The Patient-Physiotherapist Tango: a Personalized Approach to ACL Recovery -- a Qualitative Interview Study
# Background Person-centered care is a concept in healthcare that aims to promote the patient's health and adapt resources and interventions based on the patient's needs and wishes. Knowledge on what person-centered physiotherapy is for patients who rehabilitate after an anterior cruciate...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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North American Sports Medicine Institute
2024-12-01
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| Series: | International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.26603/001c.126060 |
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| Summary: | # Background
Person-centered care is a concept in healthcare that aims to promote the patient's health and adapt resources and interventions based on the patient's needs and wishes. Knowledge on what person-centered physiotherapy is for patients who rehabilitate after an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction, and how patients experience it within the context of sports injury rehabilitation, is lacking.
# Purpose
The aim of this study was to explore how patients who were in a late rehabilitation stage (8-12 months) after ACL reconstruction experienced their rehabilitation from a person-centered perspective.
# Study Design
Qualitative interview study.
# Methods
Fourteen patients (57% females), aged 18-57, treated with ACL reconstruction, were interviewed with semi-structured interviews 8-12 months after ACL reconstruction. Interviews were recorded, transcribed and analyzed with qualitative content analysis.
# Results
One theme: all lights on me; be seen and heard, a cornerstone for patients, supported by three main categories: 1) rehabilitation: a roller coaster of physical and psychological challenges; 2) patient involvement; 3) the physiotherapist – stronger together; emerged from the collected data.
# Conclusion
Patients in a late rehabilitation stage (8-12 months) after ACL reconstruction experienced that the rehabilitation process was person-centered when they felt to be the focus and were allowed to participate via open and constructive communication with the physiotherapists. |
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| ISSN: | 2159-2896 |