Summarized by Masters of Longevity from Frontiers - Health.
Coach2Move outlines a person-centered physical therapy approach focused on restoring meaningful activity in older adults with pain-related functional decline, using structured assessment and coaching to guide shared planning and sustained mobility.
Key Takeaways
- Coach2Move integrates comprehensive assessment, motivational interviewing, shared decision-making, and progress monitoring into a single PT process.
- Dutch randomized and cluster-randomized trials reported improved physical activity, functional mobility, and frailty outcomes with fewer sessions than usual care.
- US adaptation adds explicit content addressing pain-related fear, catastrophic beliefs, and activity-limiting interpretations, but US effectiveness remains unestablished.
