Studies of the Relative Effects of Physical Therapy and Behavioural/cognitive

question 22

Multiple Choice

Studies of the relative effects of physical therapy and behavioural/cognitive programs in the treatment of chronic low back pain have shown that

• A) neither is very effective.
• B) only physical therapy is effective.
• C) only behavioural/cognitive programs are effective.
• D) both approaches show good effects specific to their area of focus.

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Definitions:

Proximate Cause

The primary cause of an injury in law, without which the injury would not have occurred, determining legal liability.

Cause In Fact

In tort law, the relationship between the unreasonable conduct and the injury to the innocent party, whether the injury was or was not foreseeable. Cause in fact is also referred to as actual cause.

Assumption Of Risk

A legal principle where a person knowingly exposes themselves to certain risks and is thus precluded from suing for injuries resulting from those risks.

Negligence

A failure to behave with the level of care that someone of ordinary prudence would have exercised under the same circumstances.