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A critical phenomenological investigation in the use of touch as “know how” in practical physiotherapy in primary care with children and adults

In this article, we examine the interactions between physiotherapists and patients in actual situations, focusing on how touch is expressed, what it may mean and how physiotherapists know (or do not know) when and how to touch. The empirical material is obtained from two Norwegian research projects....

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Autores principales: Bjorbækmo, Wenche Schrøder, Mengshoel, Anne Marit
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9760809/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36545129
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fresc.2022.1008969
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description In this article, we examine the interactions between physiotherapists and patients in actual situations, focusing on how touch is expressed, what it may mean and how physiotherapists know (or do not know) when and how to touch. The empirical material is obtained from two Norwegian research projects. In both of them, the first author observed physiotherapeutic practice and conducted interviews with patients (children and adults) and physiotherapists. A phenomenological research approach was applied, and analysis of the empirical data was guided by the concept of bridling, implying adopting a questioning attitude and being open to that which presents itself and exploring its possibilities. Three processed excerpts from the empirical data are presented to illustrate how, in different ways, physiotherapists' expert knowledge about how to relate to and interact with individual patients is put into play and expressed in real physiotherapy encounters. Each excerpt is presented individually, followed by analysis. Our findings reveal aspects of the epistemology of physiotherapeutic practice to be intercorporal and illuminated by the concept and phenomenon of letting the other be.
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spelling pubmed-97608092022-12-20 A critical phenomenological investigation in the use of touch as “know how” in practical physiotherapy in primary care with children and adults Bjorbækmo, Wenche Schrøder Mengshoel, Anne Marit Front Rehabil Sci Rehabilitation Sciences In this article, we examine the interactions between physiotherapists and patients in actual situations, focusing on how touch is expressed, what it may mean and how physiotherapists know (or do not know) when and how to touch. The empirical material is obtained from two Norwegian research projects. In both of them, the first author observed physiotherapeutic practice and conducted interviews with patients (children and adults) and physiotherapists. A phenomenological research approach was applied, and analysis of the empirical data was guided by the concept of bridling, implying adopting a questioning attitude and being open to that which presents itself and exploring its possibilities. Three processed excerpts from the empirical data are presented to illustrate how, in different ways, physiotherapists' expert knowledge about how to relate to and interact with individual patients is put into play and expressed in real physiotherapy encounters. Each excerpt is presented individually, followed by analysis. Our findings reveal aspects of the epistemology of physiotherapeutic practice to be intercorporal and illuminated by the concept and phenomenon of letting the other be. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-12-05 /pmc/articles/PMC9760809/ /pubmed/36545129 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fresc.2022.1008969 Text en © 2022 Bjorbækmo and Mengshoel. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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A critical phenomenological investigation in the use of touch as “know how” in practical physiotherapy in primary care with children and adults
title A critical phenomenological investigation in the use of touch as “know how” in practical physiotherapy in primary care with children and adults
title_full A critical phenomenological investigation in the use of touch as “know how” in practical physiotherapy in primary care with children and adults
title_fullStr A critical phenomenological investigation in the use of touch as “know how” in practical physiotherapy in primary care with children and adults
title_full_unstemmed A critical phenomenological investigation in the use of touch as “know how” in practical physiotherapy in primary care with children and adults
title_short A critical phenomenological investigation in the use of touch as “know how” in practical physiotherapy in primary care with children and adults
title_sort critical phenomenological investigation in the use of touch as “know how” in practical physiotherapy in primary care with children and adults
topic Rehabilitation Sciences
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9760809/
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