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💡Disability Physio: Explained
1.6 What does the evidence say about physiotherapy for Functional Neurological Disorder (FND)?
References:
Nielsen et al. (2015) — consensus recommendations
Nielsen, G., Stone, J., Matthews, A., Brown, M., Sparkes, C., Farmer, R., Masterton, L., Duncan, L., Winters, A., Daniell, L., Lumsden, C., Carson, A., David, A. S., & Edwards, M. J. (2015). Physiotherapy for functional motor disorders: A consensus recommendation. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, 86(10), 1113–1119.
Nielsen et al. (2024) — Physio4FMD trial
Nielsen, G., Stone, J., Lee, T. C., Goldstein, L. H., Marston, L., Hunter, R. M., Carson, A., Holt, K., Marsden, J., Le Novere, M., Nazareth, I., Noble, H., Reuber, M., Strudwick, A.-M., Santana Suarez, B., & Edwards, M. J. (2024). Specialist physiotherapy for functional motor disorder in England and Scotland (Physio4FMD): A pragmatic, multicentre, phase 3 randomised controlled trial. The Lancet Neurology, 23(7), 675–686.
