Invited Commentary/Author Response

摘要

[...] incorporating cognitive and behavioral techniques into physical therapist practice can easily be accomplished and serve to enhance standard physical therapy treatments. [...] an individualized, graded exercise program provides an appropriate context for learning both goal-setting and self-reinforcement skills, which are core CBT components. Because self-management programs that incorporate cognitive-behavioral techniques have been delivered by laypeople with advantageous results for patients with various chronic health problems (eg, arthritis, heart disease, lung disease),7 it seems reasonable to investigate whether physical therapists can be trained to incorporate similar approaches into physical therapist practice.