapy for Chronic Low Back Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Physical therapy · 2024Pooled it
- Predictors of success of pharmacological management in patients with chronic lower back pain: systematic review.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2024Pooled it
- Research hotspots and frontiers in non-specific low back pain: a bibliometric analysis.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Pooled it
- Impact of contextual factors on patient outcomes following conservative low back pain treatment: systematic review.Chiropractic & manual therapies · 2022Pooled it
- Behavioural modification interventions for medically unexplained symptoms in primary care: systematic reviews and economic evaluation.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2020Pooled it
- Experience of living with knee osteoarthritis: a systematic review of qualitative studies.BMJ open · 2019Pooled it
- Where is the patient in the records? Evaluating physiotherapists' first visit in occupational health primary care pathway for low back pain.BMJ open quality · 2026Trial
- Physiotherapy Compared With Shockwave Therapy for the Treatment of Proximal Hamstring Tendinopathy: A Randomized Controlled Trial.The American journal of sports medicine · 2025Trial
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- A multidisciplinary pain management program for patients with chronic low back pain: a randomized, single-blind, controlled, feasibility study.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Trial
- Effect of multidimensional physiotherapy on non-specific chronic low back pain: a randomized controlled trial.Advances in rheumatology (London, England) · 2023Trial
- Comparison of cognitive functional therapy and movement system impairment treatment in chronic low back pain patients: a randomized controlled trial.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2023Trial
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- Effects of behavioural exercise therapy on the effectiveness of multidisciplinary rehabilitation for chronic non-specific low back pain: a randomised controlled trial.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2021Trial
- Exploring lumbar and lower limb kinematics and kinetics for evidence that lifting technique is associated with LBP.PloS one · 2021Trial
- Cognitive functional therapy compared with a group-based exercise and education intervention for chronic low back pain: a multicentre randomised controlled trial (RCT).British journal of sports medicine · 2020Trial
- Sensor-based postural feedback is more effective than conventional feedback to improve lumbopelvic movement control in patients with chronic low back pain: a randomised controlled trial.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2018Trial
- Exploring physicians' perspectives on influencing factors of chronic non-specific low back pain: a qualitative study.Scandinavian journal of primary health care · 2026Article
- Management of Musculoskeletal Injuries with an Inflammatory Damage-Associated Molecular Pattern (DAMP) Etiology.Pain and therapy · 2026Review
- Association between ClinFIT, pain, disability, and spinal mobility in patients with chronic nonspecific low back pain: single-arm prospective pre-post cohort study.Rheumatology international · 2026Article
69 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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7 authors at 6 institutions in 5 countries.
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Abstract
Biomedical approaches for diagnosing and managing disabling low back pain (LBP) have failed to arrest the exponential increase in health care costs, with a concurrent increase in disability and chronicity. Health messages regarding the vulnerability of the spine and a failure to target the interplay among multiple factors that contribute to pain and disability may partly explain this situation. Although many approaches and subgrouping systems for disabling LBP have been proposed in an attempt to deal with this complexity, they have been criticized for being unidimensional and reductionist and for not improving outcomes. Cognitive functional therapy was developed as a flexible integrated behavioral approach for individualizing the management of disabling LBP. This approach has evolved from an integration of foundational behavioral psychology and neuroscience within physical therapist practice. It is underpinned by a multidimensional clinical reasoning framework in order to identify the modifiable and nonmodifiable factors associated with an individual's disabling LBP. This article illustrates the application of cognitive functional therapy to provide care that can be adapted to an individual with disabling LBP.
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