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Titre : | Greek physiotherapists' contemporary knowledge and practice for lateral elbow tendinopathy : an online survey (2022) |
Auteurs : | Panagiotis Samaras ; Stefanos Karanasios ; Dimitrios Stasinopoulos ; George Gioftsos |
Type de document : | Article |
Dans : | Musculoskeletal Science and Practice (Vol. 57, February 2022) |
Article en page(s) : | 102502 |
Note générale : | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msksp.2022.102502 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Descripteurs : |
HE Vinci Enquête ; Pratique professionnelle ; Techniques de physiothérapie ; Tendinopathie |
Résumé : | Objectives To investigate physiotherapists' current knowledge and practice in the management of patients with lateral elbow tendinopathy, to explore associations between the participants? education and management preferences and to identify potential evidence-to-practice gaps by making comparisons with recent research recommendations. Design An on-line cross-sectional survey. Subjects Registered physiotherapists working in Greece with previous experience in the management of lateral elbow tendinopathy. Results Three hundred and seventy eight responses met the inclusion criteria. Most responders (70.4%?91.5%) use pain provocation tests for the diagnosis of the condition, while a limited proportion uses patient rated outcome measures (6.9%?13%). Supervised exercise is the mainstay of rehabilitation (92.6%), followed by adjunctive research recommended treatment techniques such as manual therapy (72%) and advice (59.5%). Up to 83.6% of participants use adjunctive treatment techniques that are not recommended or without research recommendation (such as electrophysical agents, ice etc.). Physiotherapists with post-graduate education in musculoskeletal physiotherapy are almost three times more likely to choose only research recommended treatment approaches. There is a lack of consensus in an optimal exercise programme (type, volume, duration etc.) in patients with lateral elbow tendinopathy. Conclusion Despite research recommendations a limited use of patient rated outcome measures in lateral elbow tendinopathy is recorded. Supervised exercise is the first line treatment option for most physiotherapists, although the optimal application is still unclear. A large proportion of physiotherapists apply adjunctive treatment techniques that are either ineffective or poorly researched suggesting a substantial evidence-to-practice gap. Better access to knowledge, organisational and peer-support can potentially help to bridge this gap. |
Disponible en ligne : | Oui |
En ligne : | https://login.ezproxy.vinci.be/login?url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468781222000017 |