Adolescent Patient, Parent, and Clinician Perceptions of Rehabilitation After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A Qualitative Study.

ABSTRACT:

Context

Rehabilitation after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) is challenging for adolescent patients concurrently experiencing growth and development, changes in attitudes and social interactions, and a gradual shift toward independence.

Objective

To examine the perceptions of information sharing and interpersonal communication among adolescent patients going through ACLR, their parents, and physical therapists (PTs) treating adolescent patients with ACLR.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Setting

University-affiliated sports medicine clinic.

Patients or other participants

Nine adolescent patients who had recently completed physical rehabilitation after ACLR, one of their parents, and PTs who treated adolescent patients with ACLR were recruit

SUBMITTER: Kuenze CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9842128 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature