A cross-sectional investigation of back pain beliefs and fear in physiotherapy and sport undergraduate students.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although low back pain (LBP) beliefs have been well investigated in mainstream healthcare discipline students, the beliefs within sports-related study students, such as Sport and Exercise Science (SES), Sports Therapy (ST), and Sport Performance and Coaching (SPC) programmes have yet to be explored. This study aims to understand any differences in the beliefs and fear associated with movement in students enrolled in four undergraduate study programmes-physiotherapy (PT), ST, SES, and SPC.

Method

136 undergraduate students completed an online survey. All participants completed the Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia (TSK) and Back Beliefs Questionnaire (BBQ). Two sets of two-way between-subjects Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) were conducted for each outcome of TSK and BBQ,

SUBMITTER: Black C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10118113 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature