Exploring clinical reasoning in Austrian mental health physiotherapy : the physiotherapist´s perspective
(2022) In Physiotherapy Theory and Practice 38(13). p.2827-2840- Abstract
Introduction: In mental health physiotherapy, there is a lack of research investigating the assumptions and clinical reasoning strategies of the professionals. A critical view on what is taken for granted within physiotherapy promotes professional development. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore and describe the essence of clinical reasoning of Austrian mental health physiotherapists, and to illuminate the meaning of their experiences. Method: Ten semi-structured individual interviews were conducted with Austrian mental health physiotherapists. The transcripts were analyzed using a phenomenological hermeneutical method. Results: The informants’ clinical reasoning emerged as a process of three perspectives: 1) a relational... (More)
Introduction: In mental health physiotherapy, there is a lack of research investigating the assumptions and clinical reasoning strategies of the professionals. A critical view on what is taken for granted within physiotherapy promotes professional development. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore and describe the essence of clinical reasoning of Austrian mental health physiotherapists, and to illuminate the meaning of their experiences. Method: Ten semi-structured individual interviews were conducted with Austrian mental health physiotherapists. The transcripts were analyzed using a phenomenological hermeneutical method. Results: The informants’ clinical reasoning emerged as a process of three perspectives: 1) a relational and interactional perspective; 2) a perspective of wholeness; and 3) a perspective of symptoms. The results were then further interpreted using the theories of intercorporeality and bodily resonance. Conclusion: To bring the different clinical reasoning perspectives together to one clinical reasoning process, a discourse of reconciliation is suggested as a favorable strategy, which may be useful both in clinical practice and education.
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- Perner, Stefan and Danielsson, Louise
- publishing date
- 2022
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- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- clinical reasoning, embodiment, Mental health physiotherapy, phenomenological hermeneutics, philosophy of science
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- Physiotherapy Theory and Practice
- volume
- 38
- issue
- 13
- pages
- 2827 - 2840
- publisher
- Taylor & Francis
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- scopus:85116407891
- pmid:34607511
- ISSN
- 0959-3985
- DOI
- 10.1080/09593985.2021.1986872
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- no
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- Publisher Copyright: © 2021 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
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