Document Details
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Thesis |
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FACTORS CONSIDERED FOR SAFE RETURN TO SPORTS AND ADHERENCE OF CRITERIA AFTER ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION – PHYSICAL THERAPIST'S PERSPECTIVE: A MIXED MODEL APPROACH. العوامل التي يتم أخذها في الاعتبار للعودة الآمنة للرياضة والالتزام بالمعايير بعد عملية ترميم الرباط الصليبي الأمامي – من وجهة نظر اخصائي العلاج الطبيعي: منهج النموذج المختلط |
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Subject |
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Faculty of Medical Rehabilitation Sciences |
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Arabic |
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Background and Objective: Recently, Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) injuries have become common among athletes and reported a high rate of re-injury among these patients after ACL reconstruction was performed. Many factors may contribute to re-injury risk, especially the return to sports activities. Therefore, the objective of the current study is to identify the significant factors considered and criteria used by physical therapists for safe Return to Sport (RTS) based on clinical reasoning among Saudi Physical Therapists.
Methodology: This is a Mixed Model Approach study that combined the quantitative and qualitative data collected through the participation of 234 physiotherapists who voluntarily filled out questionnaire sheets and 18 physiotherapists who participated through a face-to-face interview.
Results: The results showed that 56.4% of participants believe RTS after ACLR must be after 9 to 12 months, 87.6% believe age could be a factor that determines safe RTS, 97% strongly believe the importance of psychological support for safe RTS, 94.9% believe, patients' adherence to rehabilitation is must for safe RTS, 40.7% believes, RTS following ACLR causes reinjury. The regression analysis shows that physical therapists who treated more than 20 ACLR cases are two times more strictly adherent to following protocols. Similarly, in the qualitative analysis results, it shows; most of the PTs believe that the ideal time to safe RTS could be 6-9 months, and other factors which could influence the safe RTS are Isokinetic muscle strength to be checked before RTS, adequate knee ROM, age of the subjects, psychological support, and adherence to rehabilitation. The majority believe that early RTS could lead to re-injury. Finally, the majority follow a test battery or guidelines for a safe RTS after ACLR.
Conclusion & Recommendation: The factors to be considered for a safe return to sports are regular rehabilitation must be continued for more than six months, the age of the patient- younger patients, are safer than older patients, proper psychological support, and patient’s adherence to a suitable rehabilitation program. Most of the physical therapists in Saudi Arabia are following the clinical guidelines and the level of commitment to the guidelines varies according to specialty, qualification, experience, and workplace. |
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Supervisor |
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Dr. Fayaz Khan |
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Thesis Type |
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Master Thesis |
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Publishing Year |
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1444 AH
2023 AD |
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Co-Supervisor |
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Dr. Mohamed Faisal Chevidikunnan |
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Tuesday, July 18, 2023 |
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Researchers
| عبد الله أحمد العيسى | Alessa, Abdullah Ahmed | Researcher | Master | |
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