Psychosocial Factors and Functional Outcomes Following Physical Therapy

Discover how psychosocial factors impact recovery outcomes in injured workers during WCRI’s 30-minute webinar on Thursday, January 15, 2025, at 2:00 PM ET.

This session presents findings from WCRI’s recent study, Psychosocial Factors and Functional Outcomes Following Physical Therapy. The study explores how risk factors such as poor recovery expectations, fear avoidance, poor coping, catastrophizing, and perceived injustice affect recovery in injured workers undergoing physical therapy. These “yellow flags”—psychosocial risk factors—are strong predictors of adverse outcomes.

Questions addressed in the webinar include:

• How common are these risk factors among workers’ compensation cases?
• Do these risk factors vary by payor type (e.g., workers’ compensation vs. private insurance) or patient group?
• How do recovery outcomes differ for patients with and without these factors?

Webinars are $50 for non-members and FREE for WCRI members, members of the press, and legislators, as well as their staff. Registration is limited to 500 people, and all registrants will receive a copy of the webinar slides and a recording of the session.