The patient-physiotherapist tango: a personalized approach to ACL recovery – a qualitative interview study

Review written by Dr Linda Truong info

Key Points

  1. In late stages of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) rehabilitation, patients with ACL reconstruction reported being seen, heard, and having ‘center stage’ of the rehabilitation process as positive facilitators of ACL recovery.
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BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVE

Person-centered care has been touted as an essential cornerstone of rehabilitation and healthcare, yet implementing this into practice has been challenging (1). In order to improve recovery after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR), it is essential to understand what factors fosters a person-centered care environment.

Therefore, the aim of this study was to explore patients’ rehabilitation experience from a person-centered perspective in late stages of ACLR rehabilitation (8-12 months).

Person-centered care has been touted as an essential cornerstone of rehabilitation and healthcare, yet implementing this into practice has been challenging.
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Physiotherapists should take extra time and care to implement strategies to promote the therapeutic relationship as this appears to be the cornerstone of patient-centered care.

METHODS

This qualitative study recruited patients aged 18-65 years registered in a local physiotherapy registry from Sweden who were 8-12 months post-ACLR. Purposive sampling was used to ensure equal representation of patients across age and sex.

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