A cross-sectional investigation of back pain beliefs and fear in physiotherapy and sport undergraduate students.
<h4>Background</h4>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) prog...
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| description | <h4>Background</h4>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.<h4>Method</h4>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, with the independent variables of the study programme, study year (1st, 2nd, 3rd), and their interaction.<h4>Results</h4>There was a significant interaction between study programme and year for TSK (F(6, 124) = 4.90, P < 0.001) and BBQ (F(6, 124) = 8.18, P < 0.001). Post-hoc analysis revealed that both PT and ST students had lower TSK and higher BBQ scores than SES and SPC students particularly in the 3rd year.<h4>Conclusions</h4>The beliefs of clinicians and trainers managing LBP are known to transfer to patients, and more negative beliefs have been associated with greater disability. This is the first study to understand the beliefs about back pain in various sports study programmes, which is timely, given that the management of injured athletes typically involves a multidisciplinary team. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fbd426c3eed44b7f9facfc858425b77c2023-05-10T05:31:59ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032023-01-01184e028475410.1371/journal.pone.0284754A cross-sectional investigation of back pain beliefs and fear in physiotherapy and sport undergraduate students.Cameron BlackAdrian MallowsSally WaterworthPaul FreemanEdward HopeBernard X W Liew<h4>Background</h4>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.<h4>Method</h4>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, with the independent variables of the study programme, study year (1st, 2nd, 3rd), and their interaction.<h4>Results</h4>There was a significant interaction between study programme and year for TSK (F(6, 124) = 4.90, P < 0.001) and BBQ (F(6, 124) = 8.18, P < 0.001). Post-hoc analysis revealed that both PT and ST students had lower TSK and higher BBQ scores than SES and SPC students particularly in the 3rd year.<h4>Conclusions</h4>The beliefs of clinicians and trainers managing LBP are known to transfer to patients, and more negative beliefs have been associated with greater disability. This is the first study to understand the beliefs about back pain in various sports study programmes, which is timely, given that the management of injured athletes typically involves a multidisciplinary team.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0284754 |
| spellingShingle | Cameron Black Adrian Mallows Sally Waterworth Paul Freeman Edward Hope Bernard X W Liew A cross-sectional investigation of back pain beliefs and fear in physiotherapy and sport undergraduate students. PLoS ONE |
| title | A cross-sectional investigation of back pain beliefs and fear in physiotherapy and sport undergraduate students. |
| title_full | A cross-sectional investigation of back pain beliefs and fear in physiotherapy and sport undergraduate students. |
| title_fullStr | A cross-sectional investigation of back pain beliefs and fear in physiotherapy and sport undergraduate students. |
| title_full_unstemmed | A cross-sectional investigation of back pain beliefs and fear in physiotherapy and sport undergraduate students. |
| title_short | A cross-sectional investigation of back pain beliefs and fear in physiotherapy and sport undergraduate students. |
| title_sort | cross sectional investigation of back pain beliefs and fear in physiotherapy and sport undergraduate students |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0284754 |
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