Walk and Talk: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Multi-Modal Motion-Assisted Memory Desensitization and Reconsolidation Therapy versus Treatment as Usual for Veterans and First Responders with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
3MDR demonstrates to be an effective alternative first-line treatment for PTSD stemming from occupational traumatic events. Even though it leans on infrastructure with a treadmill and other hardware components, it may offer an alternative over conventional trauma-focused psychotherapies for PTSD that yields savings of a quarter of time spent within therapy.
Authors
- Rick de Haart (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6621-4779)
- Irene J. M. Martens
- Leona Hakkaart‐van Roijen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0635-7388)
- de Sonja Groot (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6289-7496)
- Mirjam J. Nijdam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0458-9567)
- Eric Vermetten (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0579-4404)
- Nicola S. Klein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2135-2123)
- Pia Goorden
- Stijn B. Peeters
- Martin L. Waagemans
Institutions
- University of Groningen (NL)
- Leiden University Medical Center (NL)
- Arq Psychotrauma Expert Group (NL)
- GGZ Drenthe (NL)
- Amsterdam University Medical Centers (NL)
- University of Amsterdam (NL)
- Erasmus University Rotterdam (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics
- Published
- 2025-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000549158
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.61