Physical Therapists' Use of Psychological Skills Training in Rehabilitation Following Traumatic Knee Injury: An Online Survey Study.
Cederström Cederström, Jonas Bloch Thorlund, Britt Elin Øiestad and 2 others
PMID 39726824WHAT IT FOUND
All eligible PTs reported using goal-setting, but only 47% used imagery and 53% used arousal regulation.
Lack of knowledge was the most frequent reason for not using them.
Key findings
01All 143 eligible PTs reported using goal-setting.
02Imagery was used by 67 PTs (47%), and arousal regulation was used by 76 PTs (53%).
03Lack of knowledge was the most frequently reported reason for not using imagery (61 PTs, 43%) and arousal regulation (55 PTs, 38%).
STILL TO COME
How it was doneWhat they foundWhat it means for PTs
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What it does not show
No sample size was defined, and the study was exploratory. Participants were recruited by convenience and snowball sampling, so they may not represent all PTs. The invitation said the survey was about psychological skills training, which may have dissuaded PTs who do not address psychological factors. The potential participant pool size was unknown, and multiple exposures through social media were possible. Duplicate responses could not be identified. The survey was pilot tested, but measurement properties were not evaluated. Multiple-choice answers may limit validity, making it hard to draw conclusions about clinical applications.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read this survey as evidence that psychological skills training improves knee injury outcomes. It reports what PTs said they use and rate, not tested effects on patients.