Purpose: It is considered that implementation of the biopsychosocial model (BPSM) within
physiotherapy is affected by its lack of conceptual clarity. This concept analysis explores the …

Abstract Since 1997, the Bio-Psycho-Social Model, proposed by George Engel, attracted the
interest of clinical researchers as well epistemologists and was recognized as a turning …

Background and objective While several mobility measures exist, there is large variability
across measures in how mobility is conceptualized, the source of information and the …

Objectives Chronic pain is a complex and challenging problem for manual therapists, such
as osteopaths, especially in identifying and managing the multiplicity of psychosocial factors …

A question has been raised in recent years as to whether the risk field, including analysis,
assessment, and management, ought to be considered a discipline on its own. As …

Change in music therapy is often modeled linearly. In linear analysis, change is represented
as the difference between the scores recorded before and after treatment, where changes in …

Researchers, clinicians, and patients have good reasons for wanting answers to causal
questions of disease and therapeutic intervention. This paper uses microbiologist Robert …

Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW) aged 15-24 years in Uganda's Central region
face heightened HIV risk, despite the country's commitment to global HIV Infection reduction …

The authors do not acknowledge the extensive research, accumulated over the last decade,
which demonstrates that emotional-cognitive processes are part of musculoskeletal pain …

Frequently causal models are established which, although they can show many factors, their
connections are all linear. But what sense can have for a general practitioner the …