Ep 284: No more CFT for chronic back pain? With Dr Henrik Bjarke Vægter
JOSPT InsightsOctober 12, 2026x
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Ep 284: No more CFT for chronic back pain? With Dr Henrik Bjarke Vægter

The RESTORE trial, published in 2023, put cognitive functional therapy (CFT) on the map as an effective approach for managing chronic, disabling low back pain. Since then, there has been more research supporting CFT, including a large network meta-analysis published in JOSPT in early 2026. In today's episode, we explore the results of the CONFeTTI trial, which tested the CFT+ intervention - combined care delivered by a physiotherapist and a psychologist in an interdisciplinary pain clinic.

Dr Henrik Bjarke Vægter led the CONFeTTI trial. He is an experienced physiotherapist and head of the interdisciplinary Pain Centre at Odense University Hospital in Denmark. Dr Bjarke Vægter is Professor of Physiotherapy and Pain Treatment at the University of Southern Denmark's Department of Clinical Research.

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CONFeTTI trial

Tailored exercise therapy with or without psychological interventions: systematic review with network meta-analysis