Neurological conditions and community-based physical activity: physical therapists' belief and actions.

The recommended sample size of 225 was not reached; 165 physical therapists were analysed. The survey used convenience sampling and voluntary participation, so it may over-represent therapists already interested in adapted physical activity or adaptive sports. Results are limited to French-speaking community-based physical therapists in Brussels or Wallonia who were treating at least one patient with a neurological condition; they exclude hospital, clinic, or rehabilitation-centre-only therapists and other countries or languages. Beliefs and actions were self-reported, and social desirability may have inflated reported promotion of adapted physical activity or adaptive sports. The study reports physical therapists' beliefs and self-reported actions, not patient outcomes.

The authors declare no conflict of interest, and the research received no specific grant from any public, commercial, or not-for-profit funding agency.

Do not conclude that community physical therapists think adapted physical activity and adaptive sports are unimportant or that patients with neurological conditions do not want them. The survey found high belief scores and low reported promotion actions, and lack of patient demand was the most common barrier reported by therapists, but it did not assess patients directly.