Sports Medicine Physicians' Comfort and Confidence in Caring for Adaptive Athletes: A Mixed-Methods Exploratory Study
Our results indicate that most physicians are willing to accept adaptive athletes into their practice; however, they acknowledge more education and training is needed to feel comfortable and confident when working with this population. Further educational interventions are needed to ensure equitable care for adaptive athletes.
Authors
- Teresa E. Johnson
- Wei‐Wen Hsu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7822-0826)
- Renee Loftspring
- Victoria Heasley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5248-1358)
- Chalee Engelhard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7891-1398)
- A. J. Haley
- Melinda Earnest-Stanley
Institutions
- American Physical Therapy Association (US)
- Cincinnati Health Department (US)
- Nutrition 21 (United States) (US)
- Cincinnati Sportsmedicine and Orthopaedic Center (US)
- University of Cincinnati (US)
- University of Cincinnati Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine
- Published
- 2025-05-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/jsm.0000000000001372
- Primary Topic
- Sports injuries and prevention
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- American Medical Society for Sports Medicine