PALESE , Alvisa

Aims and objectives: To describe contextual factors (CFs) used by nurses to increase placebo and to prevent nocebo effects. Background: Placebo effects have been studied in the nursing discipline, but nocebo effects still remain unexplored. Recently, a set of CFs functioning as triggers of placebo/nocebo effects has been described; however, its...

Background Contextual factors (CFs) represent a potential therapeutic tool to boost physiotherapy outcomes, triggering placebo effects. Nevertheless, no evidence about the use of CFs among physical therapists is currently available. Objective To investigate the use of CFs and the opinion of Italian physical therapists specialized in Orthopaedic...

Objective To examine the experience of the COVID-19 pandemic as lived by people with hip and knee osteoarthritis (OA), in Italy. Design A qualitative study based on semi-structured interviews. Setting Urban and suburban areas in northern Italy. Participants A total of 11 people with OA were enrolled through a purposeful sampling and completed...

INTRODUCTION To date, despite the relevance of manual skills laboratories in physiotherapy education, evidence on the effectiveness of different teaching methods is limited. OBJECTIVES Peyton's four-step and the 'See one, do one' approaches were compared for their effectiveness in teaching manual skills. METHODS A cluster randomised...

PURPOSE: To identify and synthesise patient-identified factors that influence satisfaction with outpatient musculoskeletal physiotherapy (O-MSK). METHODS: A systematic, qualitative meta-summary and meta-synthesis was conducted by accessing six electronic databases: CINAHL, Embase, MEDLINE, Scopus, Web of Science, and Wiley Online Library, from...

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