Physical activity guidelines and promotion: An online survey of United Kingdom's prosthetic rehabilitation healthcare professionals.

This was a survey of healthcare professionals' self-reported awareness, knowledge, and practice. It did not measure what patients were told, what patients did, or patient health outcomes. 106 respondents completed a survey aimed at an estimated 370 UK prosthetic rehabilitation workers, and the authors note responders may have been more interested and motivated than non-responders. The survey was UK-specific, so it may not apply to other countries or health systems. Questions were prescriptive and may have prompted later answers, so the responses may not have been independent. Not all professionals working with people with limb absence were captured, and the other professional group was small, including only 3 occupational therapists. The paper states there were no known published physical activity guidelines for patients with limb absence at the time of writing, so general adult guideline knowledge may not translate directly.

The authors declared no potential conflicts of interest and received no funding for the research, authorship, or publication.

Do not read the higher physiotherapist scores or reported promotion as proof that patients receive better physical activity advice or have better outcomes. This was a self-report survey of professionals, not a patient trial.