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Davenport: 0000-0001-5772-7727

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Orthopaedic Physical Therapy Practice

ISSN

1532-0871

Volume

21

Issue

4

First Page

127

Last Page

134

Publication Date

1-1-2009

Abstract

Background and Purpose: Pain-related activity avoidance is a phenomenon that causes substantial annual patient morbidity. Therefore, it has been the subject of many recent studies related to physical therapist practice. The purposes of this review are: (1) to provide a rationale for considering cognition and affect in physical therapist practice, and (2) to propose the CAB Model for patient education in physical therapist management of pain-related activity avoidance.

Method: Narrative review. Findings: 'CAB' is an acronym that emphasizes _Cognition and Affect in designing patient education programs that facilitate change in avoidant Behavior.

Clinical Relevance: This review synthesizes literature that suggests pain-related cognitions and affect may be important targets for patient education by physical therapists, because they may serve as progenitors of pain-related activity avoidance. This narrative review provides a model for physical therapists to use in considering these features of clinical presentation and to guide future research.

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