Knowledge and attitudes toward musculoskeletal pain neuroscience of manual therapy postgraduate students in the Netherlands

BACKGROUND: Health care practitioners' knowledge and attitudes influence patients' beliefs and health outcomes in musculoskeletal (MSK) pain. It is unclear to what extent physiotherapists undertaking a postgraduate master in manual therapy (MT students) possess the knowledge and attitudes toward pain neuroscience to be able to apply the biopsychosocial model in patients with MSK pain. OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to assess the knowledge and attitudes toward pain neuroscience in MT students. DESIGN: A cross-sectional study. METHOD: Self-reported knowledge and attitudes were measured am... Mehr ...