The Costs and Effectiveness of Cognitive Functional Therapy for People with Persistent Low Back Pain in Coventry.

"CFT is an individualised, combined physical and behavioural approach specifically developed to target the multidimensional complexity of persistent LBP. CFT utilises a multidimensional clinical reasoning framework that enables the clinician to identify both modifiable and non-modifiable biopsychosocial factors (i.e. physical, cognitive, emotional, social, lifestyle and health comorbidities) underlying an individual's LBP. CFT targets these factors by: (1) helping the patient 'make sense of their pain' from a biopsychosocial perspective, (2) build confidence to engage in valued activities through functional movement training and (3) adopt positive lifestyle behaviours (O'Sullivan et al., 2018).~Participants will receive approximately 7 treatment sessions over a 13-week period, although this will vary depending on participant needs, in line with the individualised nature of the intervention. Participants will be provided a booster session at 26 weeks to reinforce self-management."