Visser, J.G.A. (Juliët) (2014) Psychomotor therapy in people with chronic pain: A cross-sectional study, an explorative study and a single-case study with multiple measurements. thesis, Human Movement Sciences.
Full text available on request.Abstract
Background: Psychomotor therapy (PMT) incorporates physical activity and body awareness exercises to improve functioning and quality of life. Empirical research is scarce and PMT’s target population is to be defined. Body awareness and bodily dissociation are potentially involved concepts. It is unclear whether PMT should target a subgroup that is now referred to multidisciplinary rehabilitation (MR). This study handles three issues: do populations referred to PMT or MR differ, are body awareness and bodily dissociation concepts involved in people with chronic pain and do body awareness and bodily dissociation change during PMT. Method: 32 people with chronic pain referred to PMT were compared at baseline to 8381 people referred to MR from a previous study. Body awareness and bodily dissociation were assessed at baseline in 32 participants. In five participants referred to PMT these concepts were assessed weekly. Results: People with chronic pain referred to PMT have slightly better quality of life and daily functioning compared to people with chronic pain referred to MR, but differences are not clinically meaningful. People with chronic pain referred to PMT tend to ignore their bodily signals, but show no difference in body awareness compared with healthy individuals. The weekly measures show that PMT did not change body awareness and bodily dissociation in people with chronic pain in this sample. Conclusion: The studied population referred to PMT appears similar when compared to a previously studied population referred to MR. Body awareness is no different in people with chronic pain. People with chronic pain have higher scores on bodily dissociation. Body awareness and bodily dissociation do not change during PMT. Discussion: The small sample allowed analysis of preliminary data on which future research may elaborate in larger trials. Findings can be attributed to the size of the study population and restricted time for an intervention period. Key words: chronic pain, psychomotor therapy, multidisciplinary rehabilitation, body awareness, bodily dissociation
| Item Type: | Thesis (UNSPECIFIED) |
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| Supervisor name: | Reneman, prof. dr. M.F. and Woude, prof. dr. L.H.V. van der and Busschbach, dr. J.T. van |
| Faculty: | Medical Sciences |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Apr 2022 09:09 |
| Last Modified: | 06 Apr 2022 09:09 |
| URI: | https://umcg.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3056 |
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