Physiotherapy practices in the clinical assessment of lateral elbow tendinopathy: An international survey.

Autor: Heales L; Musculoskeletal Health and Rehabilitation Research Group, School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia., Vicenzino B; Department of Physiotherapy, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia., Bisset L; Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia., Bateman M; University Hospitals of Derby & Burton NHS Foundation Trust, Derby, UK., Hill C; Musculoskeletal Health and Rehabilitation Research Group, School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia., Kean C; Musculoskeletal Health and Rehabilitation Research Group, School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia.; Research Institute for Sport and Exercise, University of Canberra, Canberra, Australia.; Discipline of Sport and Exercise Science, Faculty of Health, University of Canberra, Canberra, Australia., Spyve A; Musculoskeletal Health and Rehabilitation Research Group, School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia., Jaques A; Musculoskeletal Health and Rehabilitation Research Group, School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia., Sansom F; Musculoskeletal Health and Rehabilitation Research Group, School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia., Lowe M; Musculoskeletal Health and Rehabilitation Research Group, School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia., Obst S; Musculoskeletal Health and Rehabilitation Research Group, School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Physiotherapy research international : the journal for researchers and clinicians in physical therapy [Physiother Res Int] 2024 Oct; Vol. 29 (4), pp. e2125.
DOI: 10.1002/pri.2125
Abstrakt: Background and Purpose: Understanding physiotherapy practices is important to identify variations from empirical evidence and highlight requirements for training. This survey explored international physiotherapy practices for assessment of lateral elbow tendinopathy (LET).
Methods: Two hundred ninety-nine surveyed physiotherapists from eight member countries of the International Federation of Manual and Orthopaedic Physical Therapists completed the survey. Respondents rated their frequency of use (never, rarely, sometimes, often, and always) for items related to: patient history; diagnostic tests; grip and upper limb strength; cervical and neurological assessment; and medical imaging. To establish practices, the five response categories were dichotomised into routine practice (often, always) and not-routine practice (sometimes, rarely, never). A response rate of ≥70% for each dichotomy was used to determine whether an assessment item was deemed routine practice or not, with items not meeting either criterion considered neither routine nor not-routine practice.
Results: Most respondents were from United States (63%). The 'chair pick up test', 'cervical special tests', and 'plain radiograph' met our criteria for not routine practice (i.e., 70%, 72%, and 71%, respectively). All other assessment items did not meet the criteria to be considered routine or not-routine practice.
Conclusion: The chair pick-up test, cervical spine special tests (e.g., Spurling's test), and plain radiography appear to not be routinely used in the assessment of LET. The finding that no assessment technique met the criteria for routine use may imply that physiotherapists adopt a nuanced approach to selecting clinical assessment items as opposed to routinely applying tests.
(© 2024 The Author(s). Physiotherapy Research International published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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