Paulo H Ferreira, Manuela L Ferreira, Jane Latimer, Christopher G Maher, Kathryn Refshauge, Ana Sakamoto, Rodrigo Garofalo
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The attitudes and beliefs of physiotherapists and students can potentially influence the outcome of treatment of low back pain. These attitudes and beliefs may be influenced by external factors, such as ethnicity. No study that compared the attitudes and beliefs of physiotherapy students from different cultural backgrounds, such as from Brazil or Australia, towards chronic low back pain was found. The purpose of the present study was therefore to compare the attitudes and beliefs of Brazilian physiotherapy students with those of Australian physiotherapy students and to published data from North American healthcare providers, and to investigate whether a history of chronic low back pain affects students' attitudes and beliefs...
2004: Physiotherapy Research International: the Journal for Researchers and Clinicians in Physical Therapy