Physical therapists' perspectives and clinical practice on assessment, rehabilitation, and return to sport criteria after anterior cruciate ligament injury and reconstruction in Saudi Arabia.

IF 1.4 4区 医学 Q3 ORTHOPEDICS
Dina Mushari, Afaf Am Shaheen
{"title":"Physical therapists' perspectives and clinical practice on assessment, rehabilitation, and return to sport criteria after anterior cruciate ligament injury and reconstruction in Saudi Arabia.","authors":"Dina Mushari, Afaf Am Shaheen","doi":"10.1177/10538127251329009","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Background and objectivesTo explore the physical therapists' (PTs) perspectives and clinical practice on assessment, rehabilitation, and return to sports (RTS) criteria and to investigate their associations with gender, level of educational qualification, years of clinical experience, and the number of individuals treated after ACL injury and reconstruction (ACLR) in Saudi Arabia (SA).MethodsThis descriptive cross-sectional study surveyed 206 participants through an online survey covering demographics, ACLR rehabilitation importance, clinical measurements, practice, progression criteria, return to running, and RTS.ResultsMost PTs (84.9%) see an individual post-ACLR for the first time within the first week. About 24.8% of PTs preferred starting open kinetic chain (OKC) exercises one to seven days immediately post-ACLR. The timing of returning to running post-ACLR is variable among participants. Between six to nine months, 39.8% of PTs allowed an individual post-ACLR to RTS. Over 40% of participants did not use patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) to clear an individual post-ACLR to RTS or evaluate psychological readiness. About 76.2% recommended an ACL injury prevention program at discharge.ConclusionMost PTs in SA inconsistently follow evidence-based ACLR rehabilitation practices. Education and training programs are needed to bridge the evidence-to-practice gap in post-ACLR care.</p>","PeriodicalId":15129,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation","volume":" ","pages":"10538127251329009"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4000,"publicationDate":"2025-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10538127251329009","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"ORTHOPEDICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 0

Abstract

Background and objectivesTo explore the physical therapists' (PTs) perspectives and clinical practice on assessment, rehabilitation, and return to sports (RTS) criteria and to investigate their associations with gender, level of educational qualification, years of clinical experience, and the number of individuals treated after ACL injury and reconstruction (ACLR) in Saudi Arabia (SA).MethodsThis descriptive cross-sectional study surveyed 206 participants through an online survey covering demographics, ACLR rehabilitation importance, clinical measurements, practice, progression criteria, return to running, and RTS.ResultsMost PTs (84.9%) see an individual post-ACLR for the first time within the first week. About 24.8% of PTs preferred starting open kinetic chain (OKC) exercises one to seven days immediately post-ACLR. The timing of returning to running post-ACLR is variable among participants. Between six to nine months, 39.8% of PTs allowed an individual post-ACLR to RTS. Over 40% of participants did not use patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) to clear an individual post-ACLR to RTS or evaluate psychological readiness. About 76.2% recommended an ACL injury prevention program at discharge.ConclusionMost PTs in SA inconsistently follow evidence-based ACLR rehabilitation practices. Education and training programs are needed to bridge the evidence-to-practice gap in post-ACLR care.

求助全文
约1分钟内获得全文 求助全文
来源期刊
CiteScore
2.70
自引率
0.00%
发文量
194
审稿时长
6 months
期刊介绍: The Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation is a journal whose main focus is to present relevant information about the interdisciplinary approach to musculoskeletal rehabilitation for clinicians who treat patients with back and musculoskeletal pain complaints. It will provide readers with both 1) a general fund of knowledge on the assessment and management of specific problems and 2) new information considered to be state-of-the-art in the field. The intended audience is multidisciplinary as well as multi-specialty. In each issue clinicians can find information which they can use in their patient setting the very next day.
×
引用
GB/T 7714-2015
复制
MLA
复制
APA
复制
导出至
BibTeX EndNote RefMan NoteFirst NoteExpress
×
提示
您的信息不完整,为了账户安全,请先补充。
现在去补充
×
提示
您因"违规操作"
具体请查看互助需知
我知道了
×
提示
确定
请完成安全验证×
copy
已复制链接
快去分享给好友吧!
我知道了
右上角分享
点击右上角分享
0
联系我们:info@booksci.cn Book学术提供免费学术资源搜索服务,方便国内外学者检索中英文文献。致力于提供最便捷和优质的服务体验。 Copyright © 2023 布克学术 All rights reserved.
京ICP备2023020795号-1
ghs 京公网安备 11010802042870号
Book学术文献互助
Book学术文献互助群
群 号:481959085
Book学术官方微信