[Psychomotor physical therapy--patients' starting point and their evaluation of the therapeutic results].

: Psychomotor physiotherapy is a technique which aims, through relief of muscular tension and inhibited breathing, to give the patient a better understanding of the connection between mental and somatic reactions, establish improved coping patterns. In a three-year, prospective registration of 152 patients referred to psychomotor physiotherapy the expectations of the patients were evaluated, along with the presented symptoms. After 6-12 months of treatment 75% experienced a relief of symptoms, and 50% a change in symptom profile. At follow-up of 109 patients after 2 1/2 years we found a significant improvement in symptoms as well as in parameters for everyday coping, and a marked reduction in use of drugs. There was a correlation between an academic education and response to treatment.