Perceived factors and barriers affecting physiotherapists' decision to use spinal manipulation and mobilisation among infants, children, and adolescents: an international survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To identify factors and barriers, which affect the utilisation of spinal manipulation and mobilisation among infants, children, and adolescents.

Methods

Twenty-six international expert physiotherapists in manual therapy and paediatrics were invited to participate in a Delphi investigation using Qualtrics^Ⓡ. In Round-1 physiotherapists selected from a list of factors and barriers affecting their decision to use spinal manipulation and mobilisation in the paediatric population and had opportunity to add to the list. Round-2 asked respondents to select as many factors and barriers that they agreed with, resulting in a frequency count. The subset of responses to questions around barriers and facilitators are the focus of this study.

Results

Twelve phys

SUBMITTER: Dice JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11216267 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature