Psychosocial Considerations in Patellofemoral Pain
Original Editor - Carin Hunter based on the course by Claire Robertson
Top Contributors - Carin Hunter, Jess Bell, Ewa Jaraczewska, Kim Jackson and Wanda van Niekerk
Top Contributors - Carin Hunter, Jess Bell, Ewa Jaraczewska, Kim Jackson and Wanda van Niekerk
Pain & Movement Reasoning, (Jones & O’Shaughnessy,2014)[edit | edit source]
Pain Experience[edit | edit source]
Mindfulness[edit | edit source]
- Bagheri et al., 2021. PFP exs vs exs+mindfulness.
- Mindfulness aimed at increasing awareness of thoughts, sensations, emotions all with an attitude of acceptance, curiosity and openness.
- Better pain, less catastrophizing, less kinesiophobia w mindfulness.
- There is little written about anxiety and depression in PFP but Wride et al., 2019 work in the UK reveals the following key facts regarding the prevalence of anxiety and depression in the PFP population, (n=400):
- 49.5% demonstrated anxiety.
- 20.8% indicated depressive symptoms.
- When combined, 53% were living with anxiety +/or depression.
- Patients with a high anxiety score were significantly younger.
- Patients with a high anxiety score were more likely to be female.
Key Questions to ask and why[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- Jones & O’Shaughnessy,2014
- Bagheri et al., 2021
- Wride et al., 2019
