
Physical Therapy & Rehab
Communication training for PTs improves needs-supportive behavior for patients with CLBP
Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2015 May;96(5):809-1624 physiotherapists and 24 patients with chronic low back pain from 4 hospital clinics were randomized into 2 groups. Physiotherapists in the intervention group received 8 hours of communication skills training to analyze the effects of this intervention on needs-supportive behavior during clinical practice. Results indicated that communication training resulted in greater needs-supportive behavior in physiotherapists who received training compared to physiotherapist who underwent a standard 1-hour education session.
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