Physical therapy as a profession had evolved from a technical dimension to an evidence-informed paradigm in all aspects of practice, education, research and administration 1 . The orientation in clinical decisionmaking is shifting 'out of the box' towards a behavioral dimension rather than the biological dimension 2 , and it is witnessed by recommendations of practice guidelines towards a multi...

The Biopsychosocial Model offers the most comprehensive background theory for scientific medicine. The most powerful version of this framework may be called a body mind unitytheory (or more precisely: a brain mind unity-theory or organic unity theory). This theory stresses a one world perspective, using the General Systemtheory, and overcomes the dualistic concept of psychosomatics (Egger 1992,...

AIM The aim of this study was to compare the characteristics of patients suffering from complex regional pain syndrome type 1 ([CRPS], also known as reflex sympathetic dystrophy or algodystrophy) of the knee with those of a matched group of patients experiencing post-traumatic knee pain. The comparisons looked at biopsychosocial complexity (simple versus complex), psychiatric comorbidity and pa...

Medical family therapy represents the maturity of the family therapy’s field emphasizing the collaboration between family therapists and medical providers. This theoretical study describes the evolution of this new discipline from its conception in the biopsychosocial model, to our days, starting with biopsychosocial oriented family theories, family centered medical care and culminating with th...

BACKGROUND The physiotherapy profession has undergone a paradigmatic shift in recent years, where a 'biopsychosocial' model of care has acquired popularity in response to mounting research evidence indicating better patient outcomes when used alongside traditional physiotherapy. However, research has not examined how this new dimension to traditional physical therapy is implemented within the t...

OBJECTIVE To assess the effect of multidisciplinary biopsychosocial rehabilitation on clinically relevant outcomes in patients with chronic low back pain. DESIGN Systematic literature review of randomised controlled trials. PARTICIPANTS A total of 1964 patients with disabling low back pain for more than three months. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Pain, function, employment, quality of life, and g...

This correlational research study explored connections between multidisciplinary biopsychosocial assessment models, namely the Quality of Life model and Indivisible Self wellness, their utility in assessing psychosocial well-being cancer survivorship. Both models were found to account for statistically significant variance depression scores have more shared than unique variance. Implications ut...