Health and Human Performance, Texas State University, San Marcos, United States.
Recreation Management and Therapeutic Recreation, University of Wisconsin La Crosse, La Crosse, United States.
Complement Ther Med. 2021 Jun;59:102712. doi: 10.1016/j.ctim.2021.102712. Epub 2021 Mar 18.
Health professionals are beginning to use yoga as a treatment modality. However, evidence explaining physical therapists' integration of yoga in clinical practice is lacking.
The purpose of this study was to explore how, why, and with whom physical therapists integrate yoga into clinical practice.
This study is a secondary analysis of qualitative data collected during a larger multi-methods study. Thematic analysis of 13 interviews was conducted.
Analysis indicated four themes, and six subthemes. Facilitating yoga in clinical practice and yoga training themes; including evaluation of outcomes, billing, terminology, and safety subthemes describe how physical therapists are using yoga in clinical practice. The perceived client outcomes theme, including physical and psychosocial outcomes explain why physical therapists use yoga in practice. The yoga with clinical populations theme addresses with whom physical therapists are using yoga.
Physical therapists are using yoga with individuals with various health conditions to improve their physical and mental health. Findings support the need for physical therapists to increase their assessment and documentation of functional outcomes associated with client's yoga participation. Documentation could contribute to evidence-based literature related to how, why, and with whom physical therapists are using yoga. Documented outcomes could also provide rationale for yoga to receive classification as a reimbursable complementary and integrative health approach. Future research involving a larger, diverse sample (e.g., physical therapists with varying levels of education and yoga training) focused on how, why, and with whom physical therapists integrate yoga into clinical practice is recommended.
健康专业人员开始将瑜伽用作治疗方式。然而，缺乏解释物理治疗师将瑜伽融入临床实践的证据。
本研究的目的是探讨物理治疗师如何、为何以及与谁将瑜伽融入临床实践。
本研究是对在更大的多方法研究中收集的定性数据进行的二次分析。对 13 次访谈进行了主题分析。
分析表明有四个主题和六个子主题。促进临床实践中的瑜伽和瑜伽培训主题，包括评估结果、计费、术语和安全子主题，描述了物理治疗师如何在临床实践中使用瑜伽。感知的客户结果主题，包括身体和心理社会结果，解释了物理治疗师为何在实践中使用瑜伽。瑜伽与临床人群主题涉及物理治疗师与谁一起使用瑜伽。
物理治疗师正在使用瑜伽来改善各种健康状况的个体的身心健康。研究结果支持物理治疗师增加与客户瑜伽参与相关的功能结果评估和记录的需求。记录可以为与物理治疗师如何、为何以及与谁使用瑜伽相关的基于证据的文献做出贡献。记录的结果还可以为瑜伽作为可报销的补充和综合健康方法提供依据。建议进行未来的研究，涉及更大、更多样化的样本（例如，具有不同教育和瑜伽培训水平的物理治疗师），重点关注物理治疗师如何、为何以及与谁将瑜伽融入临床实践。
