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The CAB model of pain-related activity avoidance: description and implications for research and practice

Year: 2009

Type: article

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.

Source: Scholarly Commons (University of the Pacific)

Authors: Todd E. Davenport, Andrea B. Austin, Kimiko A. Yamada, Cathryn A. Peterson

Language: English

Topic: Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation

Subfield: Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation

Field: Health Professions

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2611062373

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