Abstract
BackgroundNorwegian Psychomotor Physiotherapy (NPMP) has been an established treatment approach for more than 50 years, although mostly in the Scandinavian countries, and is usually applied to patients with widespread and long-lasting musculoskeletal pain and/or psychosomatic disorders. Few studies have been investigating outcome of NPMP and no randomized clinical trials (RCT) have been systematically tried out on individuals.Methods/designThis is a study protocol for a pragmatic, single blinded RCT, which will take place in a city of Norway. The participants will be block randomized either to receive NPMP or Cognitive Patient Education in combination with active individualized physiotherapy (COPE-PT). The intervention will reflect usual care and will be conducted in physiotherapy clinics by five experienced physiotherapists in each of the two treatment approaches.DiscussionThe findings of the present study may give an important contribution to our knowledge of the outcome of NPMP, on patients with long-lasting widespread musculoskeletal pain and/or pain located to the neck and shoulder region.Trial registrationThe study has been registered with ClinicalTrials.gov (June 9 th 2015, NCT02482792).Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12891-016-1159-8) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
Highlights
Norwegian Psychomotor Physiotherapy (NPMP) has been an established treatment approach for more than 50 years, mostly in the Scandinavian countries, and is usually applied to patients with widespread and long-lasting musculoskeletal pain and/or psychosomatic disorders
The findings of the present study may give an important contribution to our knowledge of the outcome of NPMP, on patients with long-lasting widespread musculoskeletal pain and/or pain located to the neck and shoulder region
Purpose and research question The main aim of the present study is to investigate the effectiveness of Norwegian Psychomotor Physiotherapy (NPMP) on pain, physical function, mental health, quality of life and sick leave in employees with long-lasting musculoskeletal pain or pain located to the neck and shoulder region, compared to employees receiving Cognitive Patient Education in combination with active individualized physiotherapy (COPE-PT)
Summary
Norwegian Psychomotor Physiotherapy (NPMP) has been an established treatment approach for more than 50 years, mostly in the Scandinavian countries, and is usually applied to patients with widespread and long-lasting musculoskeletal pain and/or psychosomatic disorders. Because of the complexity and multi-factorial etiology of long-lasting musculoskeletal pain, targeted treatment is Norwegian Psychomotor Physiotherapy (NPMP) has been an established treatment approach for more than 50 years, mostly in the Scandinavian countries. NPMP is usually applied to patients with widespread and long-lasting musculoskeletal pain and/or psychosomatic disorders. The perspective in NPMP is that physical, psychological and social strains may influence the whole body and can affect muscle tension, breathing, posture, balance, movements and flexibility These elements are addressed when grasping the patient’s history of complaints, as well as during body examination and treatment [8].
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