Attitudes and beliefs concerning low back pain among physiotherapy students in Belgium: A cross-sectional study

Background: Health care practitioners' (HCPs) attitudes and beliefs affect their work and activity recommendations. It has been demonstrated that HCPs with a biomedical orientation are less likely to adhere to the clinical guidelines for the management of chronic low back pain (LBP) and give their patients the advice to restrict work and activities compared to HCPs with a more biopsychosocial approach (Rainville et al. 2000, Houben et al. 2005).

Source: Manual Therapy - April 1, 2017 Category: Physiotherapy Authors: M. Leysen, J. Nijs, P. Van Wilgen, C. Demoulin, L. Danneels, L. Voogt, W. Dankaerts, L. Pitance, N.A. Roussel Source Type: research