Publications by authors named "Justine McCuen Dee"
Article Synopsis
- Torture can cause serious problems like pain and difficulty moving, so physical therapy (PT) is important for helping survivors feel better.
- Researchers looked at how PT is already being used for these survivors and found that it involves three main themes: care that understands trauma, helping people become aware of their bodies, and managing pain.
- Although some studies showed positive results when using all three approaches together, more research is needed to really understand the best ways to help survivors of torture with PT.
Background: A history of traumatic life events is associated with chronic pain in later life. Physical therapists utilize a variety of methods to treat pain, however, they have struggled to find effective interventions to improve patient outcomes.
Objective: To compare impairment-based, regional (REGION-PT) physical therapy (PT) to a global (GLOBAL-PT) model consisting of pain neuroscience education, graded motor imagery, and exercise for adults with chronic pain and history of trauma.