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Defending The Art Of Physical Therapy: Expanding Inquiry And Crafting Culture In Support Of Therapeutic Alliance, Nicole Brun-Cottan Spt, Jennifer Hastings Pt, Ph.D, Ncs, Danny Mcmillian Pt, Dsc, Ocs

Physical Therapy Research Symposium

Title: Defending the Art of Physical Therapy: Expanding Inquiry and Crafting Culture in Support of Therapeutic Alliance

Authors: Nicole Brun-Cottan¹, SPT, Danny McMillian PT DSc.¹, Jennifer Hastings, PT PhD. ,NCS.¹

Affiliations 1. School of Physical Therapy, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma WA, USA.

Theory/Body: The successful practice of physical therapy within the biopsychosocial construct requires a professional culture that places value on the interpersonal relationships that foster healing and the face time required to build those relationships. The unfortunate truth is that pressures on current practice are not facilitating this dynamic approach. The drive for …

Does Patient Self-Efficacy At Intake Predict The Therapeutic Outcome?, Molly J. Geiger, Stephanie Juhnke, Ellen Maloney, Danny Mcmillian

Physical Therapy Research Symposium

Title: Does Patient Self-Efficacy at Intake Predict the Therapeutic Outcome?

Authors: Molly Geiger SPT¹, Stephanie Juhnke SPT¹, Ellen Maloney SPT¹, Danny McMillian DSc.¹

Affiliation: 1. School of Physical Therapy, University of Puget Sound

Purpose: Several studies have linked psychosocial factors, such as depression, self-efficacy, and fear-avoidance to poor outcomes, increased disability, and the development of chronic pain. In a primary care setting, Foster has shown self-efficacy to be the most important for determining outcomes. The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between self-efficacy (SE) levels and physical therapy (PT) outcomes. …

Salutogenesis: Implications For Maintaining A Psychologically Informed Physical Therapy Practice, Maximillian Gorchels Spt, Thomas Molyneux-Elliot Spt, Christina Phillips Spt, Danny Mcmillian Pt

Physical Therapy Research Symposium

Pathogenesis, the study of disease origins and causes, looks retrospectively at how to eliminate illnesses once they occur and has been the prevalent approach in Western medicine. Salutogenesis, by comparison, is the study of health origins and causes and looks prospectively at how to create health. There are many psychosocial instruments used to measure the personal factors that influence salutogenesis. However, the salutogenic model has rarely been studied in physical therapy settings, even though physical therapy educators and researchers are currently describing the importance of a psychologically informed practice.

Twenty-five psychological constructs within the salutogenic model were evaluated for this …