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MUSCULOSKELETAL SCIENCE AND PRACTICE
Volume 44, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.msksp.2019.07.008
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Introduction: The physiotherapy approach to musculoskeletal pain is currently pointing more towards a hands-off management of patients by education and exercise therapy. However, hands-on techniques still represent a core element of musculoskeletal physiotherapy practice appreciated by patients and widely taught in educational program and clinical professional development training. Purpose: This professional issue explain why hands-on techniques may be considered a specific form of touch and outlines the importance of having a deep and wider understanding of their action mechanisms. Three aspects of the human touch, namely analgesic, affective and somatoperceptual are considered in light of the current literature.
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