ArticleBMJ open2017
Effectiveness of behavioural change techniques in physiotherapy interventions to promote physical activity adherence in patients with hip and knee osteoarthritis: a systematic review protocol.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 32 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Divergent pathways in urban residents' emergency behavior in China: a social cognition theory perspective based on a survey of 6,817 individuals across 72 communities.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Inflammatory Process on Knee Osteoarthritis in Cyclists.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
- Feasibility of a theoretically grounded, multicomponent, physiotherapy intervention aiming to promote autonomous motivation to adopt and maintain physical activity in patients with lower-limb osteoarthritis: protocol for a single-arm trial.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2023Article
- Use, and acceptability, of digital health technologies in musculoskeletal physical therapy: A survey of physical therapists and patients.Musculoskeletal care · 2022Article
- Patient-Facing Mobile Apps to Support Physiotherapy Care: Protocol for a Systematic Review of Apps Within App Stores.JMIR research protocols · 2021Article
- Factors associated with stroke survivors' inconsistent uptake of physiotherapy interventions at Turton Community Health Centre, KwaZulu-Natal.The South African journal of physiotherapy · 2020Article
- Improving osteoarthritis care by digital means - Effects of a digital self-management program after 24- or 48-weeks of treatment.PloS one · 2020Observational
- Elevated levels of interleukin-1β, interleukin-6, tumor necrosis factor-α and vascular endothelial growth factor in patients with knee articular cartilage injury.World journal of clinical cases · 2019Article
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Abstract
introductionOsteoarthritis (OA) is a common degenerative articular disease, the highest cause of individual level disability and a significant socioeconomic burden to healthcare services. Patient education and physical activity (PA) prescription are recommended components of interventions in several healthcare guidelines and are commonly provided by physiotherapists. However, these interventions lack long-term clinical effectiveness. Patient adherence to PA prescription requires patients to modify their PA behaviour and appears critical in maintaining symptomatic improvements. This systematic review aims to evaluate the effectiveness of behavioural change techniques (BCTs) used in physiotherapy interventions to improve PA adherence. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: Medline, Cochrane and PEDro registers of Controlled Trials, EMBASE, CINAHL and PsycInfo databases, and key grey literature sources will be rigorously searched for randomised controlled trials that compared a physiotherapy intervention incorporating BCTs with other therapies, placebo interventions, usual care or no-treatment. Two independent researchers will conduct literature searches, assess trial eligibility, extract data, conduct risk of bias assessment (using Cochrane risk of bias tool), classify BCTs and evaluate the quality of the body of literature following Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) guidelines. Narrative synthesis of key outcomes will be presented and meta-analysis will be performed if included trials are clinically homogenous, based on their intervention and comparator groups and outcome measures. This review will be reported in line with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic review and Meta-Analysis guidelines. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: Research ethics approval is not required. This review will help inform clinicians and researchers on the most effective behavioural change techniques used in physiotherapy interventions to enhance adherence to PA prescription for patients with lower limb OA. The findings will be disseminated through publication in a peer-reviewed journal and conference presentations. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: PROSPERO CRD42016039932.
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