Critchley, D., McCracken, L., Wileman, Galea Holmes, M., Norton, S. & Godfrey, E. (2019). Physiotherapy informed by acceptance and commitment therapy (PACT) for people with chronic low back pain: A randomised controlled trial. Physiotherapy, 105(Supplement 1), e34-e35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physio.2018.11.279
Chronic low back pain (CLBP) is the greatest cause of years lived with disability worldwide thus debilitating for patients, challenging for health care systems and costly for societies. Physiotherapy is moderately effective but might be improved by incorporating psychological models and techniques. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), a form of cognitive-behavioural therapy, is effective for people with chronic pain when delivered by psychologists but is uncommon in physiotherapy. This trial aimed to test the efficacy of physiotherapy informed by ACT (PACT) against usual care (UC) physiotherapy for CLBP.