ديدگاه فيزيوتراپيست هاي ايراني به كاربرد مهارت هاي روان شناسي در برنامه هاي بازتواني ورزشكاران آسيب ديده

Views of Iranian physiotherapists on the psychological skill using in their rehabilitation programs of sports injuries

The aim of this study was to investigate the perception of Iranians physiotherapists on psychological of their Rehabilitation programs. Initially, 65 physiotherapists who work in sport clubs in Tehran, Isfahan and Shiraz selected. The Physiotherapist and Sport Psychology Questionnaire (PSPQ) from Arvinen-Barrow (2007) which published in journal of Rehabilitation were used. This questionnaire were assessed the psychological mood of injured athletes and psychological techniques in rehabilitation program and also some other factors. In total 52 questionnaires were returned and analyzed by descriptive statistics. 98% of physiotherapists believed that athletes were often psychologically affected by injuries. Also 96.1% (N=50) of them reported that aspects of psychological treatment of athletesʹ injuries are important. Our findings also indicated that 75% (N=39) of all physiotherapists had never referred injured athletes for counseling to psychologists, 73% (N=38) reported that they had never access to accredited psychologists and 78.81% (N=41) werenʹt used a specific standard procedure for referring to psychologists. Physiotherapists noted that the most commonly encountered psychological conditions among injured athletes were exercise addiction. Also physiotherapist reported a variety of characteristics in athletes who successfully cope with injury which the top characteristics were self concept (46.1%). Physiotherapists stated that the top three psychological techniques which they used were enhance of self concept, motivation within the rehabilitation program and teaching muscular relaxation techniques. In total, 86.5% of physiotherapists indicated that they need to learn more about psychology. Enhance of interaction between physiotherapists and psychologists, and conferences and seminars can be useful for education needs in aspects of psychology.