Individually Tailored Treatment Targeting Activity, Motor Behavior, and Cognition Reduces Pain-Related Disability: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Patients With Musculoskeletal Pain

This study shows that the biomedical and the psychosocial perspectives of the experiences and consequences of pain complement rather than contradict each other. Primary health care patients with persistent musculoskeletal pain benefit more from a systematic tailoring of treatments according to biopsychosocial factors than from a physically based exercise intervention.